Threatened and Endangered Animals of Connecticut

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)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Puma (=cougar), eastern (Puma (=Felis) concolor couguar)
Sea turtle, green (Chelonia mydas)
Sea turtle, hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Sea turtle, Kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii)
Sea turtle, leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)
Sea turtle, loggerhead (Caretta caretta)
Sturgeon, shortnose (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Tern, roseate (Sterna dougallii dougallii)
Tiger beetle, northeastern beach (Cicindela dorsalis dorsalis)
Tiger beetle, Puritan (Cicindela puritana)
Turtle, bog (=Muhlenberg) northern (Clemmys muhlenbergii)
Wedgemussel, dwarf (Alasmidonta heterodon)
Whale, finback (Balaenoptera physalus)
Whale, right (Balaena glacialis (incl. australis))
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)

Source

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