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Endangered Species in Ohio
Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state
- Listed species
- 26
- Endangered
- 14
- 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.
Clams (12)
- ClubshellPleurobema clavaWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 01/22/1993 · 30 counties
- FanshellCyprogenia stegariaEndangeredListed 06/21/1990 · 16 counties
- LongsolidFusconaia subrotundaThreatenedListed 04/10/2023 · 16 counties
- Northern riffleshellEpioblasma rangianaEndangeredListed 01/22/1993 · 17 counties
- Pink mucket (pearlymussel)Lampsilis abruptaEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 14 counties
- Purple Cat's paw (=Purple Cat's paw pearlymussel)Epioblasma obliquataWherever found; Except where listed as Experimental PopulationsEndangeredListed 07/10/1990 · 4 counties
- RabbitsfootQuadrula cylindrica cylindricaThreatenedListed 10/17/2013 · 15 counties
- Rayed BeanVillosa fabalisEndangeredListed 03/15/2012 · 37 counties
- Round hickorynutObovaria subrotundaThreatenedListed 04/10/2023 · 32 counties
- Sheepnose MusselPlethobasus cyphyusEndangeredListed 04/12/2012 · 15 counties
- Snuffbox musselEpioblasma triquetraEndangeredListed 03/15/2012 · 40 counties
- White catspaw (pearlymussel)Epioblasma perobliquaEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 1 county
Flowering Plants (5)
- Eastern prairie fringed orchidPlatanthera leucophaeaThreatenedListed 09/28/1989 · 32 counties
- Lakeside daisyHymenoxys herbaceaThreatenedListed 06/23/1988 · 2 counties
- Northern wild monkshoodAconitum noveboracenseThreatenedListed 05/27/1978 · 3 counties
- Small whorled pogoniaIsotria medeoloidesThreatenedListed 09/09/1982 · 2 counties
- Virginia spiraeaSpiraea virginianaThreatenedListed 06/15/1990 · 1 county
Insects (3)
- American burying beetleNicrophorus americanusWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationThreatenedListed 07/13/1989 · 12 counties
- Karner blue butterflyLycaeides melissa samuelisEndangeredListed 12/14/1992 · 2 counties
- Rusty patched bumble beeBombus affinisEndangeredListed 03/21/2017 · 1 county
Birds (2)
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus[Great Lakes watershed DPS] - Great Lakes, watershed in States of IL, IN, MI, MN, NY, OH, PA, and WI and Canada (Ont.)EndangeredListed 12/11/1985 · 7 counties
- rufa red knotCalidris canutus rufaThreatenedListed 01/12/2015 · 8 counties
Mammals (2)
- Indiana batMyotis sodalisEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 88 counties
- Northern Long-Eared BatMyotis septentrionalisEndangeredListed 05/04/2015 · 88 counties
Reptiles (2)
- Copperbelly water snakeNerodia erythrogaster neglectaIndiana north of 40 degrees north latitude, Michigan, OhioThreatenedListed 01/29/1997 · 14 counties
- Eastern Massasauga (=rattlesnake)Sistrurus catenatusThreatenedListed 09/30/2016 · 27 counties
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS
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