Threatened / Endangered Species

 

Nebraska
Type and Number *Status Common Name Scientific Name
Animals – 9 Species      
  E Beetle, American Burying (= Giant Carrion) Nicrophorus americanus
  E Crane, Whooping Grus americana
  E Curlew, Eskimo Numenius borealis
  T Eagle, Bald Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  E Falcon, American Peregrine Falco peregrinus anatum
  E Ferret, Black-Footed Mustela nigripes
  T Plover, Piping Charadrius melodus
  E Sturgeon, Pallid Scaphirhynchus albus
  E Tern, Least Sterna antillarum
Plants - 3 Species      
  E Blowout Penstemon Penstemon haydenii
  T Ute Ladies'-Tresses Spiranthes diluvialis
  T Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Platanthera praeclara

* Status Key: T= Threatened, E= Endangered

 

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