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The Carrizo Plain (Obispeño: tšɨłkukunɨtš, "Place of the rabbits") [5] is a large enclosed grassland plain, approximately 50 miles (80 km) long and up to 15 miles (24 km) across, in southeastern San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, about 100 miles (160 km) northwest of Los Angeles. [6]
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CDFW is proud to present the second edition of the Atlas of the Biodiversity of California, featuring new and updated maps that reflect changes to our understanding of the natural world and the impacts humans are having upon it.
Common animals that live throughout all the state include raccoons, weasels, otters, beavers, hawks, lizards, owls, coyotes, skunks, snakes, cougars, black bears, deer, squirrels, and whales. As of 2024, there are 687 bird species listed by the California Birds Records Committee, 16 of which are introduced, not native to the state. [4]
The Carrizo Plain is home to one of the largest concentrations of rare plants and animals in all of California and is vital to their survival. It is one of the last refuges for the San Joaquin kit fox, San Joaquin antelope squirrel, burrowing owl, giant kangaroo rat, and blunt-nosed leopard lizard.
The California Wildlife Habitat Relationship (CWHR) System contains life history, geographic range, and management information for more than 700 species of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals that regularly occur within the state.
The State of California (1995) divides the bioregion into Northern and Southern Sierra Nevada Bioregions. On the Forest Service (1994) map of the ecological units of California, the Bioregion is represented by the Sierra Nevada and Sierra Nevada Foothills sections.
