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On September 14, 2012, the US Fish and Wildlife Service released a draft recovery plan for the San Miguel island fox, Santa Rosa island fox, Santa Cruz island fox, and the Santa Catalina island fox. [32] By 2012, the Catalina Island Conservancy determined that there were 1,500 Santa Catalina island foxes and the population was stable. [33]
The Santa Cruz Island Fox (Urocyon littoralis santacruzae) is the subspecies of Island Fox native to Santa Cruz Island. The native plant communities of Santa Cruz Island include chaparral, oak woodland, Bishop pine (Pinus muriacata) forest, grassland and coastal sage scrub. Where sheep grazing was prevalent, the native plant cover has been ...
Santa Rosa Island holds two groves of the Torrey pine subspecies Pinus torreyana var. insularis, which is endemic to the island. Torrey pines are the United States' rarest pine species. [1] The islands also house many rare and endangered plants, including the island barberry, the island rushrose, and the Santa Cruz Island lace pod.
Island foxes are among the species unique to the Channel Islands. ... According to the park, the Chumash people lived on Santa Cruz Island, Santa Rosa Island, San Miguel Island and probably ...
The Cozumel fox is a critically endangered small gray fox found on the island of Cozumel, Mexico. The last reported sighting was in 2001, but surveys focusing on this species have not yet been carried out. [11] In September 2023, a live Cozumel fox was rescued from a road and subsequently released. [12] [13]
Once, the island's hills and valleys were home to 11 Chumash villages (and Santa Cruz served as a sheep ranch as recently as 1984). Nowadays, there's one 31-site campground about half a mile's ...
Northern swift fox: Vulpes velox hebes: U.S. (northern plains), Canada E San Joaquin kit fox: Vulpes macrotis mutica: U.S. (CA) E San Miguel Island fox: Urocyon littoralis littoralis: U.S. (CA) E Santa Catalina Island fox: Urocyon littoralis catalinae: U.S. (CA) E Santa Cruz Island fox: Urocyon littoralis santacruzae: U.S. (CA) E Santa Rosa ...
Some 22 miles off the California coast, Santa Cruz Island offers majestic views, kayaking, snorkeling, swimming, camping and more.