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Threatened and Endangered Animals of South Carolina

South Carolina Animals Protected by the Endangered Species Act

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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)
Beetle, American burying (Nicrophorus americanus)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Heelsplitter, Carolina (Lasmigona decorata)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Panther, Florida (Puma (=Felis) concolor coryi)
Puma (=cougar), eastern (Puma (=Felis) concolor couguar)
Salamander, flatwoods (Ambystoma cingulatum)
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)
Snake, eastern indigo (Drymarchon corais couperi)
Stork, wood (Mycteria americana)
Sturgeon, shortnose (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Tern, roseate (Sterna dougallii dougallii)
Warbler (=wood), Bachman's (Vermivora bachmanii)
Warbler (=wood), Kirtland's (Dendroica kirtlandii)
Whale, finback (Balaenoptera physalus)
Whale, humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Whale, right (Balaena glacialis (incl. australis))
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)
Wolf, red (Canis rufus)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

Source

US Fish & Wildlife Service, 2005. 'Threatened and Endangered Species (Rhode Island)' (On-line), The Endangered Species Program. Accessed June 27, 2007.

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