Notable wildlife of the California Channel Islands

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Some notable wildlife of the California Channel Islands includes

Contents 1 Fauna 2 Flora 3 Recently extinct 4 Prehistoric 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Fauna

• Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis)
• Channel Island Spotted Skunk (Spilogale gracilis amphiala)
• Island Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma insularis)
• Ashy Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma homochroa)
• Island Night Lizard (Xantusia riversiana)
• Channel Island Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps pacificus)
• San Clemente Goat
• San Clemente Loggerhead Shrike
• Santa Catalina Island Rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis)

[edit] Flora

• Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana)
• Island Oak (Quercus tomentella)
• Island Tree mallow (Lavatera assurgentiflora)
• Island Ceanothus (Ceanothus arboreus)
• Island Bush-Poppy (Dendromecon rigida ssp. harfordii)
• Santa Barbara Island Buckwheat (Eriogonum giganteum var. compactum)
• Island Barberry (Berberis pinnata ssp. insularis)
• San Clemente Island Bush Mallow (Malacothamnus clementinus)
• Santa Cruz Island Bush Mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. nesioticus)
• Catalina cherry (Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii)
• Island Alumroot Heuchera maxima
• Dudleya hassei
• Santa Cruz Island Ironwood

[edit] Recently extinct

• Giant Deer Mouse (Peromyscus nesodytes), extinct 1870
• San Clemente Bewick's Wren (Thryomane bewickii leucophrys), extinct 1927
• Santa Barbara Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia graminea), extinct 1967

[edit] Prehistoric

• Pygmy mammoth (Mammuthus exilis)

[edit] See also

• Channel Islands of California

[edit] External links

• Channel Islands native plants at the Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens