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Threatened and Endangered Species in the Great Plains States

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These lists taken from the US Fish and Wildlife service's formatting of the 50 CFR 17.11 and 17.12 are current as of November 30, 1994.

Iowa--14 species

Animals
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Pearlymussel, Higgins' eye (Lampsilis higginsi)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Pocketbook, fat (Potamilus capax)
Snail, Iowa Pleistocene (Discus macclintocki)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)

Plants
Eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
Mead's milkweed (Asclepias meadii)
Northern wild monkshood (Aconitum noveboracense)
Prairie bush-clover (Lespedeza leptostachya)
Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara)

Kansas--14 species

Animals
Bat, gray (Myotis grisescens)
Bat, Indiana (Myotis sodalis)
Crane, whooping (Grus americana)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Ferret, black-footed (Mustela nigripes)
Madtom, Neosho (Noturus placidus)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Vireo, black-capped (Vireo atricapillus)

Plants
Mead's milkweed (Asclepias meadii)
Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara)

Nebraska--11 species

Animals
Beetle, American burying (=giant carrion) (Nicrophorus americanus)
Crane, whooping (Grus americana)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Ferret, black-footed (Mustela nigripes)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)

Plants
Blowout penstemon (Penstemon haydenii)
Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara)

North Dakota--10 species

Animals
Crane, whooping (Grus americana)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum)
Ferret, black-footed (Mustela nigripes)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus)
Tern, least (Sterna antillarum)
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)

Plants
Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara)

South Dakota--10 species

Animals
Beetle, American burying (=giant carrion) (Nicrophorus americanus) Crane, whooping (Grus americana) Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis) Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Falcon, American peregrine (Falco peregrinus anatum) Ferret, black-footed (Mustela nigripes) Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus) Sturgeon, pallid (Scaphirhynchus albus) Tern, least (Sterna antillarum) Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)
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