Threatened / Endgered Species

 

Mississippi
Type and Number * Status Common Name Scientific Name
Animals - 29 Species      
  T Alabama Moccasinshell Medionidus acutissimus
  E American Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum
  T Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  T Bayou Darter Etheostoma rubrum
  E Black (= Curtus' Mussel) Clubshell Pleurobema curtum
  E Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
  T Eastern Indigo Snake Drymarchon corais couperi
  E Fat Pocketbook Potamilus (=Proptera) capax
  E Flat (= Marshall's Mussel) Pigtoe Pleurobema marshalli
  T Gopher Tortoise Gopherus polyphemus
  T Gulf Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrhynchus desotoi
  E Heavy (= Judge Tait's Mussel) Pigtoe Pleurobema taitianum
  E Indiana Bat Myotis sodalis
  T Inflated Heelsplitter Potamilus inflatus
  E Least Tern Sterna antillarum
  T Loggerhead Sea Turtle Caretta caretta
  T Louisiana Black Bear Ursus americanus luteolus
  E Mississippi Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis pulla
  T Orange-Nacre Mucket Lampsilis perovalis
  E Ovate Clubshell Pleurobema perovatum
  E Pallid Sturgeon Charadrius melodus
  E Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis
  T Ringed Map (= Sawback) Turtle Graptemys oculifera
  E Southern (= Penitent Mussel) Combshell Epioblasma penita
  T Southern Clubshell Pleurobema decisum
  E Stirrupshell Quadrula stapes
  E West Indian (= Florida) Manatee Trichechus manatus
  T Yellow-Blotched Map (= Sawback) Turtle Graptemys flavimaculata
Plants - 3 Species      
  E American Chaffseed Schwalbea americana
  E Pondberry Lindera melissifolia
  T Price's Potato-Bean Apios priceana

* Status Key: T= Threatened, E= Endangered

 

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