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California: Central Coast

Western Fence Lizard 1
Sceloporus occidentalis
Red-eared Slider 2
Trachemys scripta elegans
Virginia Opossum 3
Didelphis virginiana
Desert Cottontail 4
Sylvilagus audubonii
Brush Rabbit 5
Sylvilagus bachmani
Black-tailed Jackrabbit 6
Lepus californicus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 7
Sciurus carolinensis
Western Gray Squirrel 8
Sciurus griseus
Fox Squirrel 9
Sciurus niger
Douglas' Squirrel 10
Tamiasciurus douglasii
Merriam's Chipmunk 11
Neotamias merriami
California Ground Squirrel 12
Otospermophilus beecheyi
Belding's Ground Squirrel 13
Urocitellus beldingi
Botta's Pocket Gopher 14
Thomomys bottae
Mule Deer 15
Odocoileus hemionus
Blue Whale 16
Balaenoptera musculus
Humpback Whale 17
Megaptera novaeangliae
Harbour Porpoise 18
Phocoena phocoena
Risso's Dolphin 19
Grampus griseus
Common Bottlenose Dolphin 20
Tursiops truncatus
Short-beaked Common Dolphin 21
Delphinus delphis
Orca 22
Orcinus orca
Pacific Harbor Seal 23
Phoca vitulina richardii
Northern Elephant Seal 24
Mirounga angustirostris
California Sea Lion 25
Zalophus californianus
Steller Sea Lion 26
Eumetopias jubatus
Common Raccoon 27
Procyon lotor
Sea Otter 28
Enhydra lutris
Striped Skunk 29
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 30
Lynx rufus
Red Fox 31
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 32
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Common Mola 33
Mola mola
Milk Snail 34
Otala lactea
Garden Snail 35
Cornu aspersum
Black Tegula 36
Tegula funebralis
Asian Clam 37
Corbicula fluminea
Anise Swallowtail 38
Papilio zelicaon
Pipevine Swallowtail 39
Battus philenor
Umber Skipper 40
Lon melane
Fiery Skipper 41
Hylephila phyleus
Woodland Skipper 42
Ochlodes sylvanoides
Sandhill Skipper 43
Polites sabuleti
California Sister 44
Adelpha californica
Field Crescent 45
Phyciodes pulchella
West Coast Lady 46
Vanessa annabella
Red Admiral 47
Vanessa atalanta
Common Buckeye 48
Junonia coenia
Gray Buckeye 49
Junonia grisea
Common Ringlet 50
Coenonympha california
Monarch 51
Danaus plexippus
Gray Hairstreak 52
Strymon melinus
Western Pygmy-Blue 53
Brephidium exilis
Cabbage White 54
Pieris rapae
Western Honey Bee 55
Apis mellifera
Variegated Meadowhawk 56
Sympetrum corruptum
Black Saddlebags 56
Tramea lacerata
Blue Dasher 56
Pachydiplax longipennis
Common Green Darner 57
Anax junius
Vivid Dancer 56
Argia vivida
Pacific Sand Crab 58
Emerita analoga
Greater Moon Jelly 59
Aurelia labiata
Egg-yolk Jelly 60
Phacellophora camtschatica
lady fern 61
Athyrium filix-femina
coast redwood 62
Sequoia sempervirens
Aleppo pine 63
Pinus halepensis
trailing blackberry 64
Rubus ursinus
coffeeberry 65
Frangula californica
Mediterranean buckthorn 35
Rhamnus alaternus
St. Catherine's-lace 66
Eriogonum giganteum
Slender Iceplant 44
Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum
sea fig 67
Carpobrotus edulis
Perez's sea lavender 68
Limonium perezii
seaside woolly sunflower 69
Eriophyllum staechadifolium
California sagebrush 70
Artemisia californica
Red-flowering gum 71
Corymbia ficifolia
coyote brush 72
Baccharis pilularis
Oregon Gumplant 73
Grindelia stricta
Coastal Goldenbush 74
Isocoma menziesii
box elder 75
Acer negundo
Red-flowering gum 71
Corymbia ficifolia
Bower Plant 72
Pandorea jasminoides
orange bush monkeyflower 76
Diplacus aurantiacus
tree tobacco 77
Nicotiana glauca
blue elder 78
Sambucus cerulea
fennel 79
Foeniculum vulgare
Banana passionfruit 80
Passiflora tarminiana
redwood sorrel 81
Oxalis oregana
seacoast bulrush 82
Bolboschoenus robustus
Candelabra Aloe 83
Aloe arborescens

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