List of endangered species in Missouri explained

This is a list of species named endangered by the Missouri Department of Conservation,^[1] which are not necessarily on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is not comprehensive.

Invertebrates

• Nicrophorus americanus, American burying beetle^[2]
• Fusconaia ebena, ebonyshell mussel
• Elliptio crassidens, elephant ear mussel
• Lampsilis abrupta, pink mucket mussel
• Leptodea leptodon, scaleshell mussel
• Plethobasus cyphyus, sheepnose, or bullhead mussel
• Epioblasma triquetra, snuffbox mussel

Vertebrates

Birds

• Aimophila aestivalis, Bachmann's sparrow
• Tympanuchus cupido, greater prairie chicken
• Sternula antillarum, least tern
• Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon, currently being reintroduced to the state in urban areas.

Reptiles

• Emydoidea blandingii, Blanding's turtle
• Sistrurus tergeminus tergeminus, the prairie massasauga rattlesnake, a subspecies of the western massasauga, which is a genus of venomous rattlesnakes.^[3]
• Deirochelys reticularia miaria, western chicken turtle
• Kinosternon flavescens flavescens, yellow mud turtle
• Nerodia cyclopion, Mississippi green watersnake

Amphibians

• Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, hellbender

Fish

• Umbra limi, central mudminnow
• Crystallaria asprella, crystal darter
• Hybognathus hayi, cypress minnow
• Platygobio gracilis, flathead chub
• Etheostoma parvipinne, goldstripe darter
• Cottus specus, grotto sculpin, a rare fish found only in Perry County, which is federally listed as endangered. It is of the order Scorpaeniformes.^[4]
• Etheostoma histrio, harlequin darter
• Acipenser fulvescens, lake sturgeon
• Percina nasuta, longnose darter
• Noturus eleutherus, mountain madtom
• Noturus placidus, Neosho madtom
• Etheostoma nianguae, Niangua darter
• Amblyopsis rosae, Ozark cavefish
• Scaphirhynchus albus, pallid sturgeon
• Etheostoma whipplei, redfin darter
• Notropis sabinae, sabine shiner, an eastern shiner
• Forbesichthys agassizi, spring cavefish, the only Missouri cavefish with eyes.
• Etheostoma fusiforme, swamp darter
• Notropis maculatus, taillight shiner, an eastern shiner
• Notropis topeka, Topeka shiner, an eastern shiner

Mammals

• Spilogale putorius, eastern spotted skunk
• Myotis grisescens, gray bat
• Myotis sodalis, Indiana bat
• Canis lupus, gray wolf (or timber wolf)

Plants

• Boltonia decurrens, decurrent false aster
• Geocarpon minimum, known as tinytim, earth fruit, or simply geocarpon
• Asclepias meadii, Mead's milkweed
• Physaria filiformis, Missouri bladderpod
• Lindera melissifolia, pondberry
• Trifolium stoloniferum, running buffalo clover
• Platanthera praeclara, western prairie fringed orchid

References

1. Web site: Endangered Species in the Field Guide. Discover Nature: Field Guide. MO Dept. of Conservation. 2 September 2015.
2. Web site: American Burying Beetle. Discover Nature Field Guide. MO Dept. of Conservation. 2 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151027210704/http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/american-burying-beetle. 27 October 2015. dead.
3. Web site: Prairie Massasauga (Massasauga Rattlesnake). MO Dept. of Conservation. 2 September 2015.
4. Web site: Grotto Sculpin. MO Dept. of Conservation. 2 September 2015.