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Threatened and Endangered Animals of Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania Animals Protected by the Endangered Species Act

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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 Pennsylvania

Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Beetle, American burying (Nicrophorus americanus)
Butterfly, Karner blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)
Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
Mucket, pink (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis abrupta)
Pearlymussel, cracking (Hemistena lata)
Pigtoe, rough (Pleurobema plenum)
Pimpleback, orangefoot (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus cooperianus)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Puma (=cougar), eastern (Puma (=Felis) concolor couguar)
Riffleshell, northern (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)
Ring pink (mussel) (Obovaria retusa)
Squirrel, Delmarva Peninsula fox (Sciurus niger cinereus)
Tiger beetle, northeastern beach (Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis)
Turtle, bog (=Muhlenberg) northern (Clemmys muhlenbergii)
Wedgemussel, dwarf (Alasmidonta heterodon)
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)

Source

US Fish & Wildlife Service, 2005. 'Threatened and Endangered Species (Pennsylvania)' (On-line), The Endangered Species Program. Accessed June 21, 2006.

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