You are here:About>Education>Animals / Wildlife> Conservation> Endangered Species> By State> Threatened and Endangered Animals of Washington
About.comAnimals / Wildlife
Newsletters & RSSEmail to a friendSubmit to Digg

Threatened and Endangered Animals of Washington

From Laura Klappenbach,
Your Guide to Animals / Wildlife.
FREE Newsletter. Sign Up Now!

Washington Animals Protected by the Endangered Species Act

← Previous (Virginia) | Directory | Next (West Virginia) →

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).

Albatross, short-tailed (Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus)
Bear, grizzly lower 48 States, except where listed as an experimental population or delisted (Ursus arctos horribilis)
Butterfly, Oregon silverspot (Speyeria zerene hippolyta)
Caribou, woodland Selkirk Mountain population (Rangifer tarandus caribou)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Deer, Columbian white-tailed Columbia River DPS (Odocoileus virginianus leucurus)
Lynx, Canada lower 48 States DPS (Lynx canadensis)
Murrelet, marbled CA, OR, WA (Brachyramphus marmoratus)
Otter, southern sea except where EXPN (Enhydra lutris nereis)
Owl, northern spotted (Strix occidentalis caurina)
Pelican, brown except U.S. Atlantic coast, FL, AL (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Plover, western snowy Pacific coastal pop. (Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus)
Rabbit, pygmy Columbia Basin DPS (Brachylagus idahoensis)
Salmon, chinook Puget Sound (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) tshawytscha)
Salmon, chinook fall Snake R. (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) tshawytscha)
Salmon, chinook lower Columbia R. (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) tshawytscha)
Salmon, chinook spring upper Columbia R. (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) tshawytscha)
Salmon, chinook spring/summer Snake R. (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) tshawytscha)
Salmon, chum Columbia R. (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) keta)
Salmon, chum summer-run Hood Canal (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) keta)
Salmon, coho Lower Columbia River (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) kisutch)
Salmon, sockeye U.S.A. (Ozette Lake, WA) (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) nerka)
Sea turtle, green except where endangered (Chelonia mydas)
Sea turtle, leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)
Sea-lion, Steller eastern pop. (Eumetopias jubatus)
Sea-lion, Steller western pop. (Eumetopias jubatus)
Steelhead Puget Sound DPS (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) mykiss)
Steelhead Snake R. Basin (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) mykiss)
Steelhead lower Columbia R. (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) mykiss)
Steelhead middle Columbia R. (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) mykiss)
Steelhead upper Columbia R. Basin (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) mykiss)
Trout, bull U.S.A., conterminous, lower 48 states (Salvelinus confluentus)
Whale, humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Whale, killer Southern Resident DPS (Orcinus orca)
Wolf, gray Lower 48 States, except where delisted and where EXPN. Mexico. (Canis lupus)

Source

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

 All Topics | Email Article | | |
Advertising Info | News & Events | Work at About | SiteMap | Reprints | HelpOur Story | Be a Guide
User Agreement | Ethics Policy | Patent Info. | Privacy Policy©2008 About, Inc., A part of The New York Times Company. All rights reserved.