Island fox  (Urocyon littoralis)

Range

Restricted to six of the largest Channel Islands, 19 to 60 miles off the coast of southern California, USA (1). These include the islands of Santa Catalina (U. l. catalinae), San Clemente (U. l. clementae), San Nicolas (U. l. dickeyi), San Miguel (U. l. littoralis), Santa Cruz (U. l. santacruzae), and Santa Rosa (U. l. santarosae) (2).

View a distribution map for this species at UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.

Habitat

The Channel Islands have a Mediterranean-type climate, which is hot and dry in the summer, and cool and wet in the winter (6). The foxes occur in all habitats on the islands, including valley and foothill grasslands, coastal sage scrub, sand dunes, island chaparral, coastal oak and pine forests, and marshes. Dens include ground holes, hollow trees, rock piles, shrubs, caves, and man-made structures (4).

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