Endangered Species Search by Area Selection
Find out if there are any endangered species in your state, your country, island, etc. Browse endangered species listings according to area on our planet using
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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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts:
| | Species Name | Scientific Name | Group |
|---|
| 1. | American Burying Beetle | Nicrophorus americanus | Insects |
| 2. | American Chaffseed | Schwalbea americana | Plants |
| 3. | Barndoor Winter Skate | Dipturus laevis | Fishes |
| 4. | Beach Vole | Microtus breweri | Mammals |
| 5. | Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | Birds |
| 6. | Black Grouper | Epinephelus nigritus | Fishes |
| 7. | Black Rockfish | Mycteroperca bonaci | Fishes |
| 8. | Bog Turtle | Glyptemys muhlenbergii | Reptiles |
| 9. | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | Birds |
| 10. | Crossband Rockfish | Mycteroperca interstitialis | Fishes |
| 11. | Dwarf Wedgemussel | Alasmidonta heterodon | Clams |
| 12. | Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Birds |
| 13. | European Rabbit | Oryctolagus cuniculus | Mammals |
| 14. | Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Birds |
| 15. | Gray Wolf  | Canis lupus | Mammals |
| 16. | Greater Prairie-chicken | Tympanuchus cupido attwateri | Birds |
| 17. | Greenland Shark | Somniosus microcephalus | Fishes |
| 18. | Gulf Sturgeon | Acipenser oxyrinchus | Fishes |
| 19. | Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii | Birds |
| 20. | Karner Blue Butterfly | Lycaeides melissa samuelis | Insects |
| 21. | New England Cottontail | Sylvilagus transitionalis | Mammals |
| 22. | North Atlantic Right Whale | Balaena glacialis | Mammals |
| 23. | Northeastern Bulrush | Scirpus ancistrochaetus | Plants |
| 24. | Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Carcharhinus longimanus | Fishes |
| 25. | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Birds |
| 26. | Plymouth Red-bellied Turtle | Pseudemys rubriventris bangsi | Reptiles |
| 27. | Portuguese Dogfish | Centroscymnus coelolepis | Fishes |
| 28. | Puritan Tiger Beetle | Cicindela puritana | Insects |
| 29. | Queen Triggerfish | Balistes vetula | Fishes |
| 30. | Red Grouper | Epinephelus morio | Fishes |
| 31. | Red Porgy | Pagrus pagrus | Fishes |
| 32. | Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Birds |
| 33. | Redfish | Sebastes fasciatus | Fishes |
| 34. | Ringed Boghaunter | Williamsonia lintneri | Insects |
| 35. | Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii dougallii | Birds |
| 36. | Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Birds |
| 37. | Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Ammodramus caudacutus | Birds |
| 38. | Sandplain Gerardia | Agalinis acuta | Plants |
| 39. | Scarlet Bluet | Enallagma pictum | Insects |
| 40. | Shortnose Sturgeon | Acipenser brevirostrum | Fishes |
| 41. | Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus | Birds |
| 42. | Spotted Turtle | Clemmys guttata | Reptiles |
| 43. | Wood Turtle | Glyptemys insculpta | Reptiles |
| 44. | Yellow Lampmussel | Lampsilis cariosa | Clams |
