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Endangered Species In Colorado
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Colorado has 33 threatened and endangered plant and animal species. |
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|---|---|
Animals -- 20 |
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| Status | Listing |
| T | Bear, grizzly lower 48 States, except where listed as an experimental population ( Ursus arctos horribilis) |
| E | Butterfly, Uncompahgre fritillary ( Boloria acrocnema) |
| E | Chub, bonytail ( Gila elegans) |
| E | Chub, humpback ( Gila cypha) |
| E | Crane, whooping (except where XN) ( Grus americana) |
| XN | Crane, whooping [XN] ( Grus americana) |
| T | Eagle, bald (lower 48 States) ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
| E | Ferret, black-footed (except where XN) ( Mustela nigripes) |
| XN | Ferret, black-footed [XN] ( Mustela nigripes) |
| E | Flycatcher, southwestern willow ( Empidonax traillii extimus) |
| T | Lynx, Canada (lower 48 States) ( Lynx canadensis) |
| T | Mouse, Preble's meadow jumping ( Zapus hudsonius preblei) |
| T | Owl, Mexican spotted ( Strix occidentalis lucida) |
| E | Pikeminnow, Colorado (except Salt and Verde R. drainages, AZ) ( Ptychocheilus lucius) |
| T | Plover, piping (except Great Lakes watershed) ( Charadrius melodus) |
| T | Skipper, Pawnee montane ( Hesperia leonardus montana) |
| E | Sucker, razorback ( Xyrauchen texanus) |
| E | Tern, least (interior pop.) ( Sterna antillarum) |
| T | Trout, greenback cutthroat ( Oncorhynchus clarki stomias) |
| E | Wolf, gray (lower 48 States, except MN and where XN; Mexico) ( Canis lupus) |
Plants -- 13 |
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| Status | Listing |
| E | Milk-vetch, Mancos ( Astragalus humillimus) |
| E | Milk-vetch, Osterhout ( Astragalus osterhoutii) |
| E | Wild-buckwheat, clay-loving ( Eriogonum pelinophilum) |
| T | Mustard, Penland alpine fen ( Eutrema penlandii) |
| T | Butterfly plant, Colorado ( Gaura neomexicana coloradensis) |
| T | Bladderpod, Dudley Bluffs ( Lesquerella congesta) |
| E | Cactus, Knowlton ( Pediocactus knowltonii) |
| E | Beardtongue, Penland ( Penstemon penlandii) |
| E | Phacelia, North Park ( Phacelia formosula) |
| T | Twinpod, Dudley Bluffs ( Physaria obcordata) |
| T | Cactus, Unita Basin hookless ( Sclerocactus glaucus) |
| T | Cactus, Mesa Verde ( Sclerocactus mesae-verdae) |
| T | Ladies'-tresses, Ute ( Spiranthes diluvialis) |
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