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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife of New Hampshire

nongame program logoEndangered wildlife are those native species whose prospects for survival in New Hampshire are in danger because of a loss or change in habitat, over-exploitation, predation, competition, disease, disturbance or contamination. Assistance is needed to ensure continued existence as a viable component of the state's wildlife community.

Threatened wildlife are those species which may become endangered if conditions surrounding them begin, or continue, to decline.

* = Federally threatened

**= Federally endangered.

This list was updated in October 2008. Click here to learn more about the most recent listing changes.

Click here for a printable list of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in NH (pdf format 160 KB).

MAMMALS

Endangered:

* Canada lynx, Lynx canadensis

small-footed bat, Myotis leibii

** Gray wolf, Canis lupus

New England cottontail, Sylvilagus transitionalis

 

Threatened:

American marten, Martes americana (formerly pine marten)

BIRDS

Endangered:

common nighthawk, Chordeiles minor

northern harrier, Circus cyaneus

golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos

* piping plover, Charadrius melodus

upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda

** roseate tern, Sterna dougallii

least tern, Sterna antillarum

sedge wren, Cistothorus platensis

 

Threatened:

common loon, Gavia immer

American three-toed woodpecker, Picoides dorsalis

grasshopper sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum

pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps

bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus

peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus

common tern, Sterna hirundo

FISH

Endangered:

American brook lamprey, Lampetra bifrenatus

** shortnose sturgeon , Acipenser brevirostrum

 

Threatened:

Bridle shiner, Notropis bifrenatus

REPTILES

Endangered:

timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus

Blanding's turtle, Emydoidea blandingii

Eastern hognose snake, Heterodon platyhinos

 

Threatened:

spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata

black racer, coluber constrictor

AMPHIBIANS

Endangered:

marbled salamander, Ambystoma opacum

 

Threatened:

(none currently listed)

INVERTEBRATES

Endangered:

cobblestone tiger beetle, Cicindela  marginipennis

** dwarf wedge mussel, Alasmidonta heterodon

brook floater, Alasmidonta varicosa

frosted elfin butterfly, Callophrys irus

** Karner blue butterfly, Lycaeides melissa samuelis

Persius dusky wing skipper, Erynnis persius persius

ringed bog haunter dragonfly, Williamsonia lintneri

* puritan tiger beetle, Cicindela puritana

White Mountain fritillary, Boloria titania montinus

 

Threatened:

pine pinion moth, Lithophane lepida lepida

White Mountain Arctic, Oeneis melissa semidea
 
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