Conservation - Catalina Plants & Animals
Land Mammals
Land Mammals on Catalina Island
American bison
Scientific Name: Bison bison
Status: (I) Introduced
Black rat
Scientific Name: Rattus rattus
Status: (I) Introduced
Catalina California ground squirrel
Scientific Name: Otospermophilus beecheyi nesioticus
Status: (E) Santa Catalina Endemic
Feral cat
Scientific Name: Felis catus
Status: (I) Introduced
House mouse
Scientific Name: Mus musculus
Status: (I) Introduced
Mule deer
Scientific Name: Odocoileus hemionus
Status: (I) Introduced
Norway rat
Scientific Name: Rattus norvegicus
Status: (I) Introduced
Santa Catalina Island deer mouse
Scientific Name: Peromyscus maniculatus catalinae
Status: (E) Santa Catalina Endemic
Santa Catalina Island fox
Scientific Name: Urocyon littoralis catalinae
Status: (E) Santa Catalina Endemic, (ST) State Threatened, (FT) Federally Threatened
Santa Catalina Island harvest mouse
Scientific Name: Reithrodontomys megalotis catalinae
Status: (E) Santa Catalina Endemic
Santa Catalina Island shrew
Scientific Name: Sorex ornatus willetti
Status: (E) Santa Catalina Endemic, (R) Rare, (CSC) California Species of Special Concern