Threatened and Endangered Species of Iowa
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service maintains lists of threatened and endangered species in Iowa.
List of federally endangered animal species in Iowa:
- Indiana Bat (Myotis sodalis)
- Higgins Eye pearlymussel (Lampsilis higginsii)
- Topeka Shiner (Notropis topeka)
- Iowa Pleistocene Snail (Discus macclintocki)
- Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus)
- Least interior Tern (Sterna antillarum)
List of federally threatened animal species in Iowa:
- Piping plover (Charadrius melodus)
List of extirpated federally endangered species (no longer in Iowa):
- American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)
- Winged Mapleleaf (Quadrula fragosa)
- Scaleshell Mussel (Leptodea leptodon)
- Orangefoot Pimpleback Pearlymussel (Plethobasus cooperianus)
- Fat Pocketbook (Potamilus capax)
- Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)*
- Gray Western Great Lakes Wolf (Canis lupus)*
-* Note: Wolves occasionally reappear in Iowa, roaming south from home ranges in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
List of federally threatened plant species in Iowa:
- Prairie Bush-Clover (Lespedeza leptostachya)
- Mead's Milkweed (Asclepias meadii)
- Northern Wild Monkshood (Aconitum noveboracense)
- Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)
- Western Prairie Fringed Orchid (Platanthera praeclara)
List of extinct animal species that historically lived in Iowa:
- Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis)
- Passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)
Read more about this topic: Environment Of Iowa
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