Arizona Endangered Species

Arizona has over 50 threatened and endangered plant and animal species. I found a list on the internet. Here it is:

Arizona--52 Species
Animals--35 species
E -- Ambersnail, Kanab (Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis) *
E -- Bat, lesser (=Sanborn's) long-nosed (Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae) *
E -- Bobwhite, masked (quail) (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi)
T -- Catfish, Yaqui (Ictalurus pricei) *
E -- Chub, bonytail (Gila elegans) *
E -- Chub, humpback (Gila cypha) *
T -- Chub, Sonora (Gila ditaenia)
E -- Chub, Virgin River (Gila robusta semidnuda) *
E -- Chub, Yaqui (Gila purpurea) *
T -- Eagle, bald (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) *
E -- Falcon, Northern aplomado (Falco femoralis septentrionalis)
E -- Flycatcher, Southwestern willow (Empidonax traillii extimus) *
E -- Jaguar (Panthera onca) *
E -- Jaguarundi, Sinaloan (Herpailurus (=Felis) yagouaroundi tolteca) *
T -- Minnow, loach (Rhinichthys (=Tiaroga) cobitis)
E -- Ocelot (Leopardus (=Felis) pardalis) *
T -- Owl, Mexican spotted (Strix occidentalis lucida) *
E -- Pronghorn, Sonoran (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis) *
E -- Pupfish, desert (Cyprinodon macularius)
E -- Pygmy-owl, cactus ferruginous (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) *
E -- Rail, Yuma clapper (Rallus longirostris yumanensis) *
T -- Rattlesnake, New Mexico ridge-nosed (Crotalus willardi obscurus)
E -- Salamander, Sonoran tiger (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi) *
T -- Shiner, beautiful (Cyprinella (=Notropis) formosa) *
T -- Spikedace (Meda fulgida) *
T -- Spinedace, Little Colorado (Lepidomeda vittata) *
E -- Squawfish, Colorado [a.k.a. Colorado pikeminnow] (Ptychocheilus lucius) *
E -- Squirrel, Mount Graham red (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis) *
E -- Sucker, razorback (Xyrauchen texanus) *
E -- Topminnow, Gila (incl. Yaqui) (Poeciliopsis occidentalis) *
T -- Tortoise, desert (Gopherus agassizii) *
T -- Trout, Apache (=Arizona) (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) apache) *
E -- Trout, Gila (Oncorhynchus (=Salmo) gilae) *
E -- Vole, Hualapai Mexican (Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis)
E -- Woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus) *

Plants--17 species
E -- Arizona agave (Agave arizonica)
E -- Kearney's blue-star (Amsonia kearneyana)
T -- Welsh's milkweed (Asclepias welshii)
E -- Sentry milk-vetch (Astragalus cremnophylax var. cremnophylax)
T -- Navajo sedge (Carex specuicola)
T -- Cochise pincushion cactus (Coryphantha (=Escobaria) robbinsorum)
E -- Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina)
T -- Jones cycladenia (Cycladenia humilis var. jonesii)
E -- Nichol's Turk's head cactus (Echinocactus horizonthalonius var. nicholii)
E -- Arizona hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus triglochidiatus var. arizonicus)
E -- Huachuca water-umbel (Lilaeopsis schaffneriana ssp. recurva)
E -- Brady pincushion cactus (Pediocactus bradyi)
E -- Peebles Navajo cactus (Pediocactus peeblesianus var. peeblesianus)
T -- Siler pincushion cactus (Pediocactus sileri)
E -- Arizona cliffrose (Purshia subintegra)
T -- San Francisco Peaks groundsel (Senecio franciscanus)
E -- Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes delitescens)

Threatened or endangered species are species protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. This act states that the ecosystems endangered, broadened to include "and threatened species", can be preserved for conservation purposes, and anything that can be done to accomplish this should be done. Congress declared that all Federal Departments and Agencies should seek to conserve endangered and threatened species and use authorities to achieve the purposes of this act. Conservation and protection of species are the main ends of the Endangered Species Act.


Here is an interesting site. http://www.fws.gov/