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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
