Overview
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).
Threatened and Endangered Animals of North Carolina
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Bat, Virginia big-eared (Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii virginianus)
Beetle, American burying (Nicrophorus americanus)
Butterfly, Saint Francis' satyr (Neonympha mitchellii francisci)
Cahow (Pterodroma cahow)
Chub, spotfin (Erimonax monachus)
Crane, whooping (Grus americana)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Elktoe, Appalachian (Alasmidonta raveneliana)
Heelsplitter, Carolina (Lasmigona decorata)
Mussel, oyster (Epioblasma capsaeformis)
Pearlymussel, littlewing (Pegias fabula)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Puma (=cougar), eastern (Puma (=Felis) concolor couguar)
Riffleshell, tan (Epioblasma florentina walkeri (=E. walkeri))
Sawfish, smalltooth (Pristis pectinata)
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)
Shiner, Cape Fear (Notropis mekistocholas)
Silverside, Waccamaw (Menidia extensa)
Snail, noonday (Mesodon clarki nantahala)
Spider, spruce-fir moss (Microhexura montivaga)
Spinymussel, Tar River (Elliptio steinstansana)
Squirrel, Carolina northern flying (Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus)
Sturgeon, shortnose (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Tern, roseate (Sterna dougallii dougallii)
Turtle, bog (=Muhlenberg) southern (Clemmys muhlenbergii)
Wedgemussel, dwarf (Alasmidonta heterodon)
Whale, finback (Balaenoptera physalus)
Whale, humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Whale, right (Balaena glacialis (incl. australis))
Whale, sperm (Physeter catodon (=macrocephalus))
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)
Wolf, red (Canis rufus)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)
Source
US Fish & Wildlife Service, 2005. 'Threatened and Endangered Species (North Carolina)' (On-line), The Endangered Species Program. Accessed December 24, 2005.
