List of endangered species in Missouri

This is a list of species named endangered by the Missouri Department of Conservation,[1] which are not necessarily on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is not comprehensive.

Invertebrates

Nicrophorus americanus, American burying beetle[2]
Fusconaia ebena, ebonyshell mussel
Elliptio crassidens, elephant ear mussel
Lampsilis abrupta, pink mucket mussel
Leptodea leptodon, scaleshell mussel
Plethobasus cyphyus, sheepnose, or bullhead mussel
Epioblasma triquetra, snuffbox mussel

  • Nicrophorus americanus parents of both sexes care for young.
  • The pink mucket.
  • Snuffboxes are pending federal protection.

Vertebrates

Birds

Aimophila aestivalis, Bachmann's sparrow
Tympanuchus cupido, greater prairie chicken
Sternula antillarum, least tern
Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon, currently being reintroduced to the state in urban areas.

Reptiles

Emydoidea blandingii, Blanding's turtle
Sistrurus tergeminus tergeminus, the prairie Massasauga rattlesnake, a subspecies of the western Massasauga, which is a genus of venomous rattlesnakes.[3]
Deirochelys reticularia miaria, western chicken turtle
Kinosternon flavescens flavescens, yellow mud turtle
Nerodia cyclopion, Mississippi green watersnake

Amphibians

Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, hellbender

Fish
A redfin darter captured in a tank at the Natchitoches National Fish Hatchery.

Umbra limi, central mudminnow
Crystallaria asprella, crystal darter
Hybognathus hayi, cypress minnow
Platygobio gracilis, flathead chub
Etheostoma parvipinne, goldstripe darter
Cottus specus, grotto sculpin, a rare fish found only in Perry County, which is federally listed as endangered. It is of the order Scorpaeniformes.[4]
Etheostoma histrio, harlequin darter
Acipenser fulvescens, lake sturgeon
Percina nasuta, longnose darter
Noturus eleutherus, mountain madtom
Noturus placidus, Neosho madtom
Etheostoma nianguae, Niangua darter
Amblyopsis rosae, Ozark cavefish
Scaphirhynchus albus, pallid sturgeon
Etheostoma whipplei, redfin darter
Notropis sabinae, sabine shiner, an eastern shiner
Forbesichthys agassizi, spring cavefish, the only Missouri cavefish with eyes.
Etheostoma fusiforme, swamp darter
Notropis maculatus, taillight shiner, an eastern shiner
Notropis topeka, Topeka shiner, an eastern shiner

Mammals

Spilogale putorius, eastern spotted skunk
Myotis grisescens, gray bat
Myotis sodalis, Indiana bat
Canis lupus, gray wolf (or timber wolf)

Plants
Boltonia decurrens

Boltonia decurrens, decurrent false aster
Geocarpon minimum, known as tinytim, earth fruit, or simply geocarpon
Asclepias meadii, Mead's milkweed
Physaria filiformis (formerly Lesquerella filiformis), Missouri bladderpod
Lindera melissifolia, pondberry
Trifolium stoloniferum, running buffalo clover
Platanthera praeclara, western prairie fringed orchid

References
  1. "Endangered Species in the Field Guide". Discover Nature: Field Guide. MO Dept. of Conservation. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  2. "American Burying Beetle". Discover Nature Field Guide. MO Dept. of Conservation. Archived from the original on 27 October 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  3. "Prairie Massasauga (Massasauga Rattlesnake)". MO Dept. of Conservation. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. "Grotto Sculpin". MO Dept. of Conservation. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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