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Threatened and Endangered Animals of Iowa

Iowa Animals Protected by the Endangered Species Act

By Laura Klappenbach, About.com

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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 Iowa

Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Beetle, American burying (Nicrophorus americanus)
Crane, whooping (Grus americana)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Eagle, bald lower 48 States (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Higgins eye (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis higginsii)
Mapleleaf, winged (Quadrula fragosa)
Mussel, scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon)
Pimpleback, orangefoot (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus cooperianus)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Pocketbook, fat (Potamilus capax)
Shiner, Topeka (Notropis topeka (=tristis))
Snail, Iowa Pleistocene (Discus macclintocki)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)

Source

US Fish & Wildlife Service, 2005. 'Threatened and Endangered Species (Iowa)' (On-line), The Endangered Species Program. Accessed December 24, 2005.

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