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Endangered Species in California

Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state

Listed species
290
Endangered
208
Threatened
82

Species are listed under the Endangered Species Act as endangered or threatened, with the counties where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service records their current range. A county listing means the species is known or believed to occur there, not that it lives at any particular property. Some species protected only by NOAA Fisheries may not be listed.

Flowering Plants (172)

Insects (25)

Mammals (23)

  • Amargosa voleMicrotus californicus scirpensisEndangeredListed 11/15/1984 · 4 counties
  • Buena Vista Lake shrewSorex ornatus relictusEndangeredListed 03/06/2002 · 6 counties
  • FisherPekania pennantiSouthern Sierra Nevada Distinct Population SegmentEndangeredListed 06/15/2020 · 11 counties
  • Fresno kangaroo ratDipodomys nitratoides exilisEndangeredListed 01/30/1985 · 8 counties
  • Giant kangaroo ratDipodomys ingensEndangeredListed 01/05/1987 · 11 counties
  • Gray wolfCanis lupusU.S.A.: All of AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IN, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, and WV; and portions of AZ, NM, OR, UT, and WA as follows: (1) Northern AZ (that portion north of the centerline of Interstate Highway 40); (2) Northern NM (that portion north of the centerline of Interstate Highway 40); (3) Western OR (that portion of OR west of the centerline of Highway 395 and Highway 78 north of Burns Junction and that portion of OR west of the centerline of Highway 95 south of Burns Junction); (4) Most of Utah (that portion of UT south and west of the centerline of Highway 84 and that portion of UT south of Highway 80 from Echo to the UT/WY Stateline); and (5) Western WA (that portion of WA west of the centerline of Highway 97 and Highway 17 north of Mesa and that portion of WA west of the centerline of Highway 395 south of Mesa). Mexico.EndangeredListed 03/09/1978 · 23 counties
  • Morro Bay kangaroo ratDipodomys heermanni morroensisEndangeredListed 10/13/1970 · 1 county
  • North American wolverineGulo gulo luscusThreatenedListed 01/02/2024 · 24 counties
  • Pacific marten, Coastal DPSMartes caurinaThreatenedListed 11/09/2020 · 4 counties
  • Pacific pocket mousePerognathus longimembris pacificusEndangeredListed 02/03/1994 · 3 counties
  • Point Arena mountain beaverAplodontia rufa nigraEndangeredListed 12/12/1991 · 1 county
  • San Bernardino Merriam's kangaroo ratDipodomys merriami parvusEndangeredListed 01/27/1998 · 4 counties
  • San Joaquin kit foxVulpes macrotis muticawherever foundEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 22 counties
  • Santa Catalina Island FoxUrocyon littoralis catalinaeThreatenedListed 03/05/2004 · 1 county
  • Sierra Nevada bighorn sheepOvis canadensis sierraeU.S.A. (CA) Sierra NevadaEndangeredListed 04/20/1999 · 7 counties
  • Sierra Nevada red foxVulpes vulpes necatorSierra Nevada DPSEndangeredListed 09/02/2021 · 17 counties
  • Southern sea otterEnhydra lutris nereisThreatenedListed 01/14/1977 · 6 counties
  • Stephens' kangaroo ratDipodomys stephensi (incl. D. cascus)ThreatenedListed 09/30/1988 · 4 counties
  • Tipton kangaroo ratDipodomys nitratoides nitratoidesEndangeredListed 07/08/1988 · 5 counties
  • peninsular bighorn sheepOvis canadensis nelsoniU.S.A. (CA) Peninsular RangesEndangeredListed 03/18/1998 · 3 counties
  • riparian brush rabbitSylvilagus bachmani ripariusEndangeredListed 02/23/2000 · 5 counties
  • riparian woodrat (= San Joaquin Valley)Neotoma fuscipes ripariaEndangeredListed 02/23/2000 · 2 counties
  • salt marsh harvest mouseReithrodontomys raviventriswherever foundEndangeredListed 10/13/1970 · 9 counties

Fishes (19)

  • BonytailGila elegansEndangeredListed 04/23/1980 · 3 counties
  • Cui-uiChasmistes cujusEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 1 county
  • Delta smeltHypomesus transpacificusThreatenedListed 03/05/1993 · 8 counties
  • Desert pupfishCyprinodon maculariusEndangeredListed 03/31/1986 · 4 counties
  • Devils Hole pupfishCyprinodon diabolisEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 1 county
  • Lahontan cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii henshawiThreatenedListed 10/13/1970 · 9 counties
  • Little Kern golden troutOncorhynchus aguabonita whiteiThreatenedListed 05/15/1978 · 1 county
  • Longfin SmeltSpirinchus thaleichthysSan Francisco Bay-Delta Distinct Population SegmentEndangeredListed 08/29/2024 · 13 counties
  • Lost River suckerDeltistes luxatusEndangeredListed 07/18/1988 · 2 counties
  • Mohave tui chubGila bicolor ssp. mohavensisEndangeredListed 10/13/1970 · 2 counties
  • Owens Tui ChubGila bicolor ssp. snyderiEndangeredListed 08/05/1985 · 4 counties
  • Owens pupfishCyprinodon radiosusEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 5 counties
  • Paiute cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarkii selenirisThreatenedListed 03/11/1967 · 4 counties
  • Razorback suckerXyrauchen texanusThreatenedListed 10/23/1991 · 3 counties
  • Santa Ana suckerCatostomus santaanaeLos Angeles River basin, San Gabriel River basin, Santa Ana River basinThreatenedListed 04/12/2000 · 4 counties
  • Warner suckerCatostomus warnerensisThreatenedListed 09/27/1985 · 1 county
  • shortnose suckerChasmistes brevirostrisEndangeredListed 07/18/1988 · 2 counties
  • tidewater gobyEucyclogobius newberryiEndangeredListed 02/04/1994 · 20 counties
  • unarmored threespine sticklebackGasterosteus aculeatus williamsoniEndangeredListed 10/13/1970 · 5 counties

Birds (16)

  • California Ridgway's railRallus obsoletus obsoletusEndangeredListed 10/13/1970 · 17 counties
  • California condorGymnogyps californianusWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 22 counties
  • California least ternSternula antillarum browniEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 20 counties
  • Coastal California gnatcatcherPolioptila californica californicaThreatenedListed 03/30/1993 · 6 counties
  • Hawaiian petrelPterodroma sandwichensisEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 15 counties
  • Inyo California towheeMelozone crissalis eremophilusThreatenedListed 08/03/1987 · 2 counties
  • Least Bell's vireoVireo bellii pusillusEndangeredListed 05/02/1986 · 20 counties
  • Light-footed Ridgway's railRallus obsoletus levipesEndangeredListed 10/13/1970 · 5 counties
  • Marbled MurreletBrachyramphus marmoratusU.S.A. (CA, OR, WA)ThreatenedListed 10/01/1992 · 21 counties
  • Northern spotted owlStrix occidentalis caurinaThreatenedListed 06/26/1990 · 14 counties
  • San Clemente loggerhead shrikeLanius ludovicianus mearnsiEndangeredListed 09/12/1977 · 1 county
  • Short-tailed albatrossPhoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrusEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 15 counties
  • Southwestern willow flycatcherEmpidonax traillii extimusEndangeredListed 02/27/1995 · 13 counties
  • Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanusWestern DPS: U.S.A. (AZ, CA, CO (western), ID, MT (western), NM (western), NV, OR, TX (western), UT, WA, WY (western)); Canada (British Columbia (southwestern); Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Durango (western), Sinaloa, Sonora)ThreatenedListed 11/03/2014 · 45 counties
  • Yuma Ridgway's railRallus obsoletus yumanensisEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 4 counties
  • western snowy ploverCharadrius nivosus nivosusPacific Coast population DPS-U.S.A. (CA, OR, WA), Mexico (within 50 miles of Pacific coast)ThreatenedListed 03/05/1993 · 30 counties

Amphibians (15)

Crustaceans (8)

Reptiles (8)

  • Alameda whipsnake (=striped racer)Masticophis lateralis euryxanthusThreatenedListed 12/05/1997 · 8 counties
  • Blunt-nosed leopard lizardGambelia silusEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 12 counties
  • Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizardUma inornataThreatenedListed 09/25/1980 · 1 county
  • Desert tortoiseGopherus agassiziiWherever found, except AZ south and east of Colorado R., and MexicoThreatenedListed 04/02/1990 · 8 counties
  • Giant garter snakeThamnophis gigasThreatenedListed 10/20/1993 · 16 counties
  • Green sea turtleChelonia mydasGreen sea turtles originating from the East Pacific Ocean, bounded by the following lines and coordinates: 41 degrees N., 143 degrees W. in the northwest; 41 degrees N. Lat. in the north; along the western coasts of the Americas; 40 degrees S. Lat. in the south; and 40 degrees S., 96 degrees W. in the southwestThreatenedListed 05/06/2016 · 24 counties
  • Leatherback sea turtleDermochelys coriaceaEndangeredListed 06/02/1970 · 1 county
  • San Francisco garter snakeThamnophis sirtalis tetrataeniaEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 5 counties

Conifers and Cycads (3)

  • Gowen cypressCupressus goveniana ssp. govenianaThreatenedListed 08/12/1998 · 1 county
  • Santa Cruz cypressHesperocyparis abramsianaThreatenedListed 01/08/1987 · 2 counties
  • Whitebark pinePinus albicaulisThreatenedListed 01/17/2023 · 22 counties

Snails (1)

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS

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