Earth's Endangered Creatures - endangered species in Virgin Islands

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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 Virgin Islands may not be listed here. For a complete list of endangered species in Central America, browse the Central America endangered species list or see the complete United States List.

Endangered species found in Virgin Islands:

	Species Name	Scientific Name	Group	Range
1.	Acanthomyops latipes	Acanthomyops latipes	Insects	Michigan, Virgin Islands
2.	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	Birds	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic
3.	Brown Pelican	Pelecanus occidentalis	Birds	Coastal Central and South America, USA (Carolinas to Texas, California, Oregon, Washington), West Indies
4.	Cobana Negra	Stahlia monosperma	Plants	Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
5.	Commoner Lignum Vitae	Guaiacum officinale	Plants	Central and South America, Puerto Rico, Thailand, Virgin Islands (British and US)
6.	Erythrina eggersii	Erythrina eggersii	Plants	Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
7.	Eskimo Curlew	Numenius borealis	Birds	Alaska and Northern Canada to Argentina
8.	Hispaniolan Amazon	Amazona ventralis	Birds	Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (British and US)
9.	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
10.	Lidflower	Calyptranthes thomasiana	Plants	British Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
11.	Machaonia woodburyana	Machaonia woodburyana	Plants	Virgin Islands (British and US)
12.	Maytenus cymosa	Maytenus cymosa	Plants	Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (British and US)
13.	Nassau Grouper	Epinephelus striatus	Fishes	Central and South America, United States (Florida, Minor Outlying Islands)
14.	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii dougallii	Birds	Northeastern USA
15.	Schwartz's Robber Frog	Eleutherodactylus schwartzi	Amphibians	Virgin Islands (British and US)
16.	Spotted Eagle Ray	Aetobatus narinari	Fishes	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Middle East, North America (including United States and US Island Territory and Hawaii), Oceans, South America
17.	St. Croix Ground Lizard	Ameiva polops	Reptiles	Virgin Islands
18.	Tropical Lilythorn	Catesbaea melanocarpa	Plants	Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands
19.	Virgin Islands Robber Frog	Eleutherodactylus lentus	Amphibians	Virgin Islands
20.	Virgin Islands Tree Boa	Epicrates monensis granti	Reptiles	Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands (British and US)
21.	West Indian Manatee	Trichechus manatus	Mammals	Caribbean Sea, South America, Southeastern USA
22.	Zanthoxylum thomasianum	Zanthoxylum thomasianum	Plants	Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands