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Threatened and Endangered Animals of Missouri

Missouri 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, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Bat, Ozark big-eared (Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii ingens)
Beetle, American burying (Nicrophorus americanus)
Cavefish, Ozark (Amblyopsis rosae)
Cavesnail, Tumbling Creek (Antrobia culveri)
Crane, whooping (Grus americana)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Darter, Niangua (Etheostoma nianguae)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Higgins eye (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis higginsii)
Madtom, Neosho (Noturus placidus)
Mapleleaf, winged (Quadrula fragosa)
Mucket, pink (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis abrupta)
Mussel, scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon)
Pearlymussel, Curtis (Epioblasma florentina curtisii)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Pocketbook, fat (Potamilus capax)
Shiner, Topeka (Notropis topeka (=tristis))
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)

Source

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

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