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Find out if there are any endangered species in your state, your country, island, etc. Browse endangered species listings according to area on our planet using the selection box below.

For a complete list of US endangered species, select United States below. Browse the different areas in the pulldown for other countries or specific US or Canadian states. For sea creatures and creatures found on islands in the oceans, we recommend browsing the oceania list.

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Note/Disclaimer: This list is made possible through a database keyword search/filtering process which may not be 100% accurate. Therefore, all endangered species of Oklahoma may not be listed here. For a complete list of endangered species in North America, browse the North America endangered species list or see the complete United States List.

Endangered species found in Oklahoma:

This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total at the bottom of this page as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About Us page.

 Species NameScientific NameGroupRange
1. Alligator Snapping Turtle Macrochelys temminckii Reptiles United States
2. American Burying Beetle Nicrophorus americanus Insects Eastern Canada, USA Eastern States south to Florida, west to South Dakota and Texas
3. Bachman's Sparrow Aimophila aestivalis Birds United States
4. Bat Cave Isopod Caecidotea macropoda Crustaceans Arkansas, Oklahoma
5. Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis Birds Central America, North America (including United States), South America
6. Black-capped Vireo Vireo atricapilla Birds Kansas, Louisiana, Mexico, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas
7. Bowman's Cave Amphipod Stygobromus bowmani Crustaceans Oklahoma
8. Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis Birds Africa, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic, South America
9. Chestnut-collared Longspur Calcarius ornatus Birds North America (including United States)
10. Crawfish Frog Lithobates areolatus Amphibians United States
11. Crystal Darter Crystallaria asprella Fishes Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Wisconsin
12. Delaware County Cave Crayfish Cambarus subterraneus Crustaceans Oklahoma
13. Duckbill Cat Polyodon spathula Fishes United States
14. Eskimo Curlew Numenius borealis Birds Alaska and Northern Canada to Argentina
15. Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Birds Central America, Europe, North America (including United States), Oceanic, South America
16. Gray Bat Myotis grisescens Mammals Central and Southeastern USA
17. Gray Wolf  WATCH A LIVE GRAY WOLF Canis lupus Mammals Mexico, United States
18. Greater Prairie-chicken Tympanuchus cupido attwateri Birds Canada, United States
19. Henslow's Sparrow Ammodramus henslowii Birds Canada, United States
20. Indiana Bat Myotis sodalis Mammals Eastern and Midwestern USA
21. Least Tern Sterna antillarum Birds Bahamas, Central America (winters), Greater and Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Northern South America, USA (California, including the Miss. R. Basin), Atlantic Gulf Coasts
22. Leopard Darter Percina pantherina Fishes Arkansas, Oklahoma
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23. Lesser Prairie-chicken Tympanuchus pallidicinctus Birds Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
24. Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Birds Canada, Mexico, United States
25. Neosho Mucket Lampsilis rafinesqueana Clams Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
26. Oklahoma Cave Amphipod Allocrangonyx pellucidus Crustaceans Oklahoma
27. Oklahoma Cave Crayfish Cambarus tartarus Crustaceans Oklahoma
28. Oklahoma Salamander Eurycea tynerensis Amphibians Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
29. Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi Birds Central and South America, North America (including United States)
30. Onondaga Cave Amphipod Stygobromus onondagaensis Crustaceans Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
31. Orconectes menae Orconectes menae Crustaceans Arkansas, Oklahoma
32. Orconectes deanae Orconectes deanae Crustaceans New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
33. Orconectes saxatilis Orconectes saxatilis Crustaceans Oklahoma
34. Ouachita Mountain Shiner Lythrurus snelsoni Fishes Arkansas, Oklahoma
35. Ouachita Rock Pocketbook Arkansia wheeleri Clams Arkansas, Oklahoma
36. Ozark Cave Amphipod Stygobromus ozarkensis Crustaceans Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
37. Ozark Cavefish Amblyopsis rosae Fishes Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
38. Ozark Emerald Somatochlora ozarkensis Insects Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
39. Painted Bunting Passerina ciris Birds Central America, North America (including United States)
40. Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus Birds United States
41. Quercus buckleyi Quercus buckleyi Plants Oklahoma, Texas
42. Red-cockaded Woodpecker  WATCH A LIVE RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER Picoides borealis Birds USA (southcentral and southeastern)
43. Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Birds Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, United States
44. Rich Mountain Salamander Plethodon ouachitae Amphibians Arkansas, Oklahoma
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45. Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Birds Saint Pierre and Miquelon, United States
46. Sand Sturgeon Scaphirhynchus platorynchus Fishes United States
47. Scaleshell Mussel Leptodea leptodon Clams Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wisconsin
48. Sprague's Pipit Anthus spragueii Birds Canada, Mexico, United States
49. Texas Heelsplitter Potamilus amphichaenus Clams Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas
50. Texas Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys elator Mammals Oklahoma, Texas
51. Townsend's Big-eared Bat Corynorhinus townsendii Mammals Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Virginia, West Virginia
52. Whooping Crane Grus americana Birds Canada, Mexico, USA (Rocky Mountains east to Carolinas)

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