Catalina Island is Home to More than 60 Endemic Species

A key focus of the Conservancy’s mission has always been to protect the unique Island landscape and the distinctive flora and fauna found here and nowhere else in the world. Catalina has more than 60 endemic species of plants, animals and invertebrates that reside within this beautiful yet fragile ecosystem.

CATALINA ISLAND ENDEMIC SPECIES MAMMALS

5 Sub-Species

Catalina ground squirrel (Spermophilus beecheyi nesioticus)

Catalina Island deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus catalinae)

Catalina Island fox (Urocyon littoralis catalinae)

Catalina Island harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys megalotis catalinae)

Catalina Island shrew (Sorex ornatus willetti)

PLANTS

3 species, 6 sub-species

Catalina ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus floribundus)

Catalina liveforever (Dudleya hassei)

Catalina manzanita (Arctostaphylos catalinae)

Catalina popcorn flower (Plagiobothrys canescens var. catalinensis)

Island mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus traskiae)

Santa Catalina bedstraw (Galium catalinense catalinense)

Santa Catalina Island bush-mallow (Malacothamnus fasciculatus var. catalinensis)

St. Catherine’s lace (Eriogonum giganteum var. giganteum)

Trask’s yerba santa (Eriodictyon traskiae var. traskiae)

BIRDS

2 sub-species

Catalina California quail (Callipepla californica catalinensis)

Catalina Hutton’s vireo (Vireo huttoni unitti)

INVERTEBRATES

45+ species and sub-species

Ant (Solenopsis texana catalinae)

Avallonensis bee (Evylaeus avalonensis)

Avalon hairstreak butterfly (Strymon avalona)

Avalon land snail (Micrarionta beatula)

Blotched leaf miner (Amauromyza insularis)

Cambrid snout moth (Evergestis angustalis catalinae)

Catalina cactus snail (Xerarionta kellettii)

Catalina centipede 1 (Pectiniunguis catalinensis)

Catalina centipede 2 (Pectiniunguis heathi catalinae)

Catalina cicada (Okanagana hirsuta catalina)

Catalina crab spider (Misumenops importunes belkini)

Catalina death watch beetle (Oligomerodes catalinae)

Catalina Island snail (Micrarionta rufocincta)

Catalina lancetooth snail (Haplotrema catalinense)

Catalina long-horned bee 1 (Exomalopsis cockerelli)

Catalina long-horned bee 2 (Melissodes scotti)

Catalina millipede (Bollmaniulus catalinae)

Catalina mountain snail (Radiocentrun avalonense)

Catalina orangetip butterfly (Anthocharis cethura catalina)

Catalina snail (Micrarionta catalinae)

Catalina Urbane digger bee (Anthophora urbana catalinae)

Catalina walkingstick (Pseudosermyle catalinae)

Cuckoo bee (Nomada avalonica)

Darkling beetle (Eleodes omissa catalinae)

Darkling beetle (Metoponium insulare)

Euvrietta catalinae

Flat-faced Longhorn beetle (Ipochus catalinae)

Fuzzy weevil (Trigonoscuta catalina)

Horsehair worm (parasite of Jerusalem cricket)

Jerusalem cricket (Stenopelmatus n. spp)

Monkey grasshoppers (Morsea californica catalinae)

Painted tiger moth (Arachnis picta meadowsi)

Propst’s shieldback cricket or Catalina shieldback cricket (Neduba propsti)

Scarab beetle (Coenonycha fulva)

Scarab beetle (Coenonycha clypeata)

Scarab beetle (Phobetus ciliates)

Scarab beetle (Serica catalinae)

Scavenger moth (Holocera phenacocci)

Silk spinning cricket (Cnemotettix miniatus)

Small millipedes (Nannolene catalina)

Snout beetle (Stenoptochus inconstans ssp)

Soft winged flower beetle (Dasytastes catalinae)

Soft winged flower beetle (Dasytastes insularis)

Soldier beetle (Cantharis hatchi dorothyae)

Strigota (Eustrigota) seclusa

Tortricid moth (Eucosma avalona)