LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee

Lyndal Laughrin

Left to right: Bob Hansen, employee of The Nature Conservancy (left),with Lyndal Laughrin, Santa Cruz Island Reserve, during the transition ceremony turning the island over to TNC, 1988.

Marla Daily, Joe Walsh and Lyndal Laughrin on Santa Cruz Island.

Left to right: Margaret Thatcher shaking hands with Lyndal Laughrin; Jim Sulentich and Steve Junak, 1991.

LAUGHRIN, Lyndal Lee (b. 1943), biologist and resident manager for the University of California Santa Cruz Island Reserve (1968-2018). He completed his PhD at U.C.S.B. and is a foremost authority on island foxes. Lyndal is member #5 of the All Eight Club. When he retired, he was hired back for several more years. In 2019 the Reserve system hired Jay Reti as the new U.C. Santa Cruz Island Reserve Director.

Laughrin, Lyndal The island fox: a field study of its behavior and ecology. Ph.D. dissertation, University of California Santa Barbara, 1977. 83 pages.

Portraits of the Central Coast: Lyndal Laughrin

Oral History Interview with Dr. Lyndal Laughrin

Oral History Interview with Lyndal Laughrin

NPR Radio interview with Lyndal Laughrin, Rob Klinger and Ed Cassano, June 24, 1997 at Coches Prietos, Santa Cruz Island

Lyndal Laughrin and the Santa Cruz Island Reserve

Island Collections~

ISLAND	COLLECTOR	INSTITUTION	DATE	NUMBER	SPECIMEN
San Miguel Island	Kay P. Yanev & Lyndal Laughrin & Paul Collins	MVZ	March 24, 1978	MVZ-232895	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
San Miguel Island	Kay P. Yanev & Lyndal Laughrin & Paul Collins	MVZ	March 24, 1978	MVZ-232896	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
San Miguel Island	Kay P. Yanev & Lyndal Laughrin & Paul Collins	MVZ	March 24, 1978	MVZ-232897	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
San Miguel Island	Kay P. Yanev & Lyndal Laughrin & Paul Collins	MVZ	March 24, 1978	MVZ-232898	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
San Miguel Island	Kay P. Yanev & Lyndal Laughrin & Paul Collins	MVZ	March 24, 1978	MVZ-232899	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
San Miguel Island	Kay P. Yanev & Lyndal Laughrin & Paul Collins	MVZ	March 24, 1978	MVZ-232900	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps

ISLAND	COLLECTOR	INSTITUTION	DATE	NUMBER	SPECIMEN
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin	YPM	November 19, 1967	YPM-012835	Urocyon littoralis santacruzae	Mammals
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin	YPM	November 19, 1967	YPM-012836	Urocyon littoralis santacruzae	Mammals
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin	YPM	November 19, 1967	YPM-014390	Urocyon littoralis santacruzae	Mammals
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin	YPM	November 19, 1967	YPM-014391	Urocyon littoralis santacruzae	Mammals
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin	CCBER	February 23, 1969	CCBER-4014	Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae	Mammals
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin	CCBER	November 23, 1968	CCBER-4016	Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae	Mammals
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin	CCBER	February 23, 1969	CCBER-4017	Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae	Mammals
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin	CCBER	February 24, 1969	CCBER-4015	Peromyscus maniculatus santacruzae	Mammals
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144897	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144898	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144899	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144900	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144901	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144902	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144903	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144904	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144905	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144906	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144907	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144908	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-1448909	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144910	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144911	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin & Terry W. Taylor & A. H. Brame	LACM	March 13, 1971	LACM-144912	Batrachoseps pacificus	Herps
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin	CCBER	February 4, 1973	CCBER-3439	Phalacrocorax penicillatus	Birds
Santa Cruz Island	Lyndal Laughrin	CCBER	October 12, 1994	CCBER-28967	Pheucticus melanocephalus	Birds