Endangered Animals of the United States

As of May 2010, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service counted 618 endangered animal species in the United States. Those species listed as endangered are protected under the Endangered Species Act administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service in the Department of the Interior as well as the NOAA-Fisheries in the Department of Commerce.

  1. Bats

    • Several species of bats are endangered in the United States, including the gray bat, the Mariana fruit bat, the Mexican long-nosed bat and the Ozark big-eared bat.

    Bears

    • Four types of bears are listed as endangered in the United States: the American black bear, the grizzly bear, the Louisiana black bear and the polar bear.

    Aquatic Mammals

    • Seals and sea lions are also endangered in the United States, specifically the Steller sea lion, the Caribbean monk seal, the Guadalupe fur seal and the Hawaiian monk seal. Several whale species are also threatened. They include the blue, bowhead, finback, humpback, killer, right, Sei and sperm whales.

    Forest Animals

    • Several animals who reside in the forest are endangered. Some of them include the Carolina northern flying squirrel, the Mount Graham red squirrel, the pygmy rabbit, the Lower Keys marsh rabbit, several species of mice, the Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa foxes, the black-footed ferret, the Columbian white-tailed deer and the woodland caribou.

    Other Large Animals

    • The jaguar, Florida panther, cougar, mountain lion and gray and red wolves all are endangered species in the United States.