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Threatened and Endangered Animals of Utah

Utah 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).

Ambersnail, Kanab (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis)
Bear, grizzly (Ursus arctos horribilis)
Chub, bonytail (Gila elegans)
Chub, humpback (Gila cypha)
Chub, Virgin River (Gila seminuda (=robusta))
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Ferret, black-footed (Mustela nigripes)
Flycatcher, southwestern willow (Empidonax traillii extimus)
Lynx, Canada (Lynx canadensis)
Owl, Mexican spotted (Strix occidentalis lucida)
Pikeminnow (=squawfish) (Ptychocheilus lucius)
Prairie dog, Utah (Cynomys parvidens)
Sucker, June (Chasmistes liorus)
Sucker, razorback entire (Xyrauchen texanus)
Tortoise, desert (Gopherus agassizii)
Trout, Lahontan cutthroat (Oncorhynchus clarki henshawi)
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)
Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)

Source

US Fish & Wildlife Service. 'Threatened and Endangered Species (Utah)' (On-line), The Endangered Species Program. Accessed April 29, 2008.

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