Saturday, November 21, 2009

Minnesota List of Endangered Species

Species that you may not know are endangered in Minnesota:

Beetle, American burying (Nicrophorus americanus)
Butterfly, Karner blue (Lycaeides melissa samuelis)
Crane, whooping (Grus americana)
Curlew, Eskimo (Numenius borealis)
Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Higgins eye (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis higginsii)
Lynx, Canada (Lynx canadensis)
Mapleleaf, winged (Quadrula fragosa)
Mussel, scaleshell (Leptodea leptodon)
Plover, piping (Charadrius melodus)
Shiner, Topeka (Notropis topeka (=tristis))
Wolf, gray (Canis lupus)

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