Earth's Endangered Creatures - endangered species in Iowa

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Note/Disclaimer: This list is made possible through a database keyword search/filtering process which may not be 100% accurate. Therefore, all endangered species of Iowa may not be listed here. For a complete list of endangered species in North America, browse the North America endangered species list or see the complete United States List.

Endangered species found in Iowa:

	Species Name	Scientific Name	Group	Range
1.	Alligator Snapping Turtle	Macrochelys temminckii	Reptiles	United States
2.	Crawfish Frog	Lithobates areolatus	Amphibians	United States
3.	Fat Pocketbook	Potamilus capax	Clams	Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio
4.	Gray Wolf	Canis lupus	Mammals	Mexico, United States
5.	Henslow's Sparrow	Ammodramus henslowii	Birds	Canada, United States
6.	Higgins Eye Pearlymussel	Lampsilis higginsii	Clams	Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Wisconsin
7.	Indiana Bat	Myotis sodalis	Mammals	Eastern and Midwestern USA
8.	Iowa Pleistocene Snail	Discus macclintocki	Snails	Illinois, Iowa
9.	Least Tern	Sterna antillarum	Birds	Bahamas, Central America (winters), Greater and Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Northern South America, USA (California, including the Miss. R. Basin), Atlantic Gulf Coasts
10.	Marbled Disc	Discus marmorensis	Snails	Idaho, Iowa
11.	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Contopus cooperi	Birds	Central and South America, North America (including United States)
12.	Orangefoot Pimpleback Pearlymussel	Plethobasus cooperianus	Clams	Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
13.	Pallid Sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	Fishes	Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee
14.	Scaleshell Mussel	Leptodea leptodon	Clams	Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wisconsin
15.	Sturgeon Chub	Macrhybopsis gelida	Fishes	United States
16.	Topeka Shiner	Notropis topeka tristis	Fishes	Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota
17.	Western Prairie Fringed Orchid	Platanthera praeclara	Plants	Canada, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota
18.	Whooping Crane	Grus americana	Birds	Canada, Mexico, USA (Rocky Mountains east to Carolinas)
19.	Winged Mapleleaf	Quadrula fragosa	Clams	Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio