Endangered Species Search by Area Selection
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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 Virginia may not be listed here. For a complete list of endangered species in North America, browse the
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Endangered species found in Virginia:
| | Species Name | Scientific Name | Group |
|---|
| 1. | Allegheny Woodrat | Neotoma magister | Mammals |
| 2. | American Chaffseed | Schwalbea americana | Plants |
| 3. | Appalachian Cottontail | Sylvilagus obscurus | Mammals |
| 4. | Appalachian Monkeyface Pearlymussel | Quadrula sparsa | Clams |
| 5. | Appalachian Snaketail | Ophiogomphus incurvatus | Insects |
| 6. | Ashy Darter | Etheostoma cinereum | Fishes |
| 7. | Bachman's Sparrow | Aimophila aestivalis | Birds |
| 8. | Barndoor Winter Skate | Dipturus laevis | Fishes |
| 9. | Bath County Cave Amphipod | Stygobromus mundus | Crustaceans |
| 10. | Betula uber | Betula uber | Plants |
| 11. | Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | Birds |
| 12. | Big Levels Salamander | Plethodon sherando | Amphibians |
| 13. | Big Sandy Crayfish | Cambarus veteranus | Crustaceans |
| 14. | Birdwing Pearlymussel | Conradilla caelata | Clams |
| 15. | Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | Birds |
| 16. | Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | Birds |
| 17. | Blotchside Logperch | Percina burtoni | Fishes |
| 18. | Bog Turtle | Glyptemys muhlenbergii | Reptiles |
| 19. | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | Birds |
| 20. | Burnsville Cove Cave Amphipod | Stygobromus conradi | Crustaceans |
| 21. | Cherokee Clubtail | Gomphus consanguis | Insects |
| 22. | Coal Elimia | Elimia aterina | Snails |
| 23. | Cracking Pearlymussel | Hemistena lata | Clams |
| 24. | Cumberland Bean Pearlymussel | Villosa trabalis | Clams |
| 25. | Cumberland Combshell | Epioblasma brevidens | Clams |
| 26. | Cumberland Monkeyface Pearlymussel | Quadrula intermedia | Clams |
| 27. | Delmarva Peninsula Fox Squirrel | Sciurus niger cinereus | Mammals |
| 28. | Dromedary Pearlymussel | Dromus dromas | Clams |
| 29. | Duckbill Cat | Polyodon spathula | Fishes |
| 30. | Duskytail Darter | Etheostoma percnurum | Fishes |
| 31. | Dwarf Wedgemussel | Alasmidonta heterodon | Clams |
| 32. | Ephemeral Cave Amphipod | Stygobromus ephemerus | Crustaceans |
| 33. | Fanshell | Cyprogenia stegaria | Clams |
| 34. | Fine-rayed Pigtoe Pearlymussel | Fusconaia cuneolus | Clams |
| 35. | Fraser Fir | Abies fraseri | Plants |
| 36. | Gammon's Riffle Beetle | Stenelmis gammoni | Insects |
| 37. | Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Birds |
| 38. | Green Salamander | Aneides aeneus | Amphibians |
| 39. | Gulf Sturgeon | Acipenser oxyrinchus | Fishes |
| 40. | Hellbender | Cryptobranchus alleganiensis | Amphibians |
| 41. | Henslow's Sparrow | Ammodramus henslowii | Birds |
| 42. | Indiana Bat | Myotis sodalis | Mammals |
| 43. | James Spinymussel | Pleurobema collina | Clams |
| 44. | Kanawha Minnow | Phenacobius teretulus | Fishes |
| 45. | Lee County Cave Isopod | Lirceus usdagalun | Crustaceans |
| 46. | Lined Seahorse | Hippocampus erectus | Fishes |
| 47. | Littlewing Pearlymussel | Pegias fabula | Clams |
| 48. | Macromia margarita | Macromia margarita | Insects |
| 49. | Madison Cave Isopod | Antrolana lira | Crustaceans |
| 50. | Mainstream River Snail | Leptoxis praerosa | Snails |
| 51. | Michaux's Sumac | Rhus michauxii | Plants |
| 52. | Morrison's Cave Amphipod | Stygobromus morrisoni | Crustaceans |
| 53. | Mountain Blackside Dace | Phoxinus cumberlandensis | Fishes |
| 54. | Night Shark | Carcharhinus signatus | Fishes |
| 55. | North Atlantic Right Whale | Balaena glacialis | Mammals |
| 56. | Northeastern Bulrush | Scirpus ancistrochaetus | Plants |
| 57. | Northern Flying Squirrel | Glaucomys sabrinus | Mammals |
| 58. | Oceanic Whitetip Shark | Carcharhinus longimanus | Fishes |
| 59. | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Birds |
| 60. | Orangefin Madtom | Noturus gilberti | Fishes |
| 61. | Oyster Mussel | Epioblasma capsaeformis | Clams |
| 62. | Panhandle Pebblesnail | Somatogyrus virginicus | Snails |
| 63. | Peaks Of Otter Salamander | Plethodon hubrichti | Amphibians |
| 64. | Peter's Mountain Mallow | Iliamna corei | Plants |
| 65. | Pink Mucket Pearlymussel | Lampsilis abrupta | Clams |
| 66. | Pizzini's Amphipod | Stygobromus pizzinii | Crustaceans |
| 67. | Purple Bean | Villosa perpurpurea | Clams |
| 68. | Red-cockaded Woodpecker  | Picoides borealis | Birds |
| 69. | Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Birds |
| 70. | Roanoke Bass | Ambloplites cavifrons | Fishes |
| 71. | Roanoke Logperch | Percina rex | Fishes |
| 72. | Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii dougallii | Birds |
| 73. | Rough Pigtoe | Pleurobema plenum | Clams |
| 74. | Rough Rabbitsfoot | Quadrula cylindrica strigillata | Clams |
| 75. | Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Birds |
| 76. | Rye Cove Cave Isopod | Lirceus culveri | Crustaceans |
| 77. | Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Ammodramus caudacutus | Birds |
| 78. | Shale Barren Rock-cress | Arabis serotina | Plants |
| 79. | Shenandoah Mountain Salamander | Plethodon virginia | Amphibians |
| 80. | Shenandoah Salamander | Plethodon shenandoah | Amphibians |
| 81. | Shiny Pigtoe | Fusconaia cor | Clams |
| 82. | Shortnose Sturgeon | Acipenser brevirostrum | Fishes |
| 83. | Slender Chub | Erimystax cahni | Fishes |
| 84. | Small-anthered Bittercress | Cardamine micranthera | Plants |
| 85. | Smooth Coneflower | Echinacea laevigata | Plants |
| 86. | Smooth Rocksnail | Leptoxis virgata | Snails |
| 87. | Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus | Birds |
| 88. | Spiny River Snail | Io fluvialis | Snails |
| 89. | Spotted Turtle | Clemmys guttata | Reptiles |
| 90. | Tennessee Clubshell | Pleurobema oviforme | Clams |
| 91. | Tidewater Interstitial Amphipod | Stygobromus araeus | Crustaceans |
| 92. | Townsend's Big-eared Bat | Corynorhinus townsendii | Mammals |
| 93. | Tubercled Blossom Pearlymussel | Epioblasma torulosa | Clams |
| 94. | Virginia Fringed Mountain Snail | Polygyriscus virginianus | Snails |
| 95. | Virginia Pigtoe | Lexingtonia subplana | Clams |
| 96. | Weller's Salamander | Plethodon welleri | Amphibians |
| 97. | West Indian Manatee | Trichechus manatus | Mammals |
| 98. | White-spotted Salamander | Plethodon punctatus | Amphibians |
| 99. | Whooping Crane | Grus americana | Birds |
| 100. | Yellow Blossom Pearlymussel | Epioblasma florentina | Clams |
| 101. | Yellow Lampmussel | Lampsilis cariosa | Clams |
| 102. | Yellowfin Madtom | Noturus flavipinnis | Fishes |
