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Ch 3: Lists of endangered and threatened wildlife

Endangered wildlife in New York

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Amphibians:

Species	Scientific name	Extirpated in New York	Also a federally endangered	Also federally threatened
Tiger salamander	Ambystoma tigrinum
Northern cricket frog	Acris crepitans

Reptiles:

Species	Scientific name	Extirpated in New York	Also a federally endangered	Also federally threatened
Mud turtle	Kinosternon subrubrum
Bog turtle	Clemmys muhlenbergii			Y
Atlantic hawksbill sea turtle	Eretmochelys imbricata		Y
Atlantic ridley sea turtle	Lepidochelys kempii		Y
Leatherback sea turtle	Dermochelys coriacea		Y
Queen snake	Regina septemvittata
Massasauga	Sistrurus catenatus

Birds:

Species	Scientific name	Extirpated in New York	Also a federally endangered	Also federally threatened
Golden eagle	Aquila chrysaetos	Y
Peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus
Spruce grouse	Falcipennis canadensis
Black rail	Lateraluus jamaicensis
Piping plover	Charadrius melodus		Y (in the Great Lakes region)	Y (Atlantic Coastal region)
Eskimo curlew	Numenius borealis	Y	Y
Roseate tern	Sterna dougallii dougallii		Y
Black tern	Chlidonias niger
Short-eared owl	Asio flammeus
Loggerhead shrike	Lanius ludovicianus

Mammals:

Species	Scientific name	Extirpated in New York	Also a federally endangered	Also federally threatened
Indiana bat	Myotis sodalis		Y
Allegheny woodrat	Neotoma magister	Y
Sperm whale	Physeter catodon		Y
Sei whale	Balaenoptera borealis		Y
Blue whale	Balaenoptera musculus		Y
Finback whale	Balaenoptera physalus		Y
Humpback whale	Megaptera novaeangliae		Y
Right whale	Eubalaena glacialis		Y
Gray wolf	Canis lupus	Y		Y
Cougar	Felis concolor	Y	Y

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