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California Wildlife

What wildlife is found in California?

Choose one animal for each of California's regions. On your map key, draw a symbol for each animal and label each symbol. Then draw the symbols in the correct locations on your state map. Here are some examples of wildlife that live in the different regions of California.

Coastal Regions

The Californian sea lions of Mexico's Baja California

sea lions

White faced California Sea Otter floating on his back. warming his flippers, which are up in the air.

otters

A humpback whale breaches clear out of the water in Monterey Bay, California.

humpback whales

Deserts

Diamondback Rattlesnake on the Ground in Arizona

diamondback rattlesnakes

A coyote stands on a ridge in Point Reyes National Seashore, California.

coyotes

Desert tortoises are species of tortoise native to the Mojave desert and Sonoran desert of the southwestern United States.

desert tortoises

Central Valley

kangaroo rat

kangaroo rat

San Joaquin kit fox male

San Joaquin kit fox

Sacramento Pikeminnow

Sacramento Pikeminnow

Mountains

american black bear adult male laying down, santa clarita mountains, california. similar grizzly or brown bear huge hairy predator carnivore yogi usa

black bear

California Bighorn Sheep standing in a field with wildflowers in northern Washington, near the Canadian border; Pacific Northwest wildlife / outdoors / animal / nature

California bighorn sheep

Mountain Lion standing on rock

mountain lion