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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently declared 21 species extinct, including an environmentally significant one previously found in the Bluegrass State.
The Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) [3] is one of two endangered subspecies of the Townsend's big-eared bat. It is found in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and Kentucky. In 1979, the US Fish and Wildlife Service categorized this as an endangered species.
It is endemic to the United States, where it is limited to Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee. [2] It is a rare species throughout its range and in 2014 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a final rule protecting it under the Endangered Species Act. [3] [4]
The nine sites where Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources personnel have observed the rare yellow-spotted woodland salamander. Note: The two sites in southwest Bell County overlap. MacGregor said ...
Threatened species are animals and plants that are likely to become endangered in the foreseeable future. Identifying, protecting, and restoring endangered and threatened species and subspecies are the primary objectives of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's endangered species program. [1]
The blackside dace (Chrosomus cumberlandensis) [4] is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is endemic to the Cumberland River drainage in Kentucky and Tennessee as well as the Powell River drainage in Virginia in the United States. It is a federally listed threatened species. [2] [3]
The Kentucky cave shrimp was registered as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act in 1983, [3] and was included on the IUCN Red List as Endangered in 1994. [1] There are currently only several thousand remaining. It is mostly threatened by contaminated groundwater running into its habitat. [2]
FRANKFORT, Ky. — The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is working with the national branch to search a central Kentucky lake for the invasive bighead carp and silver carp.