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Endangered Species in Oklahoma

Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state

Listed species
23
Endangered
11
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 (6)

  • Neosho MucketLampsilis rafinesqueanaEndangeredListed 10/17/2013 · 6 counties
  • Ouachita rock pocketbookArcidens wheeleriEndangeredListed 10/23/1991 · 7 counties
  • RabbitsfootQuadrula cylindrica cylindricaThreatenedListed 10/17/2013 · 13 counties
  • Scaleshell musselLeptodea leptodonEndangeredListed 10/09/2001 · 6 counties
  • Western fanshellCyprogenia abertiThreatenedListed 07/27/2023 · 2 counties
  • Winged MapleleafQuadrula fragosaWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationEndangeredListed 06/20/1991 · 7 counties

Birds (5)

  • Eastern Black railLaterallus jamaicensis jamaicensisThreatenedListed 11/09/2020 · 77 counties
  • Piping PloverCharadrius melodus[Atlantic Coast and Northern Great Plains populations] - Wherever found, except those areas where listed as endangered.ThreatenedListed 12/11/1985 · 77 counties
  • Red-cockaded woodpeckerDryobates borealisThreatenedListed 10/13/1970 · 2 counties
  • Whooping craneGrus americanaWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 48 counties
  • rufa red knotCalidris canutus rufaThreatenedListed 01/12/2015 · 77 counties

Fishes (5)

  • Arkansas River shinerNotropis girardiArkansas River Basin (AR, KS, NM, OK, TX)ThreatenedListed 11/23/1998 · 29 counties
  • Leopard darterPercina pantherinaThreatenedListed 02/27/1978 · 4 counties
  • Neosho madtomNoturus placidusThreatenedListed 05/22/1990 · 2 counties
  • Ozark cavefishAmblyopsis rosaeThreatenedListed 11/01/1984 · 3 counties
  • Peppered chubMacrhybopsis tetranemaEndangeredListed 03/30/2022 · 34 counties

Mammals (4)

  • Gray batMyotis grisescensEndangeredListed 04/28/1976 · 14 counties
  • Indiana batMyotis sodalisEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 6 counties
  • Northern Long-Eared BatMyotis septentrionalisEndangeredListed 05/04/2015 · 20 counties
  • Ozark big-eared batCorynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii ingensEndangeredListed 11/30/1979 · 4 counties

Flowering Plants (2)

  • HarperellaPtilimnium nodosumEndangeredListed 10/28/1988 · 2 counties
  • No common nameGeocarpon minimumThreatenedListed 06/16/1987 · 2 counties

Insects (1)

  • American burying beetleNicrophorus americanusWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationThreatenedListed 07/13/1989 · 45 counties

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

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