List of endangered species in Missouri

This is a list of species named endangered by the Missouri Department of Conservation, which are not necessarily on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is not comprehensive.

Invertebrates

 * Nicrophorus americanus, American burying beetle
 * Fusconaia ebena, ebonyshell mussel
 * Elliptio crassidens, elephant ear mussel
 * Lampsilis abrupta, pink mucket mussel
 * Leptodea leptodon, scaleshell mussel
 * Plethobasus cyphyus, sheepnose, or bullhead mussel
 * Epioblasma triquetra, snuffbox mussel

Birds

 * Aimophila aestivalis, Bachmann's sparrow
 * Tympanuchus cupido, greater prairie chicken
 * Sternula antillarum, least tern
 * Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon, currently being reintroduced to the state in urban areas.

Reptiles

 * Emydoidea blandingii, Blanding's turtle
 * Sistrurus tergeminus tergeminus, the prairie massasauga rattlesnake, a subspecies of the western massasauga, which is a genus of venomous rattlesnakes.
 * Deirochelys reticularia miaria, western chicken turtle
 * Kinosternon flavescens flavescens, yellow mud turtle
 * Nerodia cyclopion, Mississippi green watersnake

Amphibians

 * Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, hellbender

Fish

 * Umbra limi, central mudminnow
 * Crystallaria asprella, crystal darter
 * Hybognathus hayi, cypress minnow
 * Platygobio gracilis, flathead chub
 * Etheostoma parvipinne, goldstripe darter
 * Cottus specus, grotto sculpin, a rare fish found only in Perry County, which is federally listed as endangered. It is of the order Scorpaeniformes.
 * Etheostoma histrio, harlequin darter
 * Acipenser fulvescens, lake sturgeon
 * Percina nasuta, longnose darter
 * Noturus eleutherus, mountain madtom
 * Noturus placidus, Neosho madtom
 * Etheostoma nianguae, Niangua darter
 * Amblyopsis rosae, Ozark cavefish
 * Scaphirhynchus albus, pallid sturgeon
 * Etheostoma whipplei, redfin darter
 * Notropis sabinae, sabine shiner, an eastern shiner
 * Forbesichthys agassizi, spring cavefish, the only Missouri cavefish with eyes.
 * Etheostoma fusiforme, swamp darter
 * Notropis maculatus, taillight shiner, an eastern shiner
 * Notropis topeka, Topeka shiner, an eastern shiner

Mammals

 * Spilogale putorius, eastern spotted skunk
 * Myotis grisescens, gray bat
 * Myotis sodalis, Indiana bat
 * Canis lupus, gray wolf (or timber wolf)

Plants

 * Boltonia decurrens, decurrent false aster
 * Geocarpon minimum, known as tinytim, earth fruit, or simply geocarpon
 * Asclepias meadii, Mead's milkweed
 * Physaria filiformis, Missouri bladderpod
 * Lindera melissifolia, pondberry
 * Trifolium stoloniferum, running buffalo clover
 * Platanthera praeclara, western prairie fringed orchid