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Threatened and Endangered Animals of Alabama

Alabama Animals Protected by the Endangered Species Act

By Laura Klappenbach, About.com

Snail Darter (Percina tanasi).

Photo courtesy US FWS.
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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).

Acornshell, southern (Epioblasma othcaloogensis)
Bankclimber, purple (mussel) (Elliptoideus sloatianus)
Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Bean, Cumberland (pearlymussel) (Villosa trabalis)
Beetle, American burying (Nicrophorus americanus)
Blossom, tubercled (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)
Blossom, turgid (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma turgidula)
Blossom, yellow (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma florentina florentina)
Blossom, yellow (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma florentina florentina)
Campeloma, slender (Campeloma decampi)
Catspaw (=purple cat's paw pearlymussel) (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata)
Cavefish, Alabama (Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni)
Chub, spotfin (Erimonax monachus)
Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)
Clubshell, black (Pleurobema curtum)
Clubshell, ovate (Pleurobema perovatum)
Clubshell, southern (Pleurobema decisum)
Combshell, Cumberlandian (Epioblasma brevidens)
Combshell, southern (Epioblasma penita)
Combshell, upland (Epioblasma metastriata)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Darter, amber (Percina antesella)
Darter, boulder (Etheostoma wapiti)
Darter, goldline (Percina aurolineata)
Darter, slackwater (Etheostoma boschungi)
Darter, snail (Percina tanasi)
Darter, vermilion (Etheostoma chermocki)
Darter, watercress (Etheostoma nuchale)
Elimia, lacy (snail) (Elimia crenatella)
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
Frog, Mississippi gopher (Rana capito sevosa)
Heelsplitter, Alabama (=inflated) (Potamilus inflatus)
Kidneyshell, triangular (Ptychobranchus greenii)
Lampmussel, Alabama (Lampsilis virescens)
Lilliput, pale (pearlymussel) (Toxolasma cylindrellus)
Lioplax, cylindrical (snail) (Lioplax cyclostomaformis)
Mapleleaf, winged (Quadrula fragosa)
Moccasinshell, Alabama (Medionidus acutissimus)
Moccasinshell, Coosa (Medionidus parvulus)
Moccasinshell, Gulf (Medionidus penicillatus)
Monkeyface, Cumberland (pearlymussel) (Quadrula intermedia)
Monkeyface, Cumberland (pearlymussel) (Quadrula intermedia)
Mouse, Alabama beach (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates)
Mouse, Perdido Key beach (Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis)
Mucket, orangenacre (Lampsilis perovalis)
Mucket, pink (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis abrupta)
Mussel, oyster (Epioblasma capsaeformis)

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