Notable wildlife of the California Channel Islands
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Some notable wildlife of the California Channel Islands includes
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)
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
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
Prehistoric
- Pygmy mammoth (Mammuthus exilis)
See also
External links
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