Overview
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).
Threatened and Endangered Animals of Illinois
Amphipod, Illinois cave (Gammarus acherondytes)
Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Beetle, American burying (Nicrophorus americanus)
Blossom, tubercled (pearlymussel) (Epioblasma torulosa torulosa)
Butterfly, Karner blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)
Catspaw (=purple cat's paw pearlymussel) (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata)
Clubshell (Pleurobema clava)
Crane, whooping (Grus americana)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Dragonfly, Hine's emerald (Somatochlora hineana)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
Higgins eye (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis higginsii)
Mapleleaf, winged (Quadrula fragosa)
Mucket, pink (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis abrupta)
Mussel, scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon)
Pearlymussel, cracking (Hemistena lata)
Pimpleback, orangefoot (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus cooperianus)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Pocketbook, fat (Potamilus capax)
Puma (=cougar), eastern (Puma (=Felis) concolor couguar)
Riffleshell, northern (Epioblasma torulosa rangiana)
Ring pink (mussel) (Obovaria retusa)
Snail, Iowa Pleistocene (Discus macclintocki)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Wartyback, white (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus cicatricosus)
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)
Source
US Fish & Wildlife Service, 2005. 'Threatened and Endangered Species (Illinois)' (On-line), The Endangered Species Program. Accessed December 24, 2005.
