Endangered species by state

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All states have a list of endangered and threatened animal and plant species that are known or believed to inhabit that state. The list is created by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the federal agency responsible for enforcing the Endangered Species Act and listing animal and plant species at the federal level. An endangered species is "in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range." A threatened species is "likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future."^[1]

Background[edit]

The Fish and Wildlife Service uses five criteria to label a species as endangered or threatened:^[1]

• Damage to, or destruction of, a species' habitat
• Over-utilization of the species for commercial, recreational, scientific, or educational purposes
• Disease or predation
• Inadequacy of existing protection
• Other natural or man-made factors that affect the species' continued existence. The listed species below have met at least one of those criteria

Species by state[edit]

The tables below show all endangered and threatened animal and plant species in each state as of July 2016. The data below is based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) estimate of where federally protected species are believed to or known to inhabit based on the best available information.

As of July 2016, there were 2,389 endangered and threatened species listed in the 50 states (this did not include species in U.S. territories and included species listed in more than one state). In total, 1,353 animal species and 1,036 plant species were listed as of July 2016.^[2]

All listed animal species by state[edit]

The table below shows all endangered and threatened animals in each state. As of July 2016, there were 1,353 endangered and threatened animal species listed in the 50 states (this did not include species in U.S. territories and included species listed in more than one state). California contained the most animal species (122) while Vermont contained the fewest (3).^[3]

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All listed plants by state[edit]

The table below shows all endangered and threatened plant species in each state as of July 2016. The data below is based on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (FWS) estimate of where federally protected species are believed to be located using the best available information.

As of July 2016, there were 1,036 endangered and threatened plant species listed in the 50 states (this did not include species in U.S. territories and included species listed in more than one state). Hawaii contained the most plant species (368) while Oklahoma and Alaska contained the fewest plant species (1).^[4]

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