ODNR Division of Wildlife - Wild Resources - Endangered & Threatened Species

Ohio's Species of Concern

(updated July 2012)

Endangered  |  Threatened  |  Species of Concern  |  Species of Interest  |  Extirpated  |  Extinct

NOTE: *E & *T denote federal (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) listed endangered and threatened species respectively.

                      MAMMALS

Badger Taxidea taxus
Big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus
Deer mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
Eastern small-footed bat Myotis leibii
Ermine Mustela erminea
Hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus
Little brown bat Myotis lucifugus
Northern long-eared bat Myotis septentrionalis
Prairie vole Microtus ochrogaster
Pygmy shrew Sorex hoyi
Rafinesque's big-eared bat Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Red bat Lasiurus borealis
Silver-haired bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Smoky shrew Sorex fumerus
Southern bog lemming Synamptomys cooperi
Southern red-backed vole Clethrionomys gapperi
Star-nosed mole Condylura cristata
Tri-colored bat Perimyotis subflavus
Woodland jumping mouse Napaeozapus insignis
Woodland vole Microtus pinetorum


                      BIRDS

Black vulture Coragyps atratus
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Cerulean warbler Dendroica cerulea
Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Great egret Ardea alba
Henslow's sparrow Ammodramus henslowii
Marsh wren Cistothorus palustris
Northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus
Prothonotary warbler Protonotaria citrea
Sedge wren Cistothorus platensis
Sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus
Sora rail Porzana carolina
Virginia rail Rallus limicola
Yellow-bellied sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius


                      REPTILES

Black kingsnake Lampropeltis getula nigra
Eastern box turtle Terrapene carolina carolina
Eastern foxsnake Pantherophis gloydi
Eastern gartersnake (melanistic) Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
Little brown skink Scincella lateralis
Northern rough greensnake Opheodrys aestivus aestivus
Ouachita map turtle Graptemys ouachitensis
Queensnake Regina septemvittata
Short-headed gartersnake Thamnophis brachystoma
Smooth earthsnake Virginia valeriae
Smooth greensnake Opheodrys vernalis


                      AMPHIBIANS

Eastern cricket frog Acris crepitans crepitans
Four-toed salamander Hemidactylium scutatum


                      FISH

Blue catfish Ictalurus furcatus
Burbot Lota lota
Eastern sand darter Ammocrypta pellucidaa
Lake trout Salvelinus namaycush
Lake whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis
Least darter Etheostoma microperca
Longnose dace Rhinichthys cataractae
Muskellunge Esox masquinongy
River redhorse Moxostoma carinatum


                      MOLLUSKS

Creek heelsplitter Lasmigona compressa
Deertoe Truncilla truncata
Elktoe Alasmidonta marginata
Kidneyshell Ptychobranchus fasciolaris
Purple wartyback Cyclonaias tuberculata
Round pig-toe Pleurobema sintoxia
Salamander mussel Simpsonaias ambigua
Wavy-rayed lampmussel Lampsilis fasciola


                      CRAYFISH

Allegheny crayfish Orconectes obscurus
Great Lakes crayfish Orconectes propinquus
Northern crayfish Orconectes virilis

                                 

                     DRAGONFLIES

Tiger spiketail Cordulegaster erronea


                     CADDISFLIES

  Asynarchus montanus
  Hydroptila chattanooga
  Nemotaulius hostilis


                      MAYFLIES

  Stenonema ithica


                      MIDGES

  Cantopelopia gesta


                       CRICKETS

Laricis tree cricket Oecanthus laricis


                      BUTTERFLIES

Dusted skipper Atrytonopsis hianna
Two-spotted skipper Euphyes bimacula


                      MOTHS

Bracken borer moth Papaipema pterisii
Buck moth Hemileuca maia
Columbine borer Papaipema leucostigma
Goat sallow Homoglaea hircina
Milnei's looper moth Euchlaena milnei
One-eyed sphinx Smerinthus cerisyi
Osmunda borer moth Papaipema speciosissima
Precious underwing Catocala pretiosa
Purple arches Polia purpurissata
Scurfy quaker Homorthodes f. furfurata
  Agonopterix pteleae
  Agroperina lutosa
  Amolita roseola
  Apamea mixta
  Brachylomia algens
  Capis curvata
  Chytonix sensilis
  Macrochilo bivittata
  Paectes abrostolella
  Phalaenostola hanhami
  Tarachidia binocula
  Trichosilia manifesta


                      BEETLES

Six-banded longhorn beetle Dryobius sexnotatus
  Cicindela ancocisconensis
  Cicindela cuprascens
  Cicindela cursitans
  Cicindela macra
  Cicindela splendida