Special Report
The Most Threatened Animals in Every State
April 11, 2019 9:17 pm
Last Updated: February 17, 2020 4:39 pm
Source: Adam Mann, Environmental Solutions and Innovations / U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
16. Kansas
> Most threatened animal(s): Gray Bat (myotis grisescens), Neosho Mucket (lampsilis rafinesqueana)
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Source: Dick Biggins / U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
17. Kentucky
> Most threatened animal(s): Relict Darter (etheostoma chienense), Kentucky Cave Shrimp (palaemonias ganteri)
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Source: Andrew Cannizzaro / Flickr & U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Southeast Region
18. Louisiana
> Most threatened animal(s): Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle (lepidochelys kempii), Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (picoides borealis)
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Source: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region / Flickr & MPF / Wikimedia Commons
19. Maine
> Most threatened animal(s): Atlantic Salmon (salmo salar), Roseate Tern (sterna dougallii dougallii)
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Source: Irina Sereg / National Park Service & Courtesy of Maryland Department of Natural Resources
20. Maryland
> Most threatened animal(s): Hay’s Spring Amphipod (stygobromus hayi), Maryland Darter (etheostoma sellare)
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