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Threatened and Endangered Animals of South Dakota

South Dakota 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).

Beetle, American burying (Nicrophorus americanus)
Crane, whooping (Grus americana)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Ferret, black-footed (Mustela nigripes)
Mussel, scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
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 (Tennessee)' (On-line), The Endangered Species Program. Accessed June 27, 2007.

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