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Threatened and Endangered Species in Mississippi Valley States

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These lists taken from the US Fish and Wildlife service's formatting of the 50 CFR 17.11 and 17.12 are current as of November 30, 1994.

Alabama--86 species

Animals
Acornshell, southern (Epioblasma othcaloogensis)
Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Cavefish, Alabama (Speoplatyrhinus poulsoni)
Chub, spotfin (=turquoise shiner) (Cyprinella monacha)
Clubshell, black (=Curtus' mussel) (Pleurobema curtum)
Clubshell, ovate (Pleurobema perovatum)
Clubshell, southern (Pleurobema decisum)
Combshell, upland (Epioblasma metastriata)
Combshell, southern (=penitent mussel) (Epioblasma penita)
Darter, goldline (Percina aurolineata)
Darter, slackwater (Etheostoma boschungi)
Darter, watercress (Etheostoma nuchale)
Darter, boulder (=Elk River) (Etheostoma wapiti)
Darter, snail (Percina tanasi)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria)
Heelsplitter, inflated (Potamilus inflatus)
Kidneyshell, triangular (Ptychobranchus greeni)
Lampmussel, Alabama (Lampsilis virescens)
Manatee, West Indian (=Florida) (Trichechus manatus)
Moccasinshell, Alabama (Medionidus acutissimus)
Moccasinshell, Coosa (Medionidus parvulus)
Mouse, Alabama beach (Peromyscus polionotus ammobates)
Mouse, Perdido Key beach (Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis)
Mucket, orange-nacre (Lampsilis perovalis)
Mussel, ring pink (=golf stick pearly) (Obovaria retusa)
Pearlymussel, white wartyback (Plethobasus cicatricosus)
Pearlymussel, pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta)
Pearlymussel, purple cat's paw (Epioblasma obliquata obliquata)
Pearlymussel, turgid-blossom (Epioblasma turgidula)
Pearlymussel, cracking (Hemistena lata)
Pearlymussel, pale lilliput (Toxolasma cylindrellus)
Pearlymussel, little-wing (Pegias fabula)
Pearlymussel, dromedary (Dromus dromas)
Pearlymussel, Cumberland monkeyface (Quadrula intermedia)
Pearlymussel, yellow-blossom (Epioblasma florentina florentina)
Pearlymussel, orange-foot pimple back (Plethobasus cooperianus)
Pigtoe, rough (Pleurobema plenum)
Pigtoe, shiny (Fusconaia cor)
Pigtoe, southern (Pleurobema georgianum)
Pigtoe, dark (Pleurobema furvum)
Pigtoe, heavy (=Judge Tait's mussel) (Pleurobema taitianum)
Pigtoe, fine-rayed (Fusconaia cuneolus)
Pigtoe, flat (=Marshall's mussel) (Pleurobema marshalli)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Pocketbook, fine-lined (Lampsilis altilis)
Riversnail, Anthony's (Athearnia anthonyi)
Salamander, Red Hills (Phaeognathus hubrichti)
Sculpin, pygmy (Cottus pygmaeus)
Shiner, Cahaba (Notropis cahabae)
Shiner, blue (Cyprinella caerulea)
Shiner, Palezone (Notropis sp.)
Shrimp, Alabama cave (Palaemonias alabamae)
Snail, tulotoma (=Alabama live-bearing) (Tulotoma magnifica)
Snake, eastern indigo (Drymarchon corais couperi)
Stirrupshell (Quadrula stapes)
Stork, wood (Mycteria americana)
Sturgeon, Gulf (Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi)
Tortoise, gopher (Gopherus polyphemus)
Turtle, green sea (Chelonia mydas)
Turtle, flattened musk (Sternotherus depressus)
Turtle, Alabama redbelly (=red-bellied) (Pseudemys alabamensis)
Turtle, hawksbill sea (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Turtle, Kemp's (=Atlantic) ridley sea (Lepidochelys kempii)
Turtle, loggerhead sea (Caretta caretta)
Turtle, leatherback sea (Dermochelys coriacea)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

Plants
Alabama canebrake pitcher-plant (Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis)
Alabama leather-flower (Clematis socialis)
Alabama streak-sorus fern (Thelypteris pilosa var. alabamensis)
American hart's-tongue fern (Asplenium scolopendrium var. americana)
Gentian pinkroot (Spigelia gentianoides)
Green pitcher-plant (Sarracenia oreophila)
Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum)
Kral's water-plantain (Sagittaria secundifolia)
Leafy prairie-clover (Dalea foliosa)
Little amphianthus (Amphianthus pusillus)
Lyrate bladderpod (Lesquerella lyrata)
Mohr's Barbara's buttons (Marshallia mohrii)
Morefield's leather-flower (Clematis morefieldii)
Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)
Price's potato-bean (Apios priceana)
Relict trillium (Trillium reliquum)
Tennessee yellow-eyed grass (Xyris tennesseensis)

Arkansas--24 species

Animals
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Bat, Ozark big-eared (Plecotus townsendii ingens)
Beetle, American burying (=giant carrion) (Nicrophorus americanus)
Cavefish, Ozark (Amblyopsis rosae)
Crayfish, cave [no common name] (Cambarus zophonastes)
Crayfish, cave [no common name] (Cambarus aculabrum)
Darter, leopard (Percina pantherina)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Fatmucket, Arkansas (Lampsilis powelli)
Pearlymussel, pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta)
Pocketbook, fat (Potamilus capax)
Pocketbook, speckled (Lampsilils streckeri)
Rock-pocketbook, Ouachita (=Wheeler's pearly mussel) (Arkansia wheeleri)
Shagreen, Magazine Mountain (Mesodon magazinensis)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

Plants
Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Geocarpon minimum (Plant, no common name)
Harperella (Ptilimnium nodosum)
Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)
Running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum)

Louisiana--25 species

Animals
Bear, Louisiana black (Ursus americanus luteolus)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Heelsplitter, inflated (Potamilus inflatus)
Manatee, West Indian (=Florida) (Trichechus manatus)
Pearlshell, Louisiana (Margaritifera hembeli)
Pearlymussel, pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta (=orbiculata)
Pelican, brown (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Sturgeon, Gulf (Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Tortoise, gopher (Gopherus polyphemus)
Turtle, green sea (Chelonia mydas)
Turtle, hawksbill sea (=carey) (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Turtle, Kemp's (=Atlantic) ridley sea (Lepidochelys kempii)
Turtle, leatherback sea (Dermochelys coriacea)
Turtle, loggerhead sea (Caretta caretta)
Turtle, ringed mapsawback) (Graptemys oculifera)
Vireo, black-capped (Vireo atricapillus)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

Plants
American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana)
Geocarpon minimum (Plant, no common name)
Louisiana quillwort (Isoetes louisianensis)
Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)

Mississippi--36 species

Animla
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Bear, Louisiana black (Ursus americanus luteolus)
Clubshell, black (=Curtus' mussel) (Pleurobema curtum)
Clubshell, ovate (Pleurobema perovatum)
Clubshell, southern (Pleurobema decisum)
Combshell, southern (=penitent mussel) (Epioblasma penita)
Crane, Mississippi sandhill (Grus canadensis pulla)
Darter, bayou (Etheostoma rubrum)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Heelsplitter, inflated (Potamilus inflatus)
Manatee, West IndianFlorida) (Trichechus manatus)
Moccasinshell, Alabama (Medionidus acutissimus)
Mucket, orange-nacre (Lampsilis perovalis)
Pelican, brown (Pelecanus occidentalis)
Pigtoe, flat (=Marshall's mussel) (Pleurobema marshalli)
Pigtoe, heavy (=Judge Tait's mussel) (Pleurobema taitianum)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Pocketbook, fat (Potamilus (=Proptera) capax)
Snake, eastern indigo (Drymarchon corais couperi)
Stirrupshell (Quadrula stapes)
Sturgeon, Gulf (Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Tortoise, gopher (Gopherus polyphemus)
Turtle, green sea (Chelonia mydas)
Turtle, hawksbill sea (=carey) (Eretmochelys imbricata)
Turtle, Kemp's (=Atlantic) ridley sea (Lepidochelys kempii)
Turtle, leatherback sea (Dermochelys coriacea)
Turtle, loggerhead sea (Caretta caretta)
Turtle, ringed map (=sawback) (Graptemys oculifera)
Turtle, yellow-blotched map (=sawback) (Graptemys flavimaculata)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

Plants
American chaffseed (Schwalbea americana)
Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)
Price's potato-bean (Apios priceana)

Missouri--22 species

Animals
Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Bat, Ozark big-eared (Plecotus townsendii ingens)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Cavefish, Ozark (Amblyopsis rosae)
Darter, Niangua (Etheostoma nianguae)
Madtom, Neosho (Noturus placidus)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Pearlymussel, Curtis' (Epioblasma (=Dysnomia) florentina curtisi)
Pearlymussel, Higgins' eye (Lampsilis higginsi)
Pearlymussel, pink mucket (Lampsilis abrupta (=orbiculata)
Pocketbook, fat (Potamilus (=Proptera) capax)

Plants
Decurrent false aster (Boltonia decurrens)
Geocarpon minimum (Plant, no common name)
Mead's milkweed (Asclepias meadii)
Missouri bladderpod (Lesquerella filiformis)
Pondberry (Lindera melissifolia)
Running buffalo clover (Trifolium stoloniferum)
Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara)

Oklahoma--17 species

Animals
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Bat, Ozark big-eared (Plecotus townsendii ingens)
Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Beetle, American burying (giant carrion) (Nicrophorus americanus)
Cavefish, Ozark (Amblyopsis rosae)
Crane, whooping (Grus americana)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Darter, leopard (Percina pantherina)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Madtom, Neosho (Noturus placidus)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Rock-pocketbook, Ouachita (Wheeler's pearly mussel) (Arkansia wheeleri)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Vireo, black-capped (Vireo atricapillus)
Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

Plants--1 species
Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara)

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