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Threatened and Endangered Animals of Maine

Maine 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 Maine

Beetle, American burying (Nicrophorus americanus)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Lynx, Canada (Lynx canadensis)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Puma (=cougar), eastern (Puma (=Felis) concolor couguar)
Salmon, Atlantic (Salmo salar)
Sea turtle, leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea)
Sturgeon, shortnose (Acipenser brevirostrum)
Tern, roseate (Sterna dougallii dougallii)
Whale, finback (Balaenoptera physalus)
Whale, humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae)
Whale, right (Balaena glacialis (incl. australis))
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)

Source

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

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