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Endangered Species in Kentucky
Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state
- Listed species
- 46
- Endangered
- 34
- Threatened
- 12
Species are listed under the Endangered Species Act as endangered or threatened, with the counties where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service records their current range. A county listing means the species is known or believed to occur there, not that it lives at any particular property. Some species protected only by NOAA Fisheries may not be listed.
By county
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Clams (25)
- Birdwing pearlymusselLemiox rimosusWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 1 county
- ClubshellPleurobema clavaWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 01/22/1993 · 24 counties
- Cumberland bean (pearlymussel)Villosa trabalisWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 12 counties
- Cumberland elktoeAlasmidonta atropurpureaEndangeredListed 01/10/1997 · 7 counties
- Cumberlandian combshellEpioblasma brevidensWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 01/10/1997 · 6 counties
- Dromedary pearlymusselDromus dromasWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 2 counties
- FanshellCyprogenia stegariaEndangeredListed 06/21/1990 · 54 counties
- Fat pocketbookPotamilus capaxEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 9 counties
- Fluted kidneyshellPtychobranchus subtentusEndangeredListed 10/28/2013 · 11 counties
- Littlewing pearlymusselPegias fabulaEndangeredListed 11/14/1988 · 9 counties
- LongsolidFusconaia subrotundaThreatenedListed 04/10/2023 · 83 counties
- Northern riffleshellEpioblasma rangianaEndangeredListed 01/22/1993 · 13 counties
- Orangefoot pimpleback (pearlymussel)Plethobasus cooperianusEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 28 counties
- Oyster musselEpioblasma capsaeformisWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 01/10/1997 · 6 counties
- Pink mucket (pearlymussel)Lampsilis abruptaEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 94 counties
- Purple Cat's paw (=Purple Cat's paw pearlymussel)Epioblasma obliquataWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 07/10/1990 · 9 counties
- RabbitsfootQuadrula cylindrica cylindricaThreatenedListed 10/17/2013 · 46 counties
- Rayed BeanVillosa fabalisEndangeredListed 03/15/2012 · 10 counties
- Ring PinkObovaria retusaEndangeredListed 09/29/1989 · 22 counties
- Rough pigtoePleurobema plenumEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 22 counties
- Round hickorynutObovaria subrotundaThreatenedListed 04/10/2023 · 47 counties
- Sheepnose MusselPlethobasus cyphyusEndangeredListed 04/12/2012 · 37 counties
- Snuffbox musselEpioblasma triquetraEndangeredListed 03/15/2012 · 56 counties
- Spectaclecase (mussel)Cumberlandia monodontaEndangeredListed 04/12/2012 · 29 counties
- Tan riffleshellEpioblasma florentina walkeri (=E. walkeri)EndangeredListed 09/26/1977 · 2 counties
Flowering Plants (8)
- Braun's rock-cressArabis perstellataEndangeredListed 01/03/1995 · 3 counties
- Cumberland rosemaryConradina verticillataThreatenedListed 11/29/1991 · 1 county
- Kentucky glade cressLeavenworthia exigua laciniataThreatenedListed 06/05/2014 · 4 counties
- Prices potato-beanApios priceanaThreatenedListed 01/05/1990 · 7 counties
- Short's bladderpodPhysaria globosaEndangeredListed 08/01/2014 · 12 counties
- Short's goldenrodSolidago shortiiEndangeredListed 09/05/1985 · 4 counties
- Virginia spiraeaSpiraea virginianaThreatenedListed 06/15/1990 · 6 counties
- White fringeless orchidPlatanthera integrilabiaThreatenedListed 10/13/2016 · 4 counties
Fishes (7)
- Blackside dacePhoxinus cumberlandensisThreatenedListed 06/12/1987 · 12 counties
- Cumberland darterEtheostoma susanaeEndangeredListed 09/08/2011 · 2 counties
- Duskytail darterEtheostoma percnurumEndangeredListed 04/27/1993 · 3 counties
- Kentucky arrow darterEtheostoma spilotumThreatenedListed 11/04/2016 · 21 counties
- Palezone shinerNotropis albizonatusEndangeredListed 04/27/1993 · 2 counties
- Pallid sturgeonScaphirhynchus albusEndangeredListed 09/06/1990 · 4 counties
- Relict darterEtheostoma chienenseThreatenedListed 12/27/1993 · 3 counties
Mammals (4)
- Gray batMyotis grisescensEndangeredListed 04/28/1976 · 117 counties
- Indiana batMyotis sodalisEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 120 counties
- Northern Long-Eared BatMyotis septentrionalisEndangeredListed 05/04/2015 · 119 counties
- Virginia big-eared batCorynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii virginianusEndangeredListed 12/31/1979 · 39 counties
Crustaceans (2)
- Big Sandy crayfishCambarus callainusThreatenedListed 05/09/2016 · 8 counties
- Kentucky cave shrimpPalaemonias ganteriEndangeredListed 10/12/1983 · 4 counties
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS