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Threatened and Endangered Animals of Mississippi
Mississippi Animals Protected by the Endangered Species Act

By Laura Klappenbach, About.com

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The following list is an adaptation of data published at the The US Fish & Wildlife Service's Endangered Species Program Website. For the most current data, please refer to US Fish & Wildlife Service database (TESS).

Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Bear, Louisiana black (Ursus americanus luteolus)
Beetle, American burying (Nicrophorus americanus)
Clubshell, black (Pleurobema curtum)
Clubshell, ovate (Pleurobema perovatum)
Clubshell, southern (Pleurobema decisum)
Combshell, Cumberlandian (Epioblasma brevidens)
Combshell, southern (Epioblasma penita)
Crane, Mississippi sandhill (Grus canadensis pulla)
Crane, whooping (Grus americana)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Darter, bayou (Etheostoma rubrum)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Frog, Mississippi gopher (Rana capito sevosa)
Heelsplitter, Alabama (=inflated) (Potamilus inflatus)
Moccasinshell, Alabama (Medionidus acutissimus)
Mucket, orangenacre (Lampsilis perovalis)
Pigtoe, flat (Pleurobema marshalli)
Pigtoe, heavy (Pleurobema taitianum)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Pocketbook, fat (Potamilus capax)
Sea turtle, green (Chelonia mydas)
Sea turtle, hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Sea turtle, Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)
Sea turtle, leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)
Sea turtle, loggerhead (Caretta caretta)
Snake, eastern indigo (Drymarchon corais couperi)
Stirrupshell (Quadrula stapes)
Sturgeon, Alabama (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi)
Sturgeon, gulf (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Turtle, ringed map (Graptemys oculifera)
Turtle, yellow-blotched map (Graptemys flavimaculata)
Whale, finback (Balaenoptera physalus)
Whale, humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)

Source

US Fish & Wildlife Service, 2005. 'Threatened and Endangered Species (Mississippi)' (On-line), The Endangered Species Program. Accessed December 24, 2005.

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