San Bernardino National Forest

Black Bear

American black bears tend to be territorial and non-gregarious in nature. They mark their territories by rubbing their bodies against trees and clawing at the bark. Black bears are excellent and strong swimmers. Adult black bears are mostly nocturnal, but juveniles are often active in daytime.

Black bears enter their dens in October and November in hollowed-out dens in tree cavities, under logs or rocks, in banks, caves, or culverts.

Bighorn Sheep

The bighorn sheep is a species of sheep in North America named for its large horns. Two types in our forest: the Peninsular bighorn sheep and the Nelson's bighorn sheep. They generally inhabit alpine meadows, grassy mountain slopes and foothill country near rugged, rocky cliffs.

Bobcat

The bobcat is a North American mammal of the cat family. An adaptable predator that inhabits wooded areas, semi-desert, urban edge, forest edges, and swampland environments. About twice as large as the domestic cat with distinctive black bars on its forelegs and a black-tipped, stubby tail.

Mountain Lion

The mountain lion is a mammal of the family Felidae, native to the Americas. This large, solitary cat has the greatest range of any large wild terrestrial mammal in the Western Hemisphere. A capable stalk-and-ambush predator, it is reclusive and usually avoids people.

Mule Deer

California Mule Deer is a subspecies of mule deer whose range covers much of California. Generally has a preference for hill terrain, especially oak woodland habitat. A browser taking over ninety percent of its diet from shrubs and leaves.

Coyote

The coyote is also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf. They primarily hunt in pairs. Typical packs consist of six closely related adults, yearlings and young. Coyotes are primarily nocturnal and are opportunistic, versatile carnivores.