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Twenty-three Louisiana animal species were on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's threatened and endangered species list for 2003. Among those listed are the Louisiana black bear, American bald eagle, inflated heelsplitter, and red-cockaded woodpecker. The Louisiana WAP identifies 240 species of concern.
The red wolf was nearly driven to extinction by the mid-1900s due to aggressive predator-control programs, habitat destruction, and extensive hybridization with coyotes. By the late 1960s, it occurred in small numbers in the Gulf Coast of western Louisiana and eastern Texas.
Eastern pipistrelles can be found throughout the entire state of Louisiana. Hoary bat Lasiurus cinereus: Hoary bats can be found throughout the entirety of the U.S., including Louisiana. Northern yellow bat Lasiurus intermedius: Northern yellow bats can be found through almost all of Louisiana except the northern cap which borders Arkansas.
A state mammal is the official mammal of a U.S. state as designated by a state's legislature. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the state mammal, and the second shows the state marine mammals.
Over 30 plant and animal species associated with longleaf pine ecosystems are endangered or species of concern. The American Zoo and Aquarium Association manages a Species Survival Plan for the Louisiana pine snake, headquartered at the Memphis Zoo. The Species Survival Plan insures that the precious captive population maintained in zoos, which ...
Attwater's prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) is a highly endangered subspecies of the greater prairie-chicken that is native to coastal Texas and formerly Louisiana in the United States. [ 4 ]
Apex predators (4 C, 140 P) B. Birds of prey (16 C, 51 P) C. ... Pages in category "Predatory animals" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
In 1902, it was made a part of the official Louisiana seal and, in 1912, a pelican and her young became part of the Flag of Louisiana as well. [73] One of Louisiana's state nicknames is "The Pelican State", [ 74 ] and the brown pelican is the official state bird of Louisiana. [ 75 ]