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Endangered Species in Wisconsin
Endangered and threatened species with a current range in this state
- Listed species
- 24
- Endangered
- 13
- Threatened
- 11
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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Flowering Plants (7)
- Dwarf lake irisIris lacustrisThreatenedListed 09/28/1988 · 4 counties
- Eastern prairie fringed orchidPlatanthera leucophaeaThreatenedListed 09/28/1989 · 30 counties
- Fassett's locoweedOxytropis campestris var. chartaceaThreatenedListed 09/28/1988 · 4 counties
- Mead's milkweedAsclepias meadiiThreatenedListed 09/01/1988 · 5 counties
- Northern wild monkshoodAconitum noveboracenseThreatenedListed 05/27/1978 · 10 counties
- Pitcher's thistleCirsium pitcheriThreatenedListed 07/18/1988 · 3 counties
- Prairie bush-cloverLespedeza leptostachyaThreatenedListed 01/09/1987 · 12 counties
Clams (5)
- Higgins eye (pearlymussel)Lampsilis higginsiiEndangeredListed 06/14/1976 · 18 counties
- Sheepnose MusselPlethobasus cyphyusEndangeredListed 04/12/2012 · 20 counties
- Snuffbox musselEpioblasma triquetraEndangeredListed 03/15/2012 · 5 counties
- Spectaclecase (mussel)Cumberlandia monodontaEndangeredListed 04/12/2012 · 11 counties
- Winged MapleleafQuadrula fragosaWherever found, except where listed as an experimental populationEndangeredListed 06/20/1991 · 4 counties
Insects (4)
- Hine's emerald dragonflySomatochlora hineanaEndangeredListed 01/26/1995 · 11 counties
- Karner blue butterflyLycaeides melissa samuelisEndangeredListed 12/14/1992 · 27 counties
- Poweshiek skipperlingOarisma poweshiekEndangeredListed 11/24/2014 · 2 counties
- Rusty patched bumble beeBombus affinisEndangeredListed 03/21/2017 · 51 counties
Mammals (4)
- Canada LynxLynx canadensisWherever Found in Contiguous U.S.ThreatenedListed 03/24/2000 · 20 counties
- Gray wolfCanis lupusU.S.A.: All of AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IN, IL, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, and WV; and portions of AZ, NM, OR, UT, and WA as follows: (1) Northern AZ (that portion north of the centerline of Interstate Highway 40); (2) Northern NM (that portion north of the centerline of Interstate Highway 40); (3) Western OR (that portion of OR west of the centerline of Highway 395 and Highway 78 north of Burns Junction and that portion of OR west of the centerline of Highway 95 south of Burns Junction); (4) Most of Utah (that portion of UT south and west of the centerline of Highway 84 and that portion of UT south of Highway 80 from Echo to the UT/WY Stateline); and (5) Western WA (that portion of WA west of the centerline of Highway 97 and Highway 17 north of Mesa and that portion of WA west of the centerline of Highway 395 south of Mesa). Mexico.EndangeredListed 03/09/1978 · 47 counties
- Gray wolfCanis lupusU.S.A. (MN)ThreatenedListed 03/09/1978 · 2 counties
- Northern Long-Eared BatMyotis septentrionalisEndangeredListed 05/04/2015 · 71 counties
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 · 15 counties
- rufa red knotCalidris canutus rufaThreatenedListed 01/12/2015 · 16 counties
Reptiles (1)
- Eastern Massasauga (=rattlesnake)Sistrurus catenatusThreatenedListed 09/30/2016 · 25 counties
Snails (1)
- Iowa Pleistocene snailDiscus macclintockiEndangeredListed 08/02/1978 · 1 county
Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS