CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK Threatened and Endangered Species
Scientific Name Common Name Federal State Anacapa Santa Cruz Santa Rosa San Miguel Santa Barbara
Acipenser medirostris North American green T sturgeon
Arctocephalis townsendi Guadalupe fur seal T T M
Balaenoptera borealis Sei whale Rorqual E
Balaenoptera physalus Finback whale E
Charadrius nivosus Western snowy plover T SSC R M
Enhydra lutris nereis Southern sea otter T A! C R M B!
Eubalaena japonica Right Whale Extirpated; Proposed
Eumetopias jubatas Steller (Northern) Sea Lion T M
Haliotis sorenseni White abalone E A C R!? M!? B
Haliotis cracherodii Black abalone E A C R M B
Lepidochelys olivacea Olive Ridley T C?
Megaptera novaengliae Humpback whale E
Melospiza melodia Santa Barbara song Extinct B! graminea sparrow
Physeter catodon Sperm whale E
Sibaldus musculus Blue whale E
Synthliboramphus scrippsii Scripps’s murrelet Candidate T A C M B
Urocyon littoralis cruzae Santa Cruz Island fox E T C
Urocyon littoralis Santa Rosa Island fox E T R santarosae
Urocyon littoralis littoralis San Miguel Island fox E T M
Xantusia riversiana Island night lizard T (Proposed B to delist)
** Plant
[Arabis hoffmannii] now: Hoffmann’s rock-cress E A! C R Boechera hoffmannii
Arctostaphylos confertiflora Santa Rosa Island E R manzanita
Berberis pinnata ssp. Island barberry E E A! C R!? insularis
Castilleja mollis Soft-leaved paintbrush E R M!
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Scientific Name Common Name Federal State Anacapa Santa Cruz Santa Rosa San Miguel Santa Barbara
Dudleya nesiotica Santa Cruz Island Live- T C Forever
Dudleya traskiae Santa Barbara live-forever E (EE) E B
Galium buxifolium Box-leaved bedstraw E C M
Gilia tenuiflora ssp. Hoffmann’s slender- E R hoffmannii flowered gilia
Helianthemum greenei Island rush-rose T C R
Malacothamnus Santa Cruz Island Bush E E C M! fasciculatus ssp. nesioticus Mallow
Santa Cruz Island Malacothrix indecora E C R M malacothrix
Malacothrix squalida Island malacothrix E A C
Phacelia insularis ssp. Island phacelia E R M insularis
Sibara filifolia Santa Cruz Island E C rockcress
Thysanocarpus Santa Cruz Island fringepod E C conchuliferus
Legend
E = Endangered T = Threatened (EE) = Single island endemic (E) = Endemic to the islands ! = Extirpated (no longer occurs) * = Thought to be extinct A, C, R, M, B = Island of occurrence
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