Earth's Endangered Creatures - endangered species in South Dakota

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Endangered species found in South Dakota:

	Species Name	Scientific Name	Group	Range
1.	American Burying Beetle	Nicrophorus americanus	Insects	Eastern Canada, USA Eastern States south to Florida, west to South Dakota and Texas
2.	Black-footed Ferret	Mustela nigripes	Mammals	Western Canada, Western USA
3.	Cassin's Finch	Carpodacus cassinii	Birds	Canada, Mexico, United States
4.	Chestnut-collared Longspur	Calcarius ornatus	Birds	North America (including United States)
5.	Eskimo Curlew	Numenius borealis	Birds	Alaska and Northern Canada to Argentina
6.	Gray Wolf	Canis lupus	Mammals	Mexico, United States
7.	Greater Sage-grouse	Centrocercus urophasianus	Birds	Canada, United States
8.	Hellbender	Cryptobranchus alleganiensis	Amphibians	United States
9.	Henslow's Sparrow	Ammodramus henslowii	Birds	Canada, United States
10.	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
11.	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Contopus cooperi	Birds	Central and South America, North America (including United States)
12.	Pallid Sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	Fishes	Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee
13.	Scaleshell Mussel	Leptodea leptodon	Clams	Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wisconsin
14.	Sprague's Pipit	Anthus spragueii	Birds	Canada, Mexico, United States
15.	Sturgeon Chub	Macrhybopsis gelida	Fishes	United States
16.	Topeka Shiner	Notropis topeka tristis	Fishes	Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota
17.	Whooping Crane	Grus americana	Birds	Canada, Mexico, USA (Rocky Mountains east to Carolinas)