Fauna of the Northern and Eastern Mojave Area

Death Valley NP

Fauna/Flora

Land Use History

Desert Tortoise

SOME LISTED AND PROPOSED FOR LISTING ANIMALS AND PLANTS OF THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN MOJAVE PLANNING AREA

**Table 1. FEDERAL AND STATE LISTED BIRDS**
COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	FEDERAL LISTING	CALIFORNIA STATE LISTING
Swainson's hawk	Buteo swainsoni	__	Threatened
western yellow billed cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus occidentalis	__	Endangered
southwestern willow flycatcher	Empidonax trailli extimus	Endangered	Empidonax trailli is state listed Endangered
least Bells vireo	Vireo bellii pusillus	Endangered	Endangered

**Table 2. FEDERAL AND STATE LISTED MAMMALS**
COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	FEDERAL LISTING	CALIFORNIA STATE LISTING
Amargosa vole	Microtus californicus scirpensis	Endangered	Endangered
Mojave ground squirrel	Spermophilus mohavensis	__	Threatened

**Table 3. FEDERAL AND STATE LISTED AMPHIBIANS**
COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	FEDERAL LISTING	CALIFORNIA STATE LISTING
black toad	Bufo exsul	__	Threatened

**Table 4. FEDERAL AND STATE LISTED REPTILES**
COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	FEDERAL LISTING	CALIFORNIA STATE LISTING
desert tortoise (pictures)	Gopherus agassizii	Threatened	Threatened

**Table 5. FEDERAL AND STATE LISTED FISH**
COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	FEDERAL LISTING	CALIFORNIA STATE LISTING
Devil's Hole pupfish	Cyprinodon diabolis	Endangered	__
Cottonball Marsh pupfish	Cyprinodon salinus milleri	__	Threatened
Mojave tui chub	Gila bicolor mohavensis	Endangered	Endangered

TABLE 6. FEDERAL AND STATE LISTED PLANTS

COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	FEDERAL LISTING	CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA STATE LISTING
shining milk-vetch	Astragalus lentiginosus var. micans	Proposed Threatened	__
Sodaville milk-vetch	Astragalus lentiginosus var. sesquimetralis	Proposed Threatened	CA: Endangered NV: Critically Endangered
curved-pod milk-vetch	Astragalus mohavensis var. hemigyrus	__	NV: Recommended for Critically Endangered list, pending formal list
spring-loving centaury	Centaurium namophilum	Threatened	NV: Critically Endangered
Tecopa birdsbeak	Cordylanthus tecopensis	__	NV: Threatened
July gold	Dedeckera eurekensis	__	CA: Rare
Ash meadows sunray	Enceliopsis nudicaulis var. corrugata	Threatened	NV: Critically Endangered
forked buckwheat	Eriogonum bifurcatum	__	NV: Threatened
Thorne's buckwheat	Eriogonum ericifolium var. thornei	__	CA: Endangered
Kingston Mountains bedstraw	Galium hilendiae ssp. kingstonense	__	NV: Threatened
Ash meadows gumplant	Grindelia fraxino-pratensis	Threatened	__
desert sunflower	Helianthus niveus ssp. tephrodes	__	CA: Endangered
rock lady	Maurandya petrophila	__	CA: Rare
Amargosa niterwort	Nitrophila mohavensis	Endangered	CA: Endangered
Eureka Dunes evening primrose	Oenothera californica ssp. eurekensis	Endangered	CA: Rare
Eureka Valley dunegrass	Swallenia alexandrae	Endangered	CA: Rare