DNR SPECIES OF GREATEST CONSERVATION NEED Indiana Department of Natural Resources Indiana Division of Fish & Wildlife
Species of Greatest Conservation Need are those listed as State Endangered or State Special Concern State Endangered: Any animal species whose prospects for survival or recruitment within the state are in immediate jeopardy and are in danger of disappearing from the state. This includes all species classified as endangered or threatened by the federal government that occur in Indiana. State Special Concern: Any animal species requiring monitoring because of known/suspected limited abundance or distribution or because of a recent change in legal status or required habitat.
Federal Endangered: Any species that is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range; designated with "FE". Federal Threatened: Any species that is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range; designated with"FT ".
MAMMALS State Endangered State Special Concern
Gray Myotis FE Myotis grisescens Smoky Shrew Sorex fumeus Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus Pygmy Shrew Sorex hoyi Northern Long-eared Myotis FT Myotis septentrionalis Star-nosed Mole Condylura cristata Indiana Myotis FE Myotis soda/is Southeastern Myotis Myotis austroriparius Tri-colored Bat Perimyotis subflavus Eastern Small-footed Myotis Myotis leibii Evening Bat Nycticeius humeralis Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans Swamp Rabbit Sylvilagus aquaticus Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis Franklin's Ground Squirrel Poliocitel/us franklinii Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus Allegheny Woodrat Neotoma magister Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus rafinesquii Plains Pocket Gopher Geomys bursarius Black Bear Ursus americanus Least Weasel Mustela nivalis Badger Taxidea taxus
BIRDS State Endangered State Special Concern
Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbel/us Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus King Rail Rallus elegans Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Virginia Rail Ral/us limicola Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis Black Rail FT Lateral/usjamaicensis American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica Whooping Crane FE Grus americana Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica Piping Plover FE Charadrius melodus Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficol/is Rufa Red Knot FT Calidris canutus rufa Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus Least Tern FE Sternula antillarum American Woodcock Scolopax minor Black Tern Chlidonias niger Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Least Bittern lxobrychus exilis Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Great Egret Ardea alba Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea Osprey Pandion haliaetus Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Barn Owl Tyto alba Mississippi Kite lctinia mississippiensis Short-eared Owl Asia flammeus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus Long-eared Owl Asia otus Sedge Wren Cistothorus platensis Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Kirtland's Warbler Setophaga kirtlandii Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
Revised: November 2020 FIS H State Endangered State Special Concern
Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens Northern Brook Lamprey lchthyomyzon fossor Redside Dace Clinostomus e/ongatus Alligator Gar Atractosteus spatula Pallid Shiner Hybopsis amnis American Eel Anguilla rostrata Greater Redhorse Moxostoma valenciennesi Pugnose Shiner Notropis anogenus Cisco Coregonus artedi Bigmouth Shiner Notropis dorsalis Hoosier Cavefish Amblyopsis hoosieri Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae Bantam Sunfish Lepomis symmetricus Northern Madtom Noturus stigmosus Western Sand Darter Ammocrypta c/ara Trout-perch Percopsis omiscomaycus Variegate Darter Etheostoma variatum Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus Channel Darter Percina copelandi Spotted Darter Etheostoma maculatum Gilt Darter Percina evides Banded Pygmy Sunfish E/assoma zonatum
MOLLUS KS State Endangered State Special Concern
Fanshell FE Cyprogenia stegaria Slippershell Mussel Alasmidonta viridis White Catspaw FE Epioblasma perobliqua Salamander Mussel Simpsonaias ambigua Northern Riffleshell FE Epioblasma rangiana Elephantear Elliptio crassidens Snuffbox FE Epioblasma triquetra Spike Eurynia di/atata Round Hickorynut Obovaria subrotunda Wavyrayed Lampmussel Lampsilis fascia/a Sheepnose FE Plethobasus cyphyus Pocketbook Lampsi/is ovata Clubshell FE P/eurobema c/ava Black Sandshell Ligumia recta Rough Pigtoe FE P/eurobema plenum Ohio Pigtoe Pleurobema cordatum Fat Pocketbook FE Potamilus capax Kidneys hell Ptychobranchus fasciolaris Rabbitsfoot FT Theliderma cylindrica Ebonyshell Reginaia ebenus Rayed Bean FE Villosa fabalis Purple Lilliput Toxolasma lividum Texas Lilliput Toxolasma texasiense Rainbow Villosa iris It is illegal to take or possess live mussels and mussel shells of any Little Spectaclecase Villosa lienosa species of native mussel from the waters of Indiana. Pointed Campeloma Campe/oma decisum Swamp Lymnaea Lymnaea stagnalis
AMPHI BIANS State Endangered State Special Concern
Hellbender Cryptobranchus al/eganiensis Mudpuppy Necturus macu/osus Mole Salamander Ambystoma talpoideum Blue-spotted Salamander Ambystoma laterale Red Salamander Pseudotriton ruber Streamside Salamander Ambystoma barbouri Green Salamander Aneides aeneus Four-toed Salamander Hemidactylium scutatum Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus Blanchard's Cricket Frog Acris blanchardi Plains Leopard Frog Lithobates blairi Boreal Chorus Frog Pseudacris maculata
REPTILES State Endangered State Special Concern
Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii Eastern Box Turtle Terrapene carolina Eastern Mud Turtle Kinostemon subrubrum False Map Turtle Graptemys pseudogeographica Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata Plains Gartersnake Thamnophis radix Blanding's Turtle Emydoidea blandingii Western Ribbonsnake Thamnophis proximus Ornate Box Turtle Terrapene omata Rough Greensnake Opheodrys aestivus River Cooter Pseudemys concinna Red-bellied Mudsnake Farancia abacura Butler's Gartersnake Thamnophis butleri Copperbelly Water Snake FTt Nerodiaerythrogaster neglecta Kirtland's Snake Clonophis kirtlandii Smooth Greensnake Opheodrys vemalis Scarletsnake Cemophora coccinea Southeastern Crowned Snake Tantilla coronata Support nongame and endangered species conservation by Cottonmouth Agkistrodon piscivorus donating to the Indiana Nongame Wildlife Fund. To donate, Eastern Massasauga FT Sistrurus catenatus visit: on.lN.gov/nongamewildlifefund Timber Rattlesnake Grata/us horridus t Only the northern population of copperbelly water snake is federally threatened. Revised: November 2020