CATALINA ISLAND ENDEMIC SPECIES
A look at the plants, animals and invertebrates found only on Catalina Island.
MAMMALS
5 sub-species
Catalina ground squirrel
Spermophilus beecheyi nesioticus
Catalina Island harvest mouse
Reithrodontomys megalotis catalinae
Catalina Island deer mouse
Peromyscus maniculatus catalinae
Catalina Island shrew
Sorex ornatus willetti
Catalina Island fox
Urocyon littoralis catalinae
INVERTEBRATES
45+ species and sub-species
BIRDS
2 sub-species
Darkling beetle
Eleodes omissa catalinae
Catalina orange-tip
butterfly
Anthocharis cethura
catalina
Catalina walking stick
Pseudosermyle catalinae
• 1 fly
• 1 walking stick
• 1 spider
• 2 ants
• 2 centipedes
• 2 millipedes
Catalina mountain snail
Radiocentrum avalonense
Catalina California quail
Callipepla californica
catalinensis
Jerusalem cricket
Ammopelmatus catalinae
• 3 moths
• 3 butterflies
• 4 crickets
• 5 bees
• 5 snails
• 15 beetles
Catalina Hutton’s vireo
Vireo huttoni unitti
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PLANTS
3 species, 6 sub-species, 1 potentially extinct
Catalina Island dudleya
Dudleya virens subsp. hassei
Catalina Island mountain mahogany
Cercocarpus traskiae
Santa Catalina Island bushmallow
Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. catalinensis
Santa Catalina Island ironwood
Lyonothamnus floribundus subsp. floribundus
Trask’s yerba santa
Eriodictyon traskiae var. traskiae
Potentially extinct
Santa Catalina Island manzanita
Arctostaphylos catalinae
Santa Catalina Island buckwheat
Eriogonum giganteum var. giganteum
Santa Catalina Island bedstraw
Galium catalinense subsp. catalinense
Santa Catalina Island popcorn flower
Cryptantha catalinensis
Santa Catalina Island monkeyflower
Diplacus traskiae
Last seen in 1901