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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 Kentucky may not be listed here. For a complete list of endangered species in North America, browse the
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Endangered species found in Kentucky:
| | Species Name | Scientific Name | Group |
|---|
| 1. | Alabama Shad | Alosa alabamae | Fishes |
| 2. | Allegheny Woodrat | Neotoma magister | Mammals |
| 3. | Alligator Snapping Turtle | Macrochelys temminckii | Reptiles |
| 4. | Appalachian Cottontail | Sylvilagus obscurus | Mammals |
| 5. | Armigerous River Snail | Lithasia armigera | Snails |
| 6. | Ashy Darter | Etheostoma cinereum | Fishes |
| 7. | Bachman's Sparrow | Aimophila aestivalis | Birds |
| 8. | Big Sandy Crayfish | Cambarus veteranus | Crustaceans |
| 9. | Big South Fork Crayfish | Cambarus bouchardi | Crustaceans |
| 10. | Bluegrass Crayfish | Cambarus batchi | Crustaceans |
| 11. | Bousfield's Amphipod | Gammarus bousfieldi | Crustaceans |
| 12. | Braun's Rock-cress | Arabis perstellata | Plants |
| 13. | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | Birds |
| 14. | Catspaw Pearlymussel | Epioblasma obliquata | Clams |
| 15. | Clifton Cave Isopod | Caecidotea barri | Crustaceans |
| 16. | Clubshell | Pleurobema clava | Clams |
| 17. | Cracking Pearlymussel | Hemistena lata | Clams |
| 18. | Crawfish Frog | Lithobates areolatus | Amphibians |
| 19. | Cumberland Bean Pearlymussel | Villosa trabalis | Clams |
| 20. | Cumberland Combshell | Epioblasma brevidens | Clams |
| 21. | Cumberland Elktoe | Alasmidonta atropurpurea | Clams |
| 22. | Domed Ancylid | Rhodacme elatior | Snails |
| 23. | Dromedary Pearlymussel | Dromus dromas | Clams |
| 24. | Duckbill Cat | Polyodon spathula | Fishes |
| 25. | Eastern Sand Darter | Etheostoma pellucidum | Fishes |
| 26. | Fanshell | Cyprogenia stegaria | Clams |
| 27. | Fat Pocketbook | Potamilus capax | Clams |
| 28. | Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Birds |
| 29. | Gray Bat | Myotis grisescens | Mammals |
| 30. | Greater Prairie-chicken | Tympanuchus cupido attwateri | Birds |
| 31. | Green Salamander | Aneides aeneus | Amphibians |
| 32. | Hellbender | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis | Amphibians |
| 33. | Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii | Birds |
| 34. | Indiana Bat | Myotis sodalis | Mammals |
| 35. | Kentucky Cave Shrimp | Palaemonias ganteri | Crustaceans |
| 36. | Kirtland's Snake | Clonophis kirtlandii | Reptiles |
| 37. | Least Tern | Sterna antillarum | Birds |
| 38. | Littlewing Pearlymussel | Pegias fabula | Clams |
| 39. | Mainstream River Snail | Leptoxis praerosa | Snails |
| 40. | Mountain Blackside Dace | Phoxinus cumberlandensis | Fishes |
| 41. | Muddy Rocksnail | Lithasia salebrosa | Snails |
| 42. | Northern Cavefish | Amblyopsis spelaea | Fishes |
| 43. | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Birds |
| 44. | Orangefoot Pimpleback Pearlymussel | Plethobasus cooperianus | Clams |
| 45. | Orconectes kentuckiensis | Orconectes kentuckiensis | Crustaceans |
| 46. | Orconectes jeffersoni | Orconectes jeffersoni | Crustaceans |
| 47. | Orconectes bisectus | Orconectes bisectus | Crustaceans |
| 48. | Oyster Mussel | Epioblasma capsaeformis | Clams |
| 49. | Palezone Shiner | Notropis albizonatus | Fishes |
| 50. | Pallid Sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus albus | Fishes |
| 51. | Pink Mucket Pearlymussel | Lampsilis abrupta | Clams |
| 52. | Pink Ring Mussel | Obovaria retusa | Clams |
| 53. | Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Birds |
| 54. | Relict Darter | Etheostoma chienense | Fishes |
| 55. | Rough Pigtoe | Pleurobema plenum | Clams |
| 56. | Rough Rockshell | Quadrula tuberosa | Clams |
| 57. | Rugged Hornsnail | Pleurocera alveare | Snails |
| 58. | Running Buffalo Clover | Trifolium stoloniferum | Plants |
| 59. | Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Birds |
| 60. | Sand Sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus platorynchus | Fishes |
| 61. | Sandwort | Arenaria cumberlandensis | Plants |
| 62. | Scaleshell Mussel | Leptodea leptodon | Clams |
| 63. | Short's Goldenrod | Solidago shortii | Plants |
| 64. | Shortspire Hornsnail | Pleurocera curta | Snails |
| 65. | Southern Cavefish | Typhlichthys subterraneus | Fishes |
| 66. | Streamside Salamander | Ambystoma barbouri | Amphibians |
| 67. | Sturgeon Chub | Macrhybopsis gelida | Fishes |
| 68. | Telescope Hornsnail | Pleurocera walkeri | Snails |
| 69. | Tennessee Clubshell | Pleurobema oviforme | Clams |
| 70. | Townsend's Big-eared Bat | Corynorhinus townsendii | Mammals |
| 71. | Tubercled Blossom Pearlymussel | Epioblasma torulosa | Clams |
| 72. | Valley Flame Crayfish | Cambarus deweesae | Crustaceans |
| 73. | Varicose Rocksnail | Lithasia verrucosa | Snails |
| 74. | White Wartyback Pearlymussel | Plethobasus cicatricosus | Clams |
| 75. | Whooping Crane | Grus americana | Birds |
| 76. | Winged Mapleleaf | Quadrula fragosa | Clams |
| 77. | Yellow Blossom Pearlymussel | Epioblasma florentina | Clams |
