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Threatened and Endangered Animals of California

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California Animals Protected by the Endangered Species Act

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The following list is an adaptation of data published at the The US Fish & Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Program Website. For the most current data, please refer to US Fish & Wildlife Service database (TESS).

Abalone, White (Haliotis sorenseni)
Albatross, short-tailed (Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus)
Bear, grizzly (Ursus arctos horribilis)
Beetle, delta green ground (Elaphrus viridis)
Beetle, Mount Hermon June (Polyphylla barbata)
Beetle, valley elderberry longhorn (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus)
Butterfly, bay checkerspot (Euphydryas editha bayensis)
Butterfly, Behren's silverspot (Speyeria zerene behrensii)
Butterfly, callippe silverspot (Speyeria callippe callippe)
Butterfly, El Segundo blue (Euphilotes battoides allyni)
Butterfly, Lange's metalmark (Apodemia mormo langei)
Butterfly, lotis blue (Lycaeides argyrognomon lotis)
Butterfly, mission blue (Icaricia icarioides missionensis)
Butterfly, Myrtle's silverspot (Speyeria zerene myrtleae)
Butterfly, Oregon silverspot (Speyeria zerene hippolyta)
Butterfly, Palos Verdes blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis)
Butterfly, Quino checkerspot (Euphydryas editha quino (=E. e. wrighti))
Butterfly, San Bruno elfin (Callophrys mossii bayensis)
Butterfly, Smith's blue (Euphilotes enoptes smithi)
Chub, bonytail entire (Gila elegans)
Chub, Mohave tui (Gila bicolor mohavensis)
Chub, Owens tui (Gila bicolor snyderi)
Condor, California U.S.A. only (Gymnogyps californianus)
Crayfish, Shasta (Pacifastacus fortis)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Fairy shrimp, Conservancy (Branchinecta conservatio)
Fairy shrimp, longhorn (Branchinecta longiantenna)
Fairy shrimp, Riverside (Streptocephalus woottoni)
Fairy shrimp, San Diego (Branchinecta sandiegonensis)
Fairy shrimp, vernal pool (Branchinecta lynchi)
Fly, Delhi Sands flower-loving (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis)
Flycatcher, southwestern willow (Empidonax traillii extimus)
Fox, San Joaquin kit (Vulpes macrotis mutica)
Fox, San Miguel Island (Urocyon littoralis littoralis)
Fox, Santa Catalina Island (Urocyon littoralis catalinae)
Fox, Santa Cruz Island (Urocyon littoralis santacruzae)
Fox, Santa Rosa Island (Urocyon littoralis santarosae)
Frog, California red-legged subspecies range clarified (Rana aurora draytonii)
Frog, mountain yellow-legged southern California DPS (Rana muscosa)
Gnatcatcher, coastal California (Polioptila californica californica)
Goby, tidewater Entire (Eucyclogobius newberryi)
Grasshopper, Zayante band-winged (Trimerotropis infantilis)
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Kangaroo rat, Fresno (Dipodomys nitratoides exilis)
Kangaroo rat, giant (Dipodomys ingens)
Kangaroo rat, Morro Bay (Dipodomys heermanni morroensis)
Kangaroo rat, San Bernardino Merriam's (Dipodomys merriami parvus)
Kangaroo rat, Stephens' (Dipodomys stephensi (incl. D. cascus))
Kangaroo rat, Tipton (Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides)
Lizard, blunt-nosed leopard (Gambelia silus)
Lizard, Coachella Valley fringe-toed (Uma inornata)
Lizard, Island night (Xantusia riversiana)
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 CA, OR, WA (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
Otter, southern sea except where EXPN (Enhydra lutris nereis)
Owl, northern spotted (Strix occidentalis caurina)
Pelican, brown except U.S. Atlantic coast, FL, AL (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Pikeminnow (=squawfish), Colorado except Salt and Verde R. drainages, AZ (Ptychocheilus lucius)
Plover, western snowy Pacific coastal pop. (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus)
Pupfish, desert (Cyprinodon macularius)
Pupfish, Owens (Cyprinodon radiosus)

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