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Endangered Species In Louisiana
Louisiana has 28 threatened and endangered plant and animal species. |
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Animals -- 24 |
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| Status | Listing |
| T(S/A) | Alligator, American ( Alligator mississippiensis) |
| T(S/A) | Bear, American black (County range of LA b.bear) ( Ursus americanus) |
| T | Bear, Louisiana black ( Ursus americanus luteolus) |
| T | Eagle, bald (lower 48 States) ( Haliaeetus leucocephalus) |
| T | Heelsplitter, Alabama ( Potamilus inflatus) |
| E | Manatee, West Indian ( Trichechus manatus) |
| E | Mucket, pink ( Lampsilis abrupta) |
| T | Pearlshell, Louisiana ( Margaritifera hembeli) |
| E | Pelican, brown (except U.S. Atlantic coast, FL, AL) ( Pelecanus occidentalis) |
| T | Plover, piping (except Great Lakes watershed) ( Charadrius melodus) |
| T | Sea turtle, green (except where endangered) ( Chelonia mydas) |
| E | Sea turtle, hawksbill ( Eretmochelys imbricata) |
| E | Sea turtle, Kemp's ridley ( Lepidochelys kempii) |
| E | Sea turtle, leatherback ( Dermochelys coriacea) |
| T | Sea turtle, loggerhead ( Caretta caretta) |
| T | Sturgeon, Gulf ( Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) |
| E | Sturgeon, pallid ( Scaphirhynchus albus) |
| E | Tern, least (interior pop.) ( Sterna antillarum) |
| T | Tortoise, gopher (W of of Mobile/Tombigbee Rs.) ( Gopherus polyphemus) |
| T | Turtle, ringed map ( Graptemys oculifera) |
| E | Vireo, black-capped ( Vireo atricapillus) |
| E | Whale, finback ( Balaenoptera physalus) |
| E | Whale, humpback ( Megaptera novaeangliae) |
| E | Woodpecker, red-cockaded ( Picoides borealis) |
Plants -- 4 |
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| Status | Listing |
| T | Geocarpon minimum (No common name) |
| E | Quillwort, Louisiana ( Isoetes louisianensis) |
| E | Pondberry ( Lindera melissifolia) |
| E | Chaffseed, American ( Schwalbea americana) |
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