| Species Name | Scientific Name | Group | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Alamosa Springsnail | Tryonia alamosae | Snails | New Mexico |
| 2. | Banner-tailed Kangaroo Rat | Dipodomys spectabilis | Mammals | Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico, Texas |
| 3. | Beautiful Shiner | Cyprinella formosa | Fishes | Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico |
| 4. | Bendire's Thrasher | Toxostoma bendirei | Birds | Arizona, California, Canada, Mexico, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah |
| 5. | Big Bend Slider | Trachemys gaigeae | Reptiles | Mexico, New Mexico, Texas |
| 6. | Caribbean Electric Ray | Narcine bancroftii | Fishes | Brazil, Florida, French Guiana, Guyana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, Suriname, Venezuela |
| 7. | Cassin's Finch | Haemorhous cassinii | Birds | Canada, Mexico, United States |
| 8. | Charalito Chihuahua | Gila nigrescens | Fishes | Mexico, New Mexico |
| 9. | Chestnut-collared Longspur | Calcarius ornatus | Birds | North America (including United States) |
| 10. | Chiricahua Leopard Frog | Lithobates chiricahuensis | Amphibians | Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico |
| 11. | Colorado Pikeminnow | Ptychocheilus lucius | Fishes | Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming |
| 12. | Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii | Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii | Plants | New Mexico, Texas |
| 13. | Cougar
|
Puma concolor | Mammals | North and Central America |
| 14. | Desert Pocket Gopher | Geomys arenarius | Mammals | Mexico, New Mexico, Texas |
| 15. | Dunes Sagebrush Lizard | Sceloporus arenicolus | Reptiles | New Mexico, Texas |
| 16. | Eared Quetzal | Euptilotis neoxenus | Birds | Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico |
| 17. | Gila Chub | Gila intermedia | Fishes | Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico |
| 18. | Gila Monster | Heloderma suspectum | Reptiles | Mexico, United States |
| 19. | Gila Springsnail | Pyrgulopsis gilae | Snails | New Mexico |
| 20. | Gila Topminnow | Poeciliopsis occidentalis | Fishes | Arizona, New Mexico |
| 21. | Gila Trout | Oncorhynchus gilae | Fishes | Arizona, New Mexico |
| 22. | Gray Wolf
|
Canis lupus | Mammals | Mexico, United States |
| 23. | Gray-checkered Whiptail | Aspidoscelis dixoni | Reptiles | New Mexico, Texas |
| 24. | Holy Ghost Ipomopsis | Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus | Plants | New Mexico |
| 25. | Jaguar
|
Panthera onca | Mammals | Arizona, California, Central and South America, Louisiana, Mexico, New Mexico, Texas |
| 26. | Jemez Mountains Salamander | Plethodon neomexicanus | Amphibians | New Mexico |
| 27. | Knowlton Cactus | Pediocactus knowltonii | Plants | Colorado, New Mexico |
| 28. | Koster's Springsnail | Juturnia kosteri | Snails | New Mexico |
| 29. | Kuenzler Hedgehog Cactus | Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzleri | Plants | New Mexico |
| 30. | 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 |
| 31. | Lesser Long-nosed Bat | Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae | Mammals | Arizona, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, New Mexico |
| 32. | Lesser Prairie-chicken | Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | Birds | Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas |
| 33. | Little White Whiptail | Aspidoscelis gypsi | Reptiles | New Mexico |
| 34. | Loach Minnow | Tiaroga cobitis | Fishes | Arizona, New Mexico |
| 35. | Mancos Milk-vetch | Astragalus humillimus | Plants | Colorado, New Mexico |
| 36. | Merriam's Kangaroo Rat | Dipodomys merriami | Mammals | Mexico, United States |
| 37. | Mexican Long-nosed Bat | Leptonycteris nivalis | Mammals | Central America, Mexico, New Mexico, Texas |
| 38. | Mexican Long-tongued Bat | Choeronycteris mexicana | Mammals | Arizona, California, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas |
| 39. | Mountain Plover | Charadrius montanus | Birds | Canada, Mexico, United States |
| 40. | New Mexico Hotspring Snail | Pyrgulopsis thermalis | Snails | New Mexico |
| 41. | Noel's Amphipod | Gammarus desperatus | Crustaceans | New Mexico |
| 42. | Northern Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis septentrionalis | Birds | Arizona, Guatemala, Mexico, New Mexico, Texas |
| 43. | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | Birds | Central and South America, North America (including United States) |
| 44. | Orconectes deanae | Orconectes deanae | Crustaceans | New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas |
| 45. | Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | Birds | Central America, North America (including United States) |
| 46. | Pecos Assiminea Snail | Assiminea pecos | Snails | Mexico, New Mexico, Texas |
| 47. | Pecos Gambusia | Gambusia nobilis | Fishes | New Mexico, Texas |
| 48. | Pecos River Pupfish | Cyprinodon pecosensis | Fishes | New Mexico, Texas |
| 49. | Pinyon Jay | Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus | Birds | United States |
| 50. | Prairie Sphinx Moth | Euproserpinus wiesti | Insects | United States |
| 51. | Razorback Sucker | Xyrauchen texanus | Fishes | Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming |
| 52. | Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus | Birds | Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, United States |
| 53. | Rio Grande Monkeyface | Quadrula couchiana | Clams | New Mexico, Texas |
| 54. | Rio Grande Silvery Minnow | Hybognathus amarus | Fishes | Mexico, New Mexico, Texas |
| 55. | Robust Cottontail | Sylvilagus robustus | Mammals | New Mexico, Texas |
| 56. | Roswell Springsnail | Pyrgulopsis roswellensis | Snails | New Mexico |
| 57. | Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Birds | Saint Pierre and Miquelon, United States |
| 58. | Sacramento Prickly Poppy | Argemone pleiacantha ssp. pinnatisecta | Plants | New Mexico |
| 59. | Socorro Isopod | Thermosphaeroma thermophilum | Crustaceans | New Mexico |
| 60. | Socorro Springsnail | Pyrgulopsis neomexicana | Snails | New Mexico |
| 61. | Sonora Mud Turtle | Kinosternon sonoriense | Reptiles | Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico |
| 62. | South Sierra Nevada Springsnail | Pyrgulopsis giuliani | Snails | New Mexico |
| 63. | Southwestern Willow Flycatcher | Empidonax traillii extimus | Birds | Arizona, California, Colorado, Mexico, New Mexico, Texas, Utah |
| 64. | Spikedace | Meda fulgida | Fishes | Arizona, New Mexico |
| 65. | Spotted Owl | Strix occidentalis | Birds | Arizona, California, Canada, Mexico, New Mexico, Texas |
| 66. | Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii | Birds | Canada, Mexico, United States |
| 67. | Thick-billed Parrot
|
Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha | Birds | Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico |
| 68. | Todsen's Pennyroyal | Hedeoma todsenii | Plants | New Mexico |
| 69. | White Sands Pupfish | Cyprinodon tularosa | Fishes | New Mexico |
| 70. | White-sided Jackrabbit | Lepus callotis | Mammals | Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico |
| 71. | Yaqui Chub | Gila purpurea | Fishes | Arizona, New Mexico |
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