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 South Dakota 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 South Dakota:
| | Species Name | Scientific Name | Group |
|---|
| 1. | American Burying Beetle | Nicrophorus americanus | Insects |
| 2. | Black-footed Ferret  | Mustela nigripes | Mammals |
| 3. | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | Birds |
| 4. | Cassin's Finch | Carpodacus cassinii | Birds |
| 5. | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus | Birds |
| 6. | Dakota Skipper | Hesperia dacotae | Insects |
| 7. | Duckbill Cat | Polyodon spathula | Fishes |
| 8. | Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Birds |
| 9. | Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Birds |
| 10. | Gray Wolf | Canis lupus | Mammals |
| 11. | Greater Prairie-chicken | Tympanuchus cupido attwateri | Birds |
| 12. | Greater Sage-grouse | Centrocercus urophasianus | Birds |
| 13. | Hellbender | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis | Amphibians |
| 14. | Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii | Birds |
| 15. | Least Tern | Sterna antillarum | Birds |
| 16. | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Birds |
| 17. | Pallid Sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus albus | Fishes |
| 18. | Pinyon Jay | Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus | Birds |
| 19. | Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Birds |
| 20. | Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Birds |
| 21. | Sand Sturgeon | Scaphirhynchus platorynchus | Fishes |
| 22. | Scaleshell Mussel | Leptodea leptodon | Clams |
| 23. | Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii | Birds |
| 24. | Sturgeon Chub | Macrhybopsis gelida | Fishes |
| 25. | Topeka Shiner | Notropis topeka tristis | Fishes |
| 26. | Whooping Crane | Grus americana | Birds |
