SANTA CATALINA ISLAND NATURAL HISTORY
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BOTANY: The flora of Santa Catalina Island includes about 431 native taxa, 37 California Islands endemics, and 203 non-native taxa for a total of 634 species.
FAUNA: Santa Catalina Island | |||
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LAND MAMMALS | |||
Santa Catalina Island Fox | Urocyon littoralis catalinae | Endemic | |
Beechey Ground Squirrel | Spermophilus beecheyi nesioticus | Endemic | |
Santa Catalina Island Harvest Mouse | Reithrodontomys megalotis catalinae | Endemic | |
Santa Catalina Island Shrew | Sorex ornatus willetti | Endemic | |
Black Buck Antelope | Antelope cervicapra | Introduced | |
Mule Deer | Odocoileus hemionus californicus | Introduced | |
American Bison | Bison bison | Introduced | |
Feral Pig | Sus scropha | Introduced | |
Feral Cat | Felis catus | Introduced | |
Black Rat | Rattus rattus | Introduced | |
Norway Rat | Rattus norvegicus | Introduced | |
House Mouse | Mus musculus | Introduced | |
Domestic Cattle | Bos taurus | Introduced & Extirpated | |
Barbary Sheep | Ammotragus lervia | Introduced & Extirpated | |
Feral Goat | Capra hircus | Introduced & Extirpated | |
BATS | California Myotis | Myotis californicus | |
Fringed Myotis | Myotis thysanodes | ||
Long-eared Myotis | Myotis evotis | ||
Yuma Myotis | Myotis umanensis | ||
Hoary Bat | Lasiurus cinereus | ||
Mexican Free-tailed Bat | Tadarida brasiliensis | ||
Pallid Bat | Antrozous pallidus | ||
Townsend’s Big-eared Bat | Corynorhinus townsendii | ||
MARINE MAMMALS | |||
California Sea Lion | Zalophus californianus | ||
Harbor Seal | Phoca vitulina | ||
Northern Elephant Seal | Mirounga angustirostris | ||
AMPHIBIANS | |||
Arboreal Salamander | Aneides lugubris | ||
Garden Slender Salamander | Batrachoseps major | ||
Pacific Treefrog | Hyla regilla | ||
Bullfrog | Rana catesbeiana | Introduced | |
REPTILES | |||
Western Skink | Eumeces skiltonianus | ||
Side-Blotched Lizard | Uta stansburiana | ||
Southern Alligator Lizard | Elgaria multicarinatus | ||
Desert Night Lizard | Xantusia vigilis | (1 record) | |
California Kingsnake | Lampropeltis getulus | ||
California Mountain Kingsnake | Lampropeltis zonata | (1 record) | |
San Diego Gopher Snake | Pituophis melanoleucas | ||
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake | Crotalus viridis | ||
Two-striped Garter Snake | Thamnophis hammondii | ||
Western Ringneck Snake | Diadophis punctatus |