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Common Name......Acornshell, southern
Scientific Name..Epioblasma othcaloogensis
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......495
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Bat, Ozark big-eared
Scientific Name..Plecotus townsendii ingens
Historic Range...U.S.A. (MO, OK, AR)
Status...........E
When Listed......85
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Bear, Louisiana black
Scientific Name..Ursus americanus luteolus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (LA, MS, TX)
Status...........T
When Listed......456
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....17.40(i)
Common Name......Caracara, Audubon's crested
Scientific Name..Polyborus plancus audubonii
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AZ, FL, LA, NM, TX) south to Panama; Cuba
Status...........T
When Listed......280
Vertebrate Pop...U.S.A. (FL)
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Cavefish, Alabama
Scientific Name..Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL)
Status...........E
When Listed......28, 328
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.17.95(e)
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Cavefish, Ozark
Scientific Name..Amblyopsis rosae
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AR, MO, OK)
Status...........T
When Listed......164
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Chub, spotfin (=turquoise shiner)
Scientific Name..Cyprinella (=Hybopsis) monacha
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, NC, TN, VA)
Status...........T
When Listed......28
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.17.95(e)
Special Rule.....17.44(c)
Common Name......Clubshell, black (=Curtus' mussel)
Scientific Name..Pleurobema curtum
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, MS)
Status...........E
When Listed......262
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Clubshell, ovate
Scientific Name..Pleurobema perovatum
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, MS, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......495
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Clubshell, southern
Scientific Name..Pleurobema decisum
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, MS, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......495
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Clubshell
Scientific Name..Pleurobema clava
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, IL, IN, KY, MI, OH, PA, TN, WV)
Status...........E
When Listed......488
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Combshell, southern (=penitent mussel)
Scientific Name..Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) penita
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, MS)
Status...........E
When Listed......262
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Combshell, upland
Scientific Name..Epioblasma metastriata
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......495
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Crane, Mississippi sandhill
Scientific Name..Grus canadensis pulla
Historic Range...U.S.A. (MS)
Status...........E
When Listed......6
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.17.95(b)
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Crayfish, cave [no common name]
Scientific Name..Cambarus aculabrum
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AR)
Status...........E
When Listed......499
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Crayfish, cave [no common name]
Scientific Name..Cambarus zophonastes
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AR)
Status...........E
When Listed......263
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Darter, Niangua
Scientific Name..Etheostoma nianguae
Historic Range...U.S.A. (MO)
Status...........T
When Listed......185
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.17.95(e)
Special Rule.....17.44(k)
Common Name......Darter, amber
Scientific Name..Percina antesella
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......196
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.17.95(e)
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Darter, bayou
Scientific Name..Etheostoma rubrum
Historic Range...U.S.A. (MS)
Status...........T
When Listed......10
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....17.44(b)
Common Name......Darter, boulder (=Elk River)
Scientific Name..Etheostoma wapiti
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......322
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Darter, goldline
Scientific Name..Percina aurolineata
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, TN)
Status...........T
When Listed......462
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Darter, leopard
Scientific Name..Percina pantherina
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AR, OK)
Status...........T
When Listed......31
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.17.95(e)
Special Rule.....17.44(d)
Common Name......Darter, slackwater
Scientific Name..Etheostoma boschungi
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, TN)
Status...........T
When Listed......28
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.17.95(e)
Special Rule.....17.44(c)
Common Name......Darter, snail
Scientific Name..Percina tanasi
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, TN)
Status...........T
When Listed......12, 150
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Darter, watercress
Scientific Name..Etheostoma nuchale
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL)
Status...........E
When Listed......2
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Fanshell
Scientific Name..Cyprogenia stegaria (=irrorata)
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, IL, IN, KY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV)
Status...........E
When Listed......391
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Fatmucket, Arkansas
Scientific Name..Lampsilis powelli
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AR)
Status...........T
When Listed......382
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Heelsplitter, inflated
Scientific Name..Potamilus inflatus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, LA, MS)
Status...........T
When Listed......404
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Kidneyshell, triangular
Scientific Name..Ptychobranchus greeni
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......495
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Lampmussel, Alabama (=Pearly mussel, Alabama lamp)
Scientific Name..Lampsilis virescens
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Madtom, Neosho
Scientific Name..Noturus placidus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (KS, MO, OK)
Status...........T
When Listed......388
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Moccasinshell, Alabama
Scientific Name..Medionidus acutissimus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, MS)
Status...........T
When Listed......495
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Moccasinshell, Coosa
Scientific Name..Medionidus parvulus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......495
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Mouse, Alabama beach
Scientific Name..Peromyscus polionotus ammobates
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL)
Status...........E
When Listed......183
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.17.95(a)
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Mouse, Perdido Key beach
Scientific Name..Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, FL)
Status...........E
When Listed......183
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.17.95(a)
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Mucket, orange-nacre
Scientific Name..Lampsilis perovalis
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, MS)
Status...........T
When Listed......495
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Mussel, ring pink (=golf stick pearly)
Scientific Name..Obovaria retusa
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, IL, IN, KY, OH, PA, TN, WV)
Status...........E
When Listed......369
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Mussel, winged mapleleaf
Scientific Name..Quadrula fragosa
Historic Range...U.S.A. (IA, IL, IN, KY, MN, MO, NE, OH, OK, TN, WI)
Status...........E
When Listed......426
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Panther, Florida
Scientific Name..Felis concolor coryi
Historic Range...U.S.A. (LA and AR east to SC and FL)
Status...........E
When Listed......1
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlshell, Louisiana
Scientific Name..Margaritifera hembeli
Historic Range...U.S.A. (LA)
Status...........T
When Listed......304, 518
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, Cumberland monkeyface
Scientific Name..Quadrula intermedia
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, TN, VA)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, Curtis'
Scientific Name..Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) florentina curtisi
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AR, MO)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, Higgins' eye
Scientific Name..Lampsilis higginsi
Historic Range...U.S.A. (IA, IL, MN, MO, NE, WI)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, cracking
Scientific Name..Hemistena (=Lastena) lata
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, IL, IN, KY, OH, TN, VA)
Status...........E
When Listed......366
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, dromedary
Scientific Name..Dromus dromas
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, KY, TN, VA)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, little-wing
Scientific Name..Pegias fabula
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, KY, NC, TN, VA)
Status...........E
When Listed......342
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, orange-foot pimpleback
Scientific Name..Plethobasus cooperianus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, IA, IL, IN, KY, OH, PA, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, pale lilliput
Scientific Name..Toxolasma (=Carunculina) cylindrellus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, pink mucket
Scientific Name..Lampsilis abrupta (=orbiculata)
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, purple cat's paw
Scientific Name..Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) obliquata obliquata (=E. sulcata sulcata)
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, IL, IN, KY, OH, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......394
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, tubercled-blossom
Scientific Name..Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) torulosa torulosa
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, IL, IN, KY, TN, WV)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, turgid-blossom
Scientific Name..Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) turgidula
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, white wartyback
Scientific Name..Plethobasus cicatricosus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, IL, IN, KY, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pearlymussel, yellow-blossom
Scientific Name..Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) florentina florentina
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pigtoe, dark
Scientific Name..Pleurobema furvum
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL)
Status...........E
When Listed......495
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pigtoe, fine-rayed
Scientific Name..Fusconaia cuneolus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, TN, VA)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pigtoe, flat (=Marshall's mussel)
Scientific Name..Pleurobema marshalli
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, MS)
Status...........E
When Listed......262
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pigtoe, heavy (=Judge Tait's mussel)
Scientific Name..Pleurobema taitianum
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, MS)
Status...........E
When Listed......262
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pigtoe, rough
Scientific Name..Pleurobema plenum
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, IN, KY, TN, VA)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pigtoe, shiny
Scientific Name..Fusconaia cor (=edgariana)
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, TN, VA)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pigtoe, southern
Scientific Name..Pleurobema georgianum
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......495
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pocketbook, fat
Scientific Name..Potamilus (=Proptera) capax
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AR, IA, IL, IN, KY, MO, MS, OH)
Status...........E
When Listed......15
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pocketbook, fine-lined
Scientific Name..Lampsilis altilis
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA)
Status...........T
When Listed......495
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Pocketbook, speckled
Scientific Name..Lampsilils streckeri
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AR)
Status...........E
When Listed......345
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Riversnail, Anthony's
Scientific Name..Athearnia anthonyi
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......538
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Rock-pocketbook, Ouachita (=Wheeler's pearly musse
Scientific Name..Arkansia (=Arcidens) wheeleri
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AR, OK)
Status...........E
When Listed......446
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Salamander, Red Hills
Scientific Name..Phaeognathus hubrichti
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL)
Status...........T
When Listed......19
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Sculpin, pygmy
Scientific Name..Cottus pygmaeus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL)
Status...........T
When Listed......365
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....17.44(u)
Common Name......Shagreen, Magazine Mountain
Scientific Name..Mesodon magazinensis
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AR)
Status...........T
When Listed......348
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Shiner, Cahaba
Scientific Name..Notropis cahabae
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL)
Status...........E
When Listed......405
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Shiner, Palezone
Scientific Name..Notropis sp.
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, KY, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......502
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Shiner, blue
Scientific Name..Cyprinella (=Notropis) caerulea
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, GA, TN)
Status...........T
When Listed......462
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Shrimp, Alabama cave
Scientific Name..Palaemonias alabamae
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL)
Status...........E
When Listed......323
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Snail, tulotoma (=Alabama live-bearing)
Scientific Name..Tulotoma magnifica
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL)
Status...........E
When Listed......412
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Snake, eastern indigo
Scientific Name..Drymarchon corais couperi
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, FL, GA, MS, SC)
Status...........T
When Listed......32
Vertebrate Pop...Sntire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Stirrupshell
Scientific Name..Quadrula stapes
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, MS)
Status...........E
When Listed......262
Vertebrate Pop...NA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Sturgeon, Gulf
Scientific Name..Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS)
Status...........T
When Listed......444
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....17.44(v)
Common Name......Sturgeon, pallid
Scientific Name..Scaphirhynchus albus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AR, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, SD, TN)
Status...........E
When Listed......399
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Tortoise, gopher
Scientific Name..Gopherus polyphemus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC)
Status...........T
When Listed......281
Vertebrate Pop...Wherever found west of Mobile and Tombigbee Rivers in AL, MS, and LA
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Turtle, Alabama redbelly (=red-bellied)
Scientific Name..Pseudemys alabamensis
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL)
Status...........E
When Listed......278
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Turtle, flattened musk
Scientific Name..Sternotherus depressus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (AL)
Status...........T
When Listed......272
Vertebrate Pop...Black Warrior R. system upstream from Bankhead Dam
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Turtle, ringed map (=sawback)
Scientific Name..Graptemys oculifera
Historic Range...U.S.A. (LA, MS)
Status...........T
When Listed......250
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Turtle, yellow-blotched map (=sawback)
Scientific Name..Graptemys flavimaculata
Historic Range...U.S.A. (MS)
Status...........T
When Listed......416
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Common Name......Vireo, black-capped
Scientific Name..Vireo atricapillus
Historic Range...U.S.A. (KS, LA, NE, OK, TX), Mexico.
Status...........E
When Listed......294
Vertebrate Pop...Entire
Critical Habitat.NA
Special Rule.....NA
Modified / 13 March 1995
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