List of California Channel Islands wildlife
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Some notable wildlife of the California Channel Islands include:
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[edit] Fauna
- Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis)
- Channel Island Spotted Skunk (Spilogale gracilis amphiala)
- Island Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma insularis)
- Ashy Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma homochroa)
- Island Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis becki)
- Island Night Lizard (Xantusia riversiana)
- Channel Islands Slender Salamander (Batrachoseps pacificus)
- Santa Cruz sheep
- Catalina Island buffalo herd
[edit] Flora
- Catalina cherry (Prunus ilicifolia ssp. lyonii)
- Catalina Ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus)
- Dudleya hassei
- Giant Coreopsis (Coreopsis gigantea)
- Island Oak (Quercus tomentella)
- Island Tree mallow (Lavatera assurgentiflora)
- Island Ceanothus (Ceanothus arboreus)
- Island Bush-Poppy (Dendromecon rigida ssp. harfordii)
- Island Alumroot Heuchera maxima
- 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)
- Santa Cruz Island Ironwood
- Santa Cruz Island Silver Lotus
- Torrey Pine (Pinus torreyana) [rare subspecies sole occurrence][1]
- Ribes viburnifolium (Santa Catalina Island Currant)
[edit] Recently extinct
- San Clemente Bewick's Wren (Thryomane bewickii leucophrys), extinct 1927
[edit] Prehistoric
- Pygmy mammoth (Mammuthus exilis)
- Giant Deer Mouse (Peromyscus nesodytes)
