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Threatened and Endangered Animals of Alaska

Alaska Animals Protected by the Endangered Species Act

By Laura Klappenbach, About.com

Steller Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubatus).

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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).

Albatross, short-tailed (Phoebastria (=Diomedea) albatrus)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Eider, spectacled (Somateria fischeri)
Eider, Steller's (Polysticta stelleri)
Lynx, Canada (Lynx canadensis)
Otter, Northern Sea (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)
Sea turtle, leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)
Sea-lion, Steller (Eumetopias jubatus)
Whale, bowhead (Balaena mysticetus)
Whale, finback (Balaenoptera physalus)
Whale, humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae)

Source

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

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