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Endangered Species in Missouri
Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state
- Listed species
- 38
- Endangered
- 23
- Threatened
- 15
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 (12)
- Curtis PearlymusselEpioblasma curtisiiEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 11 counties
- Fat pocketbookPotamilus capaxEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 5 counties
- Higgins eye (pearlymussel)Lampsilis higginsiiEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 4 counties
- Neosho MucketLampsilis rafinesqueanaEndangeredListed 10/17/2013 · 9 counties
- Pink mucket (pearlymussel)Lampsilis abruptaEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 19 counties
- RabbitsfootQuadrula cylindrica cylindricaThreatenedListed 10/17/2013 · 19 counties
- Scaleshell musselLeptodea leptodonEndangeredListed 10/09/2001 · 20 counties
- Sheepnose MusselPlethobasus cyphyusEndangeredListed 04/12/2012 · 3 counties
- Snuffbox musselEpioblasma triquetraEndangeredListed 03/15/2012 · 18 counties
- Spectaclecase (mussel)Cumberlandia monodontaEndangeredListed 04/12/2012 · 27 counties
- Western fanshellCyprogenia abertiThreatenedListed 07/27/2023 · 10 counties
- Winged MapleleafQuadrula fragosaWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationEndangeredListed 06/20/1991 · 2 counties
Flowering Plants (8)
- Decurrent false asterBoltonia decurrensThreatenedListed 11/14/1988 · 7 counties
- Eastern prairie fringed orchidPlatanthera leucophaeaThreatenedListed 09/28/1989 · 19 counties
- Mead's milkweedAsclepias meadiiThreatenedListed 09/01/1988 · 52 counties
- Missouri bladderpodPhysaria filiformisThreatenedListed 01/08/1987 · 21 counties
- No common nameGeocarpon minimumThreatenedListed 06/16/1987 · 7 counties
- PondberryLindera melissifoliaEndangeredListed 07/31/1986 · 2 counties
- Virginia sneezeweedHelenium virginicumThreatenedListed 11/03/1998 · 8 counties
- Western prairie fringed OrchidPlatanthera praeclaraThreatenedListed 09/28/1989 · 7 counties
Fishes (6)
- Grotto SculpinCottus specusEndangeredListed 10/25/2013 · 1 county
- Neosho madtomNoturus placidusThreatenedListed 05/22/1990 · 3 counties
- Niangua darterEtheostoma nianguaeThreatenedListed 06/12/1985 · 14 counties
- Ozark cavefishAmblyopsis rosaeThreatenedListed 11/01/1984 · 12 counties
- Pallid sturgeonScaphirhynchus albusEndangeredListed 09/06/1990 · 37 counties
- Topeka shinerNotropis topeka (=tristis)Wherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationEndangeredListed 12/15/1998 · 7 counties
Mammals (4)
- Gray batMyotis grisescensEndangeredListed 04/28/1976 · 97 counties
- Indiana batMyotis sodalisEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 115 counties
- Northern Long-Eared BatMyotis septentrionalisEndangeredListed 05/04/2015 · 114 counties
- Ozark big-eared batCorynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii ingensEndangeredListed 11/30/1979 · 1 county
Crustaceans (3)
- Benton County cave crayfishCambarus aculabrumEndangeredListed 04/27/1993 · 2 counties
- Big Creek CrayfishFaxonius peruncusThreatenedListed 05/30/2023 · 8 counties
- St. Francis River CrayfishFaxonius quadruncusThreatenedListed 05/30/2023 · 8 counties
Amphibians (2)
- Eastern HellbenderCryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensisMissouri DPSEndangeredListed 04/07/2021 · 24 counties
- Ozark HellbenderCryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopiEndangeredListed 11/07/2011 · 12 counties
Birds (1)
- rufa red knotCalidris canutus rufaThreatenedListed 01/12/2015 · 40 counties
Insects (1)
- Hine's emerald dragonflySomatochlora hineanaEndangeredListed 01/26/1995 · 11 counties
Snails (1)
- Tumbling Creek cavesnailAntrobia culveriEndangeredListed 08/14/2002 · 1 county
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS