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MAY 2017 • NEBRASKAland 45 Nebraska's Threatened & Endangered Species Common Name Scientific Name State Status Federal Status BIRDS (6 Species) Eskimo Curlew* Numenius borealis Endangered Endangered Whooping Crane Grus americana Endangered Endangered Interior Least Tern Sternula antillarum athalassos Endangered Endangered Piping Plover Charadrius melodus Threatened Threatened Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Threatened not listed Rufa Red Knot Calidris canutus rufa Threatened Threatened MAMMALS (6 Species) Black-footed Ferret* Mustela nigripes Endangered Endangered Gray Wolf* Canis lupus Endangered Endangered Swift Fox Vulpes velox Endangered not listed River Otter Lontra canadensis Threatened not listed Southern Flying Squirrel Glaucomys volans Threatened not listed Northern Long-eared Bat Myotis septentrionalis Threatened Threatened FISH (7 Species) Pallid Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus albus Endangered Endangered Topeka Shiner Notropis topeka Endangered Endangered Sturgeon Chub Macrhybopsis gelida Endangered not listed Blacknose Shiner Notropis heterolepis Endangered not listed Lake Sturgeon Acipenser fulvescens Threatened not listed Northern Redbelly Dace Chrosomus eos Threatened not listed Finescale Dace Chrosomus neogaeus Threatened not listed INSECTS (2 Species) American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus americanus Endangered Endangered Salt Creek Tiger Beetle Cicindela nevadica lincolniana Endangered Endangered REPTILES (1 Species) Western Massasauga Sistrurus tergeminus Threatened not listed MUSSELS (1 Species) Scaleshell Mussel Leptodea leptodon Endangered Endangered PLANTS (7 Species) Hayden's (Blowout) Penstemon Penstemon haydenii Endangered Endangered Colorado Butterfly Plant Gaura neomexicana Endangered Threatened ssp. coloradensis Saltwort Salicornia rubra Endangered not listed Western Prairie Fringed Orchid Platanthera praeclara Threatened Threatened Ute Ladies' Tresses Spiranthes diluvialis Threatened Threatened American Ginseng Panax quinquefolius Threatened not listed Small White Lady's Slipper Cypripedium candidum Threatened not listed * Species of historical occurrence in Nebraska but no known populations exist in the state.