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 Louisiana
Bear, Louisiana black (Ursus americanus luteolus)
Beetle, American burying (Nicrophorus americanus)
Crane, whooping (Grus americana)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Frog, Mississippi gopher (Rana capito sevosa)
Heelsplitter, Alabama (=inflated) (Potamilus inflatus)
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Mucket, pink (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis abrupta)
Panther, Florida (Puma (=Felis) concolor coryi)
Pearlshell, Louisiana (Margaritifera hembeli)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
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, gulf (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Tortoise, gopher (Gopherus polyphemus)
Turtle, ringed map (Graptemys oculifera)
Vireo, black-capped (Vireo atricapilla)
Whale, finback (Balaenoptera physalus)
Whale, humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)
Source
US Fish & Wildlife Service, 2005. 'Threatened and Endangered Species (Louisiana)' (On-line), The Endangered Species Program. Accessed December 24, 2005.
