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Endangered Species in Mississippi

Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state

Listed species
49
Endangered
26
Threatened
23

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.

Clams (19)

  • Alabama lampmusselLampsilis virescensWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 1 county
  • Alabama moccasinshellMedionidus acutissimusThreatenedListed 03/17/1993 · 3 counties
  • Black clubshellPleurobema curtumEndangeredListed 04/07/1987 · 2 counties
  • ClubshellPleurobema clavaWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 01/22/1993 · 2 counties
  • Cumberlandian combshellEpioblasma brevidensWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 01/10/1997 · 2 counties
  • Fat pocketbookPotamilus capaxEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 14 counties
  • Heavy pigtoePleurobema taitianumEndangeredListed 04/07/1987 · 2 counties
  • Inflated heelsplitterPotamilus inflatusThreatenedListed 09/28/1990 · 10 counties
  • LongsolidFusconaia subrotundaThreatenedListed 04/10/2023 · 2 counties
  • Orangenacre mucketHamiota perovalisThreatenedListed 03/17/1993 · 8 counties
  • Ovate clubshellPleurobema perovatumEndangeredListed 03/17/1993 · 5 counties
  • Oyster musselEpioblasma capsaeformisWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 01/10/1997 · 2 counties
  • Pink mucket (pearlymussel)Lampsilis abruptaEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 2 counties
  • RabbitsfootQuadrula cylindrica cylindricaThreatenedListed 10/17/2013 · 9 counties
  • Round hickorynutObovaria subrotundaThreatenedListed 04/10/2023 · 4 counties
  • Sheepnose MusselPlethobasus cyphyusEndangeredListed 04/12/2012 · 1 county
  • Slabside PearlymusselPleuronaia dolabelloidesEndangeredListed 10/28/2013 · 2 counties
  • Southern clubshellPleurobema decisumEndangeredListed 03/17/1993 · 6 counties
  • Southern combshellEpioblasma penitaEndangeredListed 04/07/1987 · 3 counties

Reptiles (10)

Birds (5)

  • Eastern Black railLaterallus jamaicensis jamaicensisThreatenedListed 11/09/2020 · 3 counties
  • Mississippi sandhill craneAntigone canadensis pullaEndangeredListed 06/04/1973 · 1 county
  • Piping PloverCharadrius melodus[Atlantic Coast and Northern Great Plains populations] - Wherever found, except those areas where listed as endangered.ThreatenedListed 12/11/1985 · 3 counties
  • Red-cockaded woodpeckerDryobates borealisThreatenedListed 10/13/1970 · 23 counties
  • rufa red knotCalidris canutus rufaThreatenedListed 01/12/2015 · 3 counties

Fishes (4)

  • Bayou darterEtheostoma rubrumThreatenedListed 10/28/1975 · 3 counties
  • Gulf sturgeonAcipenser oxyrinchus (=oxyrhynchus) desotoiThreatenedListed 09/30/1991 · 32 counties
  • Pallid sturgeonScaphirhynchus albusEndangeredListed 09/06/1990 · 11 counties
  • Pearl darterPercina auroraThreatenedListed 10/20/2017 · 14 counties

Flowering Plants (4)

Mammals (4)

Amphibians (1)

Ferns and Allies (1)

Insects (1)

Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS

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