Endangered Species in California

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81 Endangered Species in California.

•Beetle, delta green ground (Elaphrus viridis)

•Beetle, valley elderberry longhorn (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus)

•Butterfly, El Segundo blue (Euphilotes battoides allyni)

•Butterfly, Lange's metalmark (Apodemia mormo langei)

•Butterfly, Myrtle's silverspot (Speyeria zerene myrtleae)

•Butterfly, Oregon silverspot (Speyeria zerene hippolyta)

•Butterfly, Palos Verdes blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis)

•Butterfly, San Bruno elfin (Callophrys mossii bayensis)

•Butterfly, Smith's blue (Euphilotes enoptes smithi)

•Butterfly, bay checkerspot (Euphydryas editha bayensis)

•Butterfly, lotis blue (Lycaeides argyrognomon lotis)

•Butterfly, mission blue (Icaricia icarioides missionensis)

•Chub, Mohave tui (Gila bicolor mohavensis)

•Chub, Owens tui (Gila bicolor snyderi)

•Chub, bonytail (Gila elegans)

•Condor, California (Gymnogyps californianus)

•Crayfish, Shasta (=placid) (Pacifastacus fortis)

•Delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus)

•Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

•Fairy shrimp, Conservancy (Branchinecta conservatio)

•Fairy shrimp, longhorn (Branchinecta longiantenna)

•Fairy shrimp, riverside (Streptocephalus woottoni)

•Fairy shrimp, vernal pool (Branchinecta lynchi)

•Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)

•Fly, Delhi Sands flower-loving (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis)

•Flycatcher, Southwestern willow (Empidonax traillii extimus)

•Fox, San Joaquin kit (Vulpes macrotis mutica)

•Frog , California red-legged (Rana aurora draytonii)

•Gnatcatcher, coastal California (Polioptila californica californica)

•Goby, tidewater (Eucyclogobius newberryi)

•Goose, Aleutian Canada (Branta canadensis leucopareia)

•Kangaroo rat, Fresno (Dipodomys nitratoides exilis)

•Kangaroo rat, Morro Bay (Dipodomys heermanni morroensis)

•Kangaroo rat, Stephens' (Dipodomys stephensi (incl. D. cascus))

•Kangaroo rat, Tipton (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides)

•Kangaroo rat, giant (Dipodomys ingens)

•Lizard, Coachella Valley fringe-toed (Uma inornata)

•Lizard, Island night (Xantusia riversiana)

•Lizard, blunt-nosed leopard (Gambelia silus)

•Moth, Kern primrose sphinx (Euproserpinus euterpe)

•Mountain beaver, Point Arena (Aplodontia rufa nigra)

•Mouse, Pacific pocket (Perognathus longimembris pacificus)

•Mouse, salt marsh harvest (Reithrodontomys raviventris)

•Murrelet, marbled (Brachyramphus marmoratus marmoratus)

•Otter, southern sea (Enhydra lutris nereis)

•Owl, northern spotted (Strix occidentalis caurina)

•Pelican, brown (Pelecanus occidentalis)

•Plover, western snowy (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus)

•Pupfish, Owens (Cyprinodon radiosus)

•Pupfish, desert (Cyprinodon macularius)

•Rail, California clapper (Rallus longirostris obsoletus)

•Rail, Yuma clapper (Rallus longirostris yumanensis)

•Rail, light-footed clapper (Rallus longirostris levipes)

•Salamander, Santa Cruz long-toed (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum)

•Salamander, desert slender (Batrachoseps aridus)

•Shrike, San Clemente loggerhead (Lanius ludovicianus mearnsi)

•Shrimp, California freshwater (Syncaris pacifica)

•Snail, Morro shoulderband (=banded dune) (Helminthoglypta walkeriana)

•Snake, San Francisco garter (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia)

•Snake, giant garter (Thamnophis gigas)

•Sparrow, San Clemente sage (Amphispiza belli clementeae)

•Squawfish, Colorado (Ptychocheilus lucius)

•Stickleback, unarmored threespine (Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni)

•Sucker, Lost River (Deltistes luxatus)

•Sucker, Modoc (Catostomus microps)

•Sucker, razorback (Xyrauchen texanus)

•Sucker, shortnose (Chasmistes brevirostris)

•Tadpole shrimp, vernal pool (Lepidurus packardi)

•Tern, California least (Sterna antillarum browni)

•Toad, arroyo southwestern (Bufo microscaphus californicus)

•Tortoise, desert (Gopherus agassizii)

•Towhee, Inyo California (=brown) (Pipilo crissalis eremophilus)

•Trout, Lahontan cutthroat (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) clarki henshawi)

•Trout, Little Kern golden (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) aguabonita whitei)

•Trout, Paiute cutthroat (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) clarki seleniris)

•Turtle, green sea (Chelonia mydas) (Note: sea turtles are National Marine Fisheries Service jurisdiction only within this State)

•Turtle, leatherback sea (Dermochelys coriacea)

•Turtle, loggerhead sea (Caretta caretta)

•Turtle, olive (=Pacific) ridley sea (Lepidochelys olivacea)

•Vireo, least Bell's (Vireo bellii pusillus)

•Vole, Amargosa (Microtus californicus scirpensis)