Oklahoma's Threatened and Endangered Species
Wildlife species may be classified as threatened or endangered at either the state or the federal (national) level.
Nationally, a species may be listed as threatened or endangered throughout its range under the authority of the Endangered Species Act, which is a federal law enacted in the early 1970s. At the present time, 19 wildlife species within the state of Oklahoma are listed as federally threatened or endangered. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the federal agency that administers the Endangered Species Act.
The State of Oklahoma has an endangered species statute that
gives the state the authority to list a wildlife species as
threatened or endangered within the state of Oklahoma although
it might not be classified as threatened or endangered federally
through the Endangered Species Act. At the present time, four
(4) wildlife species are listed as state-threatened or
state-endangered in Oklahoma.
ESA Section 6 Projects
Oklahoma Species List: Federally-listed, Proposed, Candidate, and Species Under Review
Current Federally-listed Species
Wildlife LE=Listed Endangered, LT=Listed Threatened | ||
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Current Status |
Whooping Crane | Grus americana | LE |
Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus | LT |
Black-capped Vireo | Vireo atricapilla | LE |
Lesser Prairie-chicken | Tympanuchus pallidicinctus | LT |
Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Picoides borealis | LE |
Interior Least Tern | Sterna antillarum | LE |
Rufa Red Knot | Calidris canutus rufa | LT |
American Burying Beetle | Nicrophorus americanus | LE |
Neosho Mucket | Lampsilis rafinesqueana | LE |
Rabbitsfoot | Quadrula cylindrica cylindrica | LT |
Scaleshell Mussel | Leptodea leptodon | LE |
Winged Mapleleaf | Quadrula fragosa | LE |
Ouachita Rock Pocketbook | Arkansia wheeleri | LE |
Arkansas River Shiner | Notropis girardi | LT |
Neosho Madtom | Noturus placidus | LT |
Ozark Cavefish | Amblyopsis rosae | LT |
Leopard Darter | Percina pantherina | LT |
Indiana Bat | Mytosi sodalis | LE |
Ozark Big-eared Bat | Corynorhinus townsendii ingens | LE |
Gray Bat | Myotis grisescens | LE |
Northern Long-Eared Bat | Myotis septentrionalis | LT |
Plants | ||
Common Name | Scientific Name | Current Status |
Eastern Prairie-fringed Orchid | Platanthera leucophaea | LT |
Western Prairie-fringed Orchid | Platanthera praeclara | LT |
Harperella* | Ptillium nodosum | LE |
Proposed and Candidate Species C=Candidate, PE=Proposed Endangered, PT=Proposed Threatened | |||
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Current Status | Notes |
Sprague's Pipit | Anthus spragueii | C | Listing Priority Number: 8 |
Rattlesnake Master-borer Moth | Papaipema eryngii | C | Listing Priority Number: 8 |
Arkansas Darter | Etheostoma cragini | C | Listing Priority Number: 11 |
Current State-listed Species
Wildlife LE=Listed Endangered, LT=Listed Threatened | ||
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Common Name | Scientific Name | Current Status |
Longnose Darter | Percina nasuta | LE |
Blackside Darter | Percina maculata | LT |
Oklahoma Cave Crayfish | Cambarus tartarus | LE |
Additional Resources for Threatened and Endangered Wildlife Species
- County by County List of Endangered and Threatened Species
- US Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Lists
- An overview of the federally listed and candidate species in Oklahoma - May 2015 (.PDF)
- An overview of the federally petitioned species in Oklahoma - May 2015 (.PDF)