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Oklahoma's Endangered and Threatened Species
American Burying Beetle, Nicrophorus americanus, Oklahoma's only known endangered insect
Current as of May, 1999

Common Name Scientific Name Federal or State Status
Mussels
Arkansas Fatmucket Lampsilis powelli Threatened
Neosho Mucket Lampsilis Rafinesqueana Okla Endangered
Ouachita Rock-pocketbook Arkansia wheeleri Endangered
Winged Mapleleaf Quadrula fragosa Endangered
Crustaceans
Cave Crayfish Cambarus tartarus Okla Endangered
Insects
American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus americanus Endangered
Fish
Arkansas River Shiner Notropis girardi Threatened
Blackside Darter Percinia maculata Okla Threatened
Longnose Darter Percinia nasuta Okla Endangered
Leopard Darter Percina pantherina Threatened
Neosho Madtom Noturus placidus Threatened
Ozark Cavefish Amblyopsis rosae Threatened
Reptiles
American Alligator Alligator mississippiensis Threatened s/a
Birds
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Endangered
Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Threatened
Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapillus Endangered
Interior Least Tern Sterna antillarum Endangered
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Endangered
Red-cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis Endangered
Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis Endangered
Western Snowy Plover Charadius alexandrinus nivosus Threatened
Whooping Crane Grus americana Endangered
Mammals
Gray Bat Myotis grisescens Endangered
Indiana Bat Myotis sodalis Endangered
Ozark Big-eared Bat Plecotus townsendii ingens Endangered
Plants
Eastern White-Fringed Prairie Orchid Platanthera leucophaea Threatened
Western White-Fringed Prairie Orchid Platanthera praeclara Threatened

This list was compiled from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service publication, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants, 50 CFR 17.11 & 17.12, and from the Federal Register, Part VIII, 50 CFR Part 17, and Oklahoma Natural Heritage Inventory as of May 1999.

s/a Considered threatened because of similarity of appearance to the American crocodile.

For more information see "Oklahoma's Endangered and Threatened Species".