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Yosemite National Park
Special Status Animal Species

FE–Federal Endangered
FT–Federal Threatened
FC–Federal Candidate
ST–State Threatened
CSC–California Species of Concern
BSSC–California Bird Species of Special Concern
*–Believed to be extirpated from Yosemite National Park

SPECIES

FEDERAL

STATE

Invertebrates

 

 

Valley elderberry longhorn beetle (Desmocerus californicus dimorphus)

FT

 

Fish

 

 

Hardhead (Mylopharodon conocephalus)

 

CSC

Amphibians

 

 

Hell Hollow slender salamander (Batrachoseps diabolicus)

 

CSC

Gregarious slender salamander (Batrachoseps gregarious)

 

CSC

Mount Lyell salamander (Hydromantes platycephalus)

 

CSC

Yosemite toad (Bufo canorus)

FC

CSC

California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii)*

FT

CSC

Foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii)*

 

CSC

Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (Rana sierrae)

FC

CSC

Reptiles

 

 

Western pond turtle (Emys marmorata)

 

CSC

Birds

 

 

Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)

 

CSC,BSSC

Sharp-shinned hawk (Accipiter striatus)

 

CSC

Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

 

CSC,BSSC

Northern harrier (Circus cyaneus)

 

CSC,BSSC

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

 

CSC

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

 

SE

Osprey (Pandion haliatus)

 

CSC

Merlin (Falco columbarius)

 

CSC

Prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus)

 

CSC

American peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum)

 

SE

Long-eared owl (Asio otus)

 

CSC,BSSC

Great gray owl (Strix nebulosa)

 

SE

California spotted owl (Strix occidentalis occidentalis)

 

CSC,BSSC

Vaux’s swift (Chaetura vauxi)

 

CSC,BSSC

Black swift (Cyseloides niger)

 

CSC,BSSC

Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi)

 

CSC,BSSC

Willow flycatcher (Empidonax trailii)

 

SE

Yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia)

 

CSC,BSSC

Mammals

 

 

Mount Lyell shrew (Sorex lyelli)

 

CSC

Pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus)

 

CSC

Townsend’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii)

 

CSC

Spotted bat (Euderma maculatum)

 

CSC

Western red bat (Lasiurus blossevillii)

 

CSC

Western mastiff bat (Eumops perotis)

 

CSC

Sierra Nevada snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus tahoensis)

 

CSC

Western white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii townsendii)

 

CSC

Sierra Nevada mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa californica)

 

CSC

Sierra Nevada red fox (Vulpes vulpes necator)

 

ST

California wolverine (Gulo gulo)

 

ST

Pacific fisher (Martes pennanti)

FC

CSC

American badger (Taxidea taxus)

 

CSC

Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep (Ovis Canadensis sierrae)

FE

SE


 

 

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Did You Know?
Giant sequoias are a fire adapted species. Their bark is fire resistant and fire helps open the sequoia cone and scatter the tiny seeds. Fire also clears forest debris from the mineral soil and provides a nutrient rich seed bed as well as clearing competing species.

Last Updated: October 02, 2008 at 15:29 EST