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Ohio's Endangered Species Ohio Division of Wildlife In the last newsletter (February, 1998), we defined the various categories which are used to denote Ohio’s listed species. We also included a table which summarized the number of species in major taxa (mammals, birds, etc.) by their listing category. This time we are presenting the State list of endangered species. An endangered species is a native species or subspecies threatened with extirpation from the state. The danger might result from one or more causes, such as habitat loss, pollution, predation, interspecific competition, or disease. Those species which also have Federal status are designated by the following codes in brackets: E = endangered T = threatened M = monitored in Ohio PT = proposed to be listed as threatened. Mammals | Birds | Reptiles | Amphibians | Fishes | Mollusks Dragonflies | Damselflies | Butterflies | Moths | Beetles MAMMALS Indiana Bat [E]  Myotis sodalis Allegheny Woodrat [M]  Neotoma magister River Otter   Lutra canadensis Bobcat   Felis rufus Black Bear   Ursus americanus top BIRDS American Bittern   Botaurus lentiginosus Least Bittern   Ixobrychus exilis Yellow-crowned Night-heron   Nyctanassa violacea Bald Eagle [T]  Haliaeetus leucocephalus Northern Harrier   Circus cyaneus Peregrine Falcon [E]  Falco peregrinus King Rail   Rallus elegans Sandhill Crane   Grus canadensis Piping Plover [E]  Charadrius melodus Common Tern [M]  Sterna hirundo Black Tern [M]   Chlidonias niger Barn Owl   Tyto alba Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   Sphyrapicus varius Bewick's Wren [M]   Thryomanes bewickii Winter Wren   Troglodytes troglodytes Sedge Wren   Cistothorus platensis Hermit Thrush   Catharus guttatus Loggerhead Shrike [M]   Lanius ludovicianus Golden-winged Warbler   Vermivora chrysoptera Magnolia Warbler   Dendroica magnolia Kirtland's Warbler   Dendroica kirtlandii Northern Waterthrush   Seiurus noveboracensis Canada Warbler   Wilsonia canadensis Lark Sparrow   Chondestes grammacus Dark-eyed Junco   Junco hyemalis Osprey   Pandion haliaetus Trumpeter Swan   Cygnus buccinator Snowy Egret   Egretta thula Little Blue Heron   Egretta caerulea top REPTILES Copperbelly Water Snake [PT]   Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta Eastern Plains Garter Snake   Thamnophis radix radix Timber Rattlesnake   Crotalus horridus horridus Eastern Massasauga [M]  Sistrurus catenatus top AMPHIBIANS Eastern Hellbender [M]   Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis Blue-spotted Salamander   Amybstoma laterale Green Salamader   Aneides aeneus Cave Salamander   Eurycea lucifuga Eastern Spadefoot Toad   Scaphiopus holbrookii top FISHES Ohio Lamprey   Ichthyomyzon bdellium Northern Brook Lamprey   Ichthyomyzon fossor Mountain Brook Lamprey   Ichthyomyzon greeleyi Lake Sturgeon [M]   Acipenser fulvescens Shovelnose Sturgeon   Scaphirhynchus platorynchus Spotted Gar   Lepisosteus oculatus Shortnose Gar   Lepisosteus platostomus Cisco (or Lake Herring)   Coregonus artedi Goldeye   Hiodon alosoides Speckled Chub   Macrhybopsis aestivalis Pugnose Minnow   Opsopoeodus emiliae Blackchin Shiner   Notropis heterodon Blacknose Shiner   Notropis heterolepis Mississippi Silvery Minnow   Hybognathus nuchalis Blue Sucker [M]  Cycleptus elongatus Longnose sucker   Catostomus catostomus Blue Catfish   Ictalurus furcatus Mountain Madtom   Noturus eleutherus Northern Madtom   Noturus stigmosus Scioto Madtom [E]  Noturus trautmani Pirate Perch   Aphredoderus sayanus Western Band Killifish   Fundulus diaphanus menona Spotted Darter [M]  Etheostoma maculatum top MOLLUSKS Snuffbox   Epioblasma triquetra Ebonyshell   Fusconaia ebena Fanshell [E]   Cyprogenia stegaria Butterfly   Ellipsaria lineolata Elephant-ear   Elliptio crassidens crassidens Purple Catspaw [E]  Epioblasma obliquata obliquata White Catspaw [E]  Epioblasma obliquata peroblique Northern Riffleshell [E]  Epioblasma torulosa rangiana Long-solid   Fusconaia maculata maculata Pink Mucket [E]  Lampsilis orbiculata Ridged Pocketbook   Lampsilis ovata Yellow Sandshell   Lampsilis teres Eastern Pondmussel   Ligumia nasuta Washboard   Megalonaias nervosa Hickorynut   Obovaria olivaria Ring Pink   Obovaria retusa White Wartyback   Plethobasus cicatricosus Sheepnose   Plethobasus cyphyus Clubshell [E]   Pleurobema clava Ohio Pigtoe   Pleurobema cordatum Pyramid Pigtoe   Pleurobema rubrum Rabbitsfoot   Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica Monkeyface   Quadrula metanerva Wartyback   Quadrula nodulata Purple Lilliput   Toxolasma lividus Rayed Bean   Villosa fabalis Little Spectaclecase   Villosa lienosa top DRAGONFLIES Hine's Emerald [E]  Somatochlora hineana Mottled Darner   Aeshna clepsydra Plains Clubtail   Gomphurus externus American Emerald   Cordulia shurtleffi Uhler's Sundragon   Helocordulia uhleri Frosted Whiteface   Leucorrhinia frigida Elfin Skimmer   Nannothemis bella Canada Darner   Aeshna canadensis Tiger Spiketail   Cordulegaster erronea top DAMSELFLIES Seepage Dancer   Argia bipunctulata top BUTTERFLIES Persisus Dusky Wing   Erynnis persius Frosted Elfin   Incisalia irus Karner Blue [E]  Lycaeides melissa samuelis Purplish Copper   Lycaena helloides Swamp Metalmark   Calephelis muticum Regal Fritillary [M]  Speyeria idalia Mitchell's Satyr [E]  Neonympha mitchellii top MOTHS Unexpected Cycnia   Cycnia inopinatus Graceful Underwing   Catocala gracilis (no common name)   Spartiniphaga inops (no common name)   Hypocoena enervata (no common name)   Papaipema silphii (no common name)   Papaipema beeriana (no common name)   Lithophane semiusta (no common name)   Trichoclea artesta (no common name)   Tricholita notata (no common name)   Melanchra assimilis Pointed Sallow   Epiglaea apiata (no common name)   Ufeus plicatus (no common name)   Ufeus satyricus Hebard's Noctuid Moth [M]  Erythroecia hebardi top BEETLES Kramer's Cave Beetle [M]  Pseudanophthalmus krameri Ohio Cave Beetle [M]  Pseudanophthalmus ohioensis American Burying Beetle [E]  Nicrophorus americanus top

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