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Hydra- p.cnidaria..... cl. hydrozoa
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Planarian- p platyhelminthes..cl turbellaria
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Bryozoan- super p lophotroczoa.. p. bryozoa
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P. annelida.. c. clitellata..s.c.Oligochaeta
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oncorhynchus mykiss
Rainbow Trout
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Gasterosteus aculeatus
three-spine stickleback- lower foothills and c. valley streams.... fresh and brackish...eats insects, plankton.... prey to trout, bass
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Genus cottus
Sculpins- streams up in to mixed conifer belt and lower elevations...eat insects... important food for trouts
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taricha torosa
Ca Newt- foothills & conifers up to 6500ft... in quiet streams ponds and resevoirs....
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western fence lizard- wide spread below 9000ft
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Pitouphis catenifer
Gopher snake- wide spread below 7000ft
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Lampropeltis getula
Common kingsnake- widespread below 7000ft
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podilymbus podiceps
pied billed grebe- common below 5000ft eats small fish, insects and plants
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ardea herodias
Great blue heron- common in lower footkills along larger rivers.. eats small animal (fish, frog, mouse)
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cathartes aura
Turkey vulture.. common in lower elevation
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Branta canadensis
Canada goose- common resident at lakes and parks
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aix sponsa
Wood duck- foothills to lower mixed conifers ...along quiet waters....acorns and insects
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anas platyrhynchos
Mallard- quiet waters up to midelevations.... plants in shallow waters
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buteo jamaicensis
red tailed hawk- common... eats primarily ground prey
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falco sparverius
American kestrel- common in lower elevation but found in subalpine during nonbreeding season...eats insects, rodents, and birds
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callipepla californica
Ca quail- common in lower grasslands and foothills in stream side thickets and chaparral
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larus californicus
CA gull- mountain lakes .. abundant at mono lake
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geococcyx californianus
greater roadrunner- sparse resident in foothills and chaparral; its lizards, snakes, tarantulas, insect, rodents
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tyto alba
barn owl- up to mixed conifers.
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melanerpes formicivorus
acorn woodpecker- common in foothills up to mixed conifers
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cyanocitta stelleri
stellers jay- mixed conifer up to upper montane belt.... noisy birds.. seeds, nuts, acorns, and insects
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corvus brachyrhynchos
American crow- c. valley to upper foothills.
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canis latrans
coyote- common and widespread.
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ursus americanus
black bear-
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spermophilus beecheyi
Ca ground squirrel- widespred below 8,000ft
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tamiasciurus douglasii
Chickaree- 5000ft to 11000ft( upper montane and subalpine) eats seeds(living only)
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peromyscus maniculatus
White footed deer mouse- wide spread
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ochotona princeps
pika- mainly sub alpine belt ... eats plants near rockslides
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lepus californicus
black tailed jack rabbit- eats alfalfa, grain and other crops
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