Endangered and Threatened Arizona Species Qualifying for Endangered-Species-Act Protection

A Small Subset of Arizona’s #EndangeredSpecies

The Arizona Game and Fish Department provided this photo of an endangered ocelot.

Many Arizona species with shrinking populations will never receive protection under the U. S. Endangered Species Act.  Some are doing well outside Arizona, but the principal reason for the absence of protection is that many Arizona species have not been identified. Of those that biologists have identified, most have not been studied in enough detail to know how well they are doing. This tragic lack of data is true of most wild species worldwide.

Click here for lists of some of Arizona’s other endangered species.

According to the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the list below, updated 02/13/2015,

• shows listed species or populations believed to or known to occur in Arizona
• does not include experimental populations and similarity-of-appearance listings.
• includes species or populations under the sole jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service.

The list includes 21 plants and 44 animals.  The links for the species scientific names connect to official details for the listing. The linked pages include maps and some photos.  More species photos and other information are found at:  FWS Digital Media Library. However, the best resource for photos is a simple Google Image search.

E = Endangered

T = Threatened

Arizona #Endangered and #Threatened Animals (44)

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E Ambersnail, Kanab Entire (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis)

E Bat, lesser long-nosed Entire (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae)

E Bobwhite, masked (quail) Entire (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi)

T Catfish, Yaqui Entire (Ictalurus pricei)

E Chub, bonytail Entire (Gila elegans)

E Chub, Gila Entire (Gila intermedia)

E Chub, humpback Entire (Gila cypha)

T Chub, Sonora Entire (Gila ditaenia)

E Chub, Virgin River Entire (Gila seminuda (=robusta))

E Chub, Yaqui Entire (Gila purpurea)

E Condor, California Entire, except where listed as an experimental population (Gymnogyps californianus)

T Cuckoo, yellow-billed Western U.S. DPS (Coccyzus americanus)

E Ferret, black-footed entire population, except where EXPN (Mustela nigripes)

E Flycatcher, southwestern willow Entire (Empidonax traillii extimus)

T Frog, Chiricahua leopard Entire (Rana chiricahuensis)

T gartersnake, northern Mexican  (Thamnophis eques megalops)

E Jaguar U.S.A(AZ,CA,LA,NM,TX),Mexico,Central and South America (Panthera onca)

E Minnow, loach Entire (Tiaroga cobitis)

E Mouse, New Mexico meadow jumping  (Zapus hudsonius luteus)

E Ocelot U.S.A.(AZ, TX) to Central and South America (Leopardus (=Felis) pardalis)

T Owl, Mexican spotted Entire (Strix occidentalis lucida)

E Pikeminnow (=squawfish), Colorado Entire, except EXPN (Ptychocheilus lucius)

E Pronghorn, Sonoran Entire (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis)

E Pupfish, desert Entire (Cyprinodon macularius)

E Rail, Yuma clapper U.S.A. only (Rallus longirostris yumanensis)

T Rattlesnake, New Mexican ridge-nosed Entire (Crotalus willardi obscurus)

E Salamander, Sonora tiger Entire (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi)

T Shiner, beautiful Entire (Cyprinella formosa)

T Snake, narrow-headed garter  (Thamnophis rufipunctatus)

E Spikedace Entire (Meda fulgida)

T Spinedace, Little Colorado Entire (Lepidomeda vittata)

T springsnail, San Bernardino Entire (Pyrgulopsis bernardina)

E Springsnail, Three Forks Entire (Pyrgulopsis trivialis)

E Squirrel, Mount Graham red Entire (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis)

E Sucker, razorback Entire (Xyrauchen texanus)

E Sucker, Zuni bluehead  (Catostomus discobolus yarrowi)

E Tern, California least  (Sterna antillarum browni)

E Topminnow, Gila (incl. Yaqui) U.S.A. only (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)

T Tortoise, desert U.S.A., except in Sonoran Desert (Gopherus agassizii)

T Trout, Apache Entire (Oncorhynchus apache)

T Trout, Gila Entire (Oncorhynchus gilae)

E Vole, Hualapai Mexican Entire (Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis)

E Wolf, Mexican gray Entire, except where an experimental population (Canis lupus baileyi)

E Woundfin Entire, except EXPN (Plagopterus argentissimus)

Arizona Endangered and Threatened Plants (21)

E Blue-star, Kearney’s (Amsonia kearneyana)

E Cactus, Acuna (Echinomastus erectocentrus var. acunensis)

E Cactus, Arizona hedgehog (Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus)

E Cactus, Brady pincushion (Pediocactus bradyi)

T Cactus, Cochise pincushion (Coryphantha robbinsiorum)

E Cactus, Fickeisen plains (Pediocactus peeblesianus fickeiseniae)

E Cactus, Nichol’s Turk’s head (Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. nicholii)

E Cactus, Peebles Navajo (Pediocactus peeblesianus var. peeblesianus)

E Cactus, Pima pineapple (Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina)

T Cactus, Siler pincushion (Pediocactus (=Echinocactus,=Utahia) sileri)

E Cliff-rose, Arizona (Purshia (=Cowania) subintegra)

T Cycladenia, Jones (Cycladenia humilis var. jonesii)

T Fleabane, Zuni (Erigeron rhizomatus)

E Ladies’-tresses, Canelo Hills (Spiranthes delitescens)

E mallow, Gierisch (Sphaeralcea gierischii)

E Milk-vetch, Holmgren (Astragalus holmgreniorum)

E Milk-vetch, Sentry (Astragalus cremnophylax var. cremnophylax)

T Milkweed, Welsh’s (Asclepias welshii)

T Ragwort, San Francisco Peaks (Packera franciscana)

T Sedge, Navajo (Carex specuicola)

E Water-umbel, Huachuca (Lilaeopsis schaffneriana var. recurva)