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Species in Mississippi

REGION 4: Mississippi Alcorn, Calhoun, Carroll, Jefferson Parish, Mississippi Leflore, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Union, Warren4

Species

Federal Status1

State Status2

County Occurrence (Percent)3

Region

Counties within the State

Louisiana black bear T E 3.9 4 Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington
Interior least tern E E 1.3 4 Issaquena, Washington
Bald eagle T E 61.3 3, 4, 5 Grenada, Lafayette, Sunflower, Washington, Yalobusha
Red cockaded woodpecker E E 2.6 4, 5 Yalobusha
Pallid sturgeon E E 4.5 4 Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington
Fat pocketbook E E 1.3 4 Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington
Pondberry E E 0.6 4 Sharkey, Sunflower

1E= Endangered; T= Threatened; C= Candidate; E/CH= Endangered with Critical Habitat; T/CH= Threatened with Critical Habitat.

2E= Endangered; T= Threatened; SOC= Species of Concern; *= No state status.

3Additional counties identified within the 1 mile corridor are not included in this percentage (pending data).

4Counties lacking species information (pending data from the US Fish and Wildlife Service).

5Species ranks as both threatened and endangered as per the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.

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