Ohio's Endangered Species

(updated September 2009)

	NOTE: *E & *T denote federal (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) listed endangered and threatened species respectively.               MAMMALS Indiana bat *E Myotis sodalis Allegheny woodrat Neotoma magister Bobcat Lynx rufus Black bear Ursus americanus Snowshoe hare Lepus americanus                BIRDS American bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Northern harrier Circus cyaneus King rail Rallus elegans Sandhill crane Grus canadensis Piping plover *E Charadrius melodus Common tern Sterna hirundo Black tern Chlidonias niger Yellow-bellied sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Bewick's wren Thryomanes bewickii Loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus Golden-winged warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Kirtland's warbler *E Dendroica kirtlandii Lark sparrow Chondestes grammacus Trumpeter swan Cygnus buccinator Snowy egret Egretta thula Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis                 REPTILES Copperbelly water snake *T Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta Eastern plains garter snake Thamnophis radix radix Timber rattlesnake Crotalus horridus horridus Eastern massasauga Sistrurus catenatus Lake Erie water snake *T Nerodia sipedon insularum                 AMPHIBIANS Eastern hellbender Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis Blue spotted salamander Ambystoma laterale Green salamander Aneides aeneus Cave salamander Eurycea lucifuga Eastern Spadefoot Scaphiopus holbrookii                 FISH Ohio lamprey Ichthyomyzon bdellium Northern brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon fossor Mountain brook lamprey Ichthyomyzon greeleyi Lake sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens Shovelnose sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus Spotted gar Lepisosteus oculatus Shortnose gar Lepisosteus platostomus Cisco (or Lake herring) Coregonus artedi Goldeye Hiodon alosoides Shoal chub Macrhybopsis hyostoma Pugnose minnow Opsopoeodus emiliae Popeye shiner Notropis ariomus Blackchin shiner Notropis heterodon Blacknose shiner Notropis heterolepis Mississippi silvery minnow Hybognathus nuchalis Blue sucker Cycleptus elongatus Longnose sucker Catostomus catostomus Mountain madtom Noturus eleutherus Northern madtom Noturus stigmosus Scioto madtom *E Noturus trautmani Pirate perch Aphredoderus sayanus Western banded killfish Fundulus diaphanus menona Spotted darter Etheostoma maculatum                 MOLLUSK Snuffbox Epioblasma triquetra Ebonyshell Fusconaia ebena Fanshell *E Cyprogenia stegaria Butterfly Ellipsaria lineolata Elephant-ear Elliptio crassidens crassidens Purple catspaw *E Epioblasma o. obliquata White catspaw *E Epioblasma obliquata perobliqua Northern riffleshell *E Epioblasma torulosa rangiana Long-solid Fusconaia maculata maculata Pink mucket *E Lampsilis orbiculata Sharp-ridged pocketbook Lampsilis ovata Yellow sandshell Lampsilis teres Eastern pondmussel Ligumia nasuta Washboard Megalonaias nervosa Sheepnose Plethobasus cyphyus Clubshell *E Pleurobema clava Ohio pigtoe Pleurobema cordatum Pyramid pigtoe Pleurobema rubrum Rabbitsfoot Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica Monkeyface Quadrula metanevra Wartyback Quadrula nodulata Purple lilliput Toxolasma lividus Rayed bean Villosa fabalis Little spectaclecase Villosa lienosa                 DRAGONFLIES Hine's emerald *E Somatochlora hineana Mottled darner Aeshna clepsydra Plains clubtail Gomphus externus American emerald Cordulia shurtleffi Uhler's sundragon Helocordulia uhleri Frosted whiteface Leucorrhinia frigida Elfin skimmer Nannothemis bella Canada darner Aeshna canadensis Racket-tailed emerald Dorocordulia libera Brush-tipped emerald Somatochlora walshii Blue corporal Ladona deplanata Chalk-fronted corporal Ladona julia Yellow-sided skimmer Libellula flavida                 DAMSELFLIES Lilypad forktail Ischnura kellicotti Seepage dancer Argia bipunctulata River jewelwing Calopteryx aequabilis                 CADDISFLIES   Chimarra socia   Oecetis eddlestoni   Brachycentrus numerosus                 MAYFLIES   Rhithrogena pellucida   Litobrancha recurvata                 MIDGES   Rheopelopia acra                 BUTTERFLIES Persius dusky wing Erynnis persius Frosted elfin Incisalia irus Karner blue *E Lycaeides melissa samuelis Purplish copper Lycaena helloides Swamp metalmark Calephelis muticum Regal fritillary Speyeria idalia Grizzled skipper Pyrgus cantaureae wyandot Mitchell's satyr *E Neonympha mitchellii                 MOTHS Unexpected cycnia Cycnia inopinatus Graceful underwing Catocala gracilis   Spartiniphaga inops   Hypocoena enervata   Papaipema silphii   Papaipema beeriana   Lithophane semiusta   Trichoclea artesta   Tricholita notata   Melanchra assimilis Pointed sallow Epiglaea apiata    Ufeus plicatus    Ufeus satyricus Hebard's noctuid moth Erythroecia hebardi                 BEETLES Kramer's cave beetle Pseudanophthalmus krameri Ohio cave beetle Pseudanophthalmus ohioensis American burying beetle *E Nicrophorus americanus