Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board
One Natural Resources Way
Springfield, Illinois 62702-1271
2004 ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES LIST
The Board revises the list of protected species every five years and completed its most recent revisions in 2004. This following list reflects those revisions.
DEFINITIONS
** Federally Endangered Species: Any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
* Federally Threatened Species: Any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Illinois Endangered Species: Any species which is in danger of extinction as a breeding species in Illinois.
State Threatened Species: Any breeding species which is likely to become a state endangered species within the foreseeable future in Illinois.
CRITERIA FOR STATE LISTING
A species shall be included on the official list of endangered and threatened species when one or more of the following criteria exists: 1 Species included in the Federal list of Endangered or Threatened Species, 2 Species proposed for Federal Endangered or Threatened Species which occur in Illinois, 3 Species which formerly were widespread in Illinois but have been nearly extirpated from the State due to habitat destruction, collecting, or other pressures resulting from the development of Illinois, 4 Species which exhibit very restricted geographic ranges of which Illinois is a part, 5 Species which exhibit restricted habitats or low populations in Illinois, or 6 Species which are significant disjuncts in Illinois i.e., the Illinois population is far removed from the rest of the species’ range.
2004 ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES LIST
FISHES |
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Endangered |
Threatened |
Acipenser fulvescens Lake Sturgeon Ammocrypta clarum Western Sand Darter Etheostoma camurum Bluebreast Darter Etheostoma histrio Harlequin Darter Hybognathus hayi Cypress Minnow Hybopsis amblops Bigeye Chub Hybopsis amnis Pallid Shiner Ichthyomyzon fossor Northern Brook Lamprey Macrhybopsis gelida Sturgeon Chub Moxostoma valenciennesi Greater Redhorse Nocomis micropogon River Chub Notropis anogenus Pugnose Shiner Notropis boops Bigeye Shiner Notropis heterolepis Blacknose Shiner Notropis maculatus Taillight Shiner Notropis texanus Weed Shiner Noturus stigmosus Northern Madtom Scaphirhynchus albus Pallid Sturgeon** |
Ammocrypta pellucidum Eastern Sand Darter Catostomus catostomus Longnose Sucker Coregonus artedi Cisco Erimystax x-punctatus Gravel Chub Etheostoma exile Iowa Darter Fundulus diaphanus Banded Killifish Fundulus dispar Starhead Topminnow Lampetra aepyptera Least Brook Lamprey Lepomis miniatus Redspotted Sunfish Lepomis symmetricus Bantam Sunfish Moxostoma carinatum River Redhorse Notropis chalybaeus Ironcolor Shiner Notropis heterodon Blackchin Shiner |
AMPHIBIANS |
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Endangered |
Threatened |
Ambystoma platineum Silvery Salamander Cryptobranchus alleganiensis Hellbender Desmognathus conanti Spotted Dusky Salamander |
Ambystoma jeffersonianum Jefferson Salamander Gastrophryne carolinesnsis Eastern Narrowmouth Toad Hemidactylium scutatum Four-toed Salamander Hyla avivoca Bird-voiced Treefrog Pseudacris streckeri Illinois Chorus Frog |
REPTILES |
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Endangered |
Threatened |
Clemmys guttata Spotted Turtle Elaphe emoryi Great Plains Ratsnake Kinosternon flavescens Illinois Mud Turtle Macrochelys temminckii Alligator Snapping Turtle Masticophis flagellum Coachwhip Nerodia fasciata Broad-banded Watersnake Pseudemys concinna River Cooter Sistrurus catenatus Eastern Massasauga |
Clonophis kirtlandi Kirtland's Snake Crotalus horridus Timber Rattlesnake Emydoidea blandingii Blanding's Turtle Heterodon nasicus Western Hognose Snake Nerodia cyclopion Mississippi Green Watersnake Tantilla gracilis Flathead Snake Thamnophis sauritus Eastern Ribbon Snake Tropidoclonion lineatum Lined Snake |
BIRDS |
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Endangered |
Threatened |
Asio flammeus Short-eared Owl Bartramia longicauda Upland Sandpiper Botaurus lentiginosus American Bittern Buteo swainsoni Swainson's Hawk Charadrius melodus Piping Plover** Chlidonias niger Black Tern Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier Egretta caerulea Little Blue Heron Egretta thula Snowy Egret Ictinia mississippiensis Mississippi Kite Laterallus jamaicensis Black Rail Limnothlypis swainsonii Swainson's Warbler Nyctanassa violacea Yellow-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-heron Pandion haliaetus Osprey Phalaropus tricolor Wilson's Phalarope Rallus elegans King Rail Sterna antillarum Least Tern** Sterna forsteri Forster's Tern Sterna hirundo Common Tern Thryomanes bewickii` Bewick's Wren Tympanuchus cupido Greater Prairie Chicken Tyto alba Barn Owl Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Yellow-headed Blackbird |
Ammodramus henslowii Henslow's Sparrow Dendroica cerulea Cerulean Warbler Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen Grus canadensis Sandhill Crane Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bald Eagle* Ixobrychus exilis Least Bittern Lanius ludovicianus Loggerhead Shrike |
MAMMALS |
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Endangered |
Threatened |
Corynorhinus rafinesquii Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat Myotis austroriparius Southeastern Myotis Myotis grisescens Gray Bat** Myotis sodalis Indiana Bat** Neotoma floridana Eastern Woodrat |
Canis lupus Gray/Timber Wolf* Ochrotomys nuttalli Golden Mouse Oryzomys palustris Rice Rat Spermophilus franklinii Franklin’s Ground Squirrel |
INVERTEBRATES |
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Endangered |
Threatened |
Snails Discus macclintocki Iowa Pleistocene Snail** Fontigens antroecetes Hydrobiid Cave Snail Mussels Cumberlandia monodonta Spectaclecase Cyprogenia stegaria Fanshell** Epioblasma triquetra Snuffbox Lampsilis abrupta Pink Mucket** Lampsilis fasciola Wavy-rayed Lampmussel Lampsilis higginsii Higgins Eye** Plethobasus cooperianus Orangefoot Pimpleback** Plethobasus cyphyus Sheepnose Pleurobema clava Clubshell** Pleurobema cordatum Ohio Pigtoe Potamilus capax Fat Pocketbook** Ptychobranchus fasciolaris Kidneyshell Quadrula cylindrica Rabbitsfoot Simpsonaias ambigua Salamander Mussel Toxolasma lividus Purple Lilliput Villosa iris Rainbow Crustaceans Caecidotea lesliei Isopod Caecidotea spatulata Isopod Crangonyx anomalus Anomalous Spring Amphipod Crangonyx packardi Packard's Cave Amphipod Gammarus acherondytes Illinois Cave Amphipod** Orconectes indianensis Indiana Crayfish Orconectes kentuckiensis Kentucky Crayfish Orconectes lancifer Shrimp Crayfish Orconectes placidus Bigclaw Crayfish Stygobromus iowae Iowa Amphipod Dragonflies Somatochlora hineana Hine's Emerald Dragonfly** Leafhoppers Paraphlepsius lupalus Leafhopper Butterflies and Moths Atrytone arogos Arogos Skipper Calephelis muticum Swamp Metalmark Incisalia polios Hoary Elfin Lycaeides melissa samuelis Karner BlueButterfly** Papaipema eryngii Eryngium Stem Borer |
Mussels Alasmidonta viridis Slippershell Cyclonaias tuberculata Purple Wartyback Ellipsaria lineolata Butterfly Elliptio crassidens Elephant-ear Elliptio dilatata Spike Fusconaia ebena Ebonyshell Ligumia recta Black Sandshell Villosa lienosa Little Spectaclecase Dragonflies Nannothemis bella Elfin Skimmer Leafhoppers Aflexia rubranuraRedveined Prairie Leafhopper Butterflies Hesperia metea Cobweb Skipper Hesperia ottoe Ottoe Skipper Speyeria idalia Regal Fritillary |