Endangered Species

Before I moved to Florida more than 4 years ago, I lived in New York City. And as many New Yorkers, my animal viewings were limited to the average pigeon, rat and stray cat that wandered throughout the city. But what most New Yorkers don't realize is that outside the city is where animal kingdom rules. However, many of these animals are on the endangered species list.

Here is a list of the current endangered species in the state of New York as of this year (2008):

Molluscs Family:
1.) Dwarf Wedgemussel (Scientific Name: Alasmidonta Heterodon)
2.) Pink Mucket (Scientific Name: Lampsilis Abrupta)
3.) Clubshell (Scientific Name: Pleurobema Claval)
4.) Fat Pocketbook (Scientific Name: Potamilus Capax)
5.) Rayed Bean (Scientific Name: Villosa Fabalis)
6.) Chittenanao Ovate Amber Snail (Scientific Name: Novisuccinea Chittenangoensis)

Insect Family:
1.) Tomah Mayfly (Siphlonisca Aerodromia)
2.) American Burying Beetle (Nicrophorus Americanus)
3.) Hessel's Hairstreak (Callophrys Hesseli)
4.) Karner Blue Butterfly (Lycaeides Melissa Samuelis)
5.) Regal Fritillary (Speyeria Idalia)
6.) Persius Duskywing (Erynnis Persius)
7.) Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus Cenaureae)
8.) Arogos Skipper (Atrytone Arogos Arogos)
9.) Bog Buckmoth (Hemileuca Species 1)
10.) Pine Pinion Moth (Lithophane Lepida Lepida)

Fishes:
1.) Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser Brevirostrum)
2.) Silver Chub (Macrhybopsis Storeiana)
3.) Pugnose Shiner (Notropis Anogenus)
4.) Round Whitefish (Prosopium Cylinraceum)
5.) Bluebreast Darter (Etheostoma Camurum)
6.) Glit Darter (Percina Evides)
7.) Spoonhead Sculpin (Cottus Ricei)
8.) Deepwater Sculpin (Myoxocephalus Thompsoni)

Amphibians:
1.) Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma Tigrinum)
2.) Northern Cricket Frog (Acris Crepitans)

Reptiles:
1.) Mud Turtle (Kinosternon Subrubrum)
2.) Bog Turtle (Clemmys Muhlenbergii)
3.) Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle (Eretmochelys Imbricata)
4.) Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys Kempii)
5.) Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys Coriacea)
6.) Queen Snake (Regina Septemvittata)
7.) Massasauga (Sistrurus Catenatus)

Birds:
1.) Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis Canadensis)
2.) Golden Eagle (Aquila Chrysaetos)
3.) Peregrine Falcon (Falco Peregrinus)
4.) Black Rail (Laterallus Jamaicensis)
5.) Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus)
6.) Eskimo Curlew (Numenius Borealis)
7.) Roseate Tern (Sterna Dougallii Dougallii)
8.) Black Tern (Chlidonias Niger)
9.) Short-eared Owl (Asio Flammeus)
10.) Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius Ludovicianus)

Mammals:
1.) Indiana Bat (Myotis Sodalis)
2.) Allegheny Woodrat (Neotoma Magister)
3.) Sperm Whale (Physeter Catodon)
4.) Sei Whale (Balaenoptera Borealis)
5.) Blue Whale (Balaenoptera Musculus)
6.) Finback Whale (Balaenoptera Physalus)
7.) Humpback Whale (Megatera Novaeangliae)
8.) Right Whale (Eubalaena Glacialis)
9.) Gray Wolf (canis Lupus)
10.) Cougar (Felis Concolor)

This information is from The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.