Earth's Endangered Creatures - endangered species in Maine

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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 Maine 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 Maine:

	Species Name	Scientific Name	Group	Range
1.	Atlantic Salmon	Salmo salar	Fishes	Gulf of Maine Atlantic Salmon DPS
2.	Barndoor Winter Skate	Dipturus laevis	Fishes	Canada, United States
3.	Black Grouper	Epinephelus nigritus	Fishes	Central and South America, Mexico, United States
4.	Eskimo Curlew	Numenius borealis	Birds	Alaska and Northern Canada to Argentina
5.	Furbish Lousewort	Pedicularis furbishiae	Plants	Canada (New Brunswick), Maine
6.	Gray Wolf	Canis lupus	Mammals	Mexico, United States
7.	Gulf Sturgeon	Acipenser oxyrinchus	Fishes	Canada, United States
8.	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Contopus cooperi	Birds	Central and South America, North America (including United States)
9.	Portuguese Dogfish	Centroscymnus coelolepis	Fishes	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (United States Territory)
10.	Redfish	Sebastes fasciatus	Fishes	Canada, Greenland, Iceland, United States
11.	Right Whale	Balaena glacialis	Mammals	Northern Oceans
12.	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii dougallii	Birds	Northeastern USA
13.	Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow	Ammodramus caudacutus	Birds	Canada, United States
14.	Scarlet Bluet	Enallagma pictum	Insects	Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island
15.	Shortnose Sturgeon	Acipenser brevirostrum	Fishes	USA and Canada (Atlantic Coast)
16.	Yellow Lampmussel	Lampsilis cariosa	Clams	Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia), United States