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Endangered Species in South Dakota
Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state
- Listed species
- 14
- Endangered
- 7
- Threatened
- 7
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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Birds (3)
- Piping PloverCharadrius melodus[Atlantic Coast and Northern Great Plains populations] - Wherever found, except those areas where listed as endangered.ThreatenedListed 12/11/1985 · 23 counties
- Whooping craneGrus americanaWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 44 counties
- rufa red knotCalidris canutus rufaThreatenedListed 01/12/2015 · 66 counties
Flowering Plants (3)
- Leedy's roserootRhodiola integrifolia ssp. leedyiThreatenedListed 04/22/1992 · 1 county
- Ute ladies'-tressesSpiranthes diluvialisThreatenedListed 01/17/1992 · 4 counties
- Western prairie fringed OrchidPlatanthera praeclaraThreatenedListed 09/28/1989 · 34 counties
Clams (2)
- Higgins eye (pearlymussel)Lampsilis higginsiiEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 5 counties
- Scaleshell musselLeptodea leptodonEndangeredListed 10/09/2001 · 3 counties
Fishes (2)
- Pallid sturgeonScaphirhynchus albusEndangeredListed 09/06/1990 · 6 counties
- Topeka shinerNotropis topeka (=tristis)Wherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationEndangeredListed 12/15/1998 · 29 counties
Insects (2)
- American burying beetleNicrophorus americanusWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationThreatenedListed 07/13/1989 · 7 counties
- Dakota SkipperHesperia dacotaeThreatenedListed 11/24/2014 · 19 counties
Mammals (2)
- Black-footed ferretMustela nigripesWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationEndangeredListed 03/11/1967 · 7 counties
- Northern Long-Eared BatMyotis septentrionalisEndangeredListed 05/04/2015 · 64 counties
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS