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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 North America endangered species list or see the complete United States List.

Endangered species found in Kentucky:

 Species NameScientific NameGroupRange
1.Alabama ShadAlosa alabamaeFishesUnited States
2.Alligator Snapping TurtleMacrochelys temminckiiReptilesUnited States
3.Armigerous River SnailLithasia armigeraSnailsUnited States
4.Bachman's SparrowAimophila aestivalisBirdsUnited States
5.Braun's Rock-cressArabis perstellataPlantsKentucky, Tennessee
6.Catspaw PearlymusselEpioblasma obliquataClamsIllinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee
7.Clifton Cave IsopodCaecidotea barriCrustaceansKentucky
8.ClubshellPleurobema clavaClamsIllinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia
9.Cracking PearlymusselHemistena lataClamsAlabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
10.Crawfish FrogLithobates areolatusAmphibiansUnited States
11.Cumberland Bean PearlymusselVillosa trabalisClamsKentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
12.Cumberland CombshellEpioblasma brevidensClamsKentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Virginia
13.Cumberland ElktoeAlasmidonta atropurpureaClamsKentucky, Tennessee
14.Dromedary PearlymusselDromus dromasClamsAlabama, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia
15.FanshellCyprogenia stegariaClamsAlabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
16.Fat PocketbookPotamilus capaxClamsArkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio
17.Gray BatMyotis grisescensMammalsCentral and Southeastern USA
18.Green SalamanderAneides aeneusAmphibiansUnited States
19.HellbenderCryptobranchus alleganiensisAmphibiansUnited States
20.Henslow's SparrowAmmodramus henslowiiBirdsCanada, United States
21.Indiana BatMyotis sodalisMammalsEastern and Midwestern USA
22.Kentucky Cave ShrimpPalaemonias ganteriCrustaceansKentucky
23.Kirtland's SnakeClonophis kirtlandiiReptilesIllinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio
24.Least TernSterna antillarumBirdsBahamas, Central America (winters), Greater and Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Northern South America, USA (California, including the Miss. R. Basin), Atlantic Gulf Coasts
25.Littlewing PearlymusselPegias fabulaClamsAlabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
26.Muddy RocksnailLithasia salebrosaSnailsAlabama, Kentucky, Tennessee
27.Northern CavefishAmblyopsis spelaeaFishesIndiana, Kentucky
28.Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperiBirdsCentral and South America, North America (including United States)
29.Orangefoot Pimpleback PearlymusselPlethobasus cooperianusClamsAlabama, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee
30.Oyster MusselEpioblasma capsaeformisClamsGeorgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
31.Palezone ShinerNotropis albizonatusFishesAlabama, Kentucky, Tennessee
32.Pallid SturgeonScaphirhynchus albusFishesArkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee
33.Pink Mucket PearlymusselLampsilis abruptaClamsAlabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
34.Pink Ring MusselObovaria retusaClamsAlabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, West Virginia
35.Relict DarterEtheostoma chienenseFishesKentucky
36.Rough PigtoePleurobema plenumClamsAlabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia
37.Rough RockshellQuadrula tuberosaClamsKentucky, Tennessee
38.Running Buffalo CloverTrifolium stoloniferumPlantsArkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, West Virginia
39.SandwortArenaria cumberlandensisPlantsKentucky, Tennessee
40.Scaleshell MusselLeptodea leptodonClamsAlabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wisconsin
41.Short's GoldenrodSolidago shortiiPlantsKentucky
42.Streamside SalamanderAmbystoma barbouriAmphibiansUnited States
43.Sturgeon ChubMacrhybopsis gelidaFishesUnited States
44.Townsend's Big-eared BatCorynorhinus townsendiiMammalsArkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Virginia, West Virginia
45.Tubercled Blossom PearlymusselEpioblasma torulosaClamsAlabama, Canada (Ontario), Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
46.Valley Flame CrayfishCambarus deweesaeCrustaceansKentucky, Tennessee
47.Varicose RocksnailLithasia verrucosaSnailsUnited States
48.White Wartyback PearlymusselPlethobasus cicatricosusClamsAlabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee
49.Whooping CraneGrus americanaBirdsCanada, Mexico, USA (Rocky Mountains east to Carolinas)
50.Winged MapleleafQuadrula fragosaClamsIllinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio
51.Yellow Blossom PearlymusselEpioblasma florentinaClamsAlabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia

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