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Species	Federal Status	State Occurrences
Mammals
Gray bat	Endangered	KY, TN
Indiana bat	Endangered	IN, KY, MD, NJ, NY, OH, PA, TN, VA, WV
Louisiana black bear	Threatened	LA, MS
Virginia big-eared bat	Endangered	KY, VA, WV
Virginia northern flying squirrel	Endangered	WV
New England cottontail	Candidate	ME
Birds
Bald eagle	Delisted *	DE, IN, KY, LA, MD, MS, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, VA, WV
Brown pelican	Endangered	LA
Interior least tern	Endangered	LA, MS
Piping plover	Threatened	LA, OH
Red-cockaded woodpecker	Endangered	LA, MS
Reptiles
Bog turtle	Threatened	DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA
Copperbelly watersnake	Threatened	IN, OH
Eastern massasauga	Candidate	IN, OH, PA
Louisiana pine snake	Candidate	LA
Amphibians
Cheat mountain salamander	Threatened	WV
Shenandoah salamander	Threatened	VA
Fish
Maryland darter	Endangered	MD
Pallid sturgeon	Endangered	LA, MS
Roanoke logperch	Endangered	VA
Spotfin chub	Threatened	TN
Crustaceans
Madison cave isopod	Threatened	VA
Nashville crayfish	Endangered	TN
Mollusks
Birdwing pearlymussel	Endangered	TN
Clubshell	Endangered	IN, KY, OH, PA, TN, WV
Cracking pearlymussel	Endangered	TN
Cumberland monkeyface pearlymussel	Endangered	TN
Dwarf wedgemussel	Endangered	NJ, NY, PA, VA
Fanshell	Endangered	KY, OH, TN, WV
Fat pocketbook	Endangered	LA, MS
James spinymussel	Endangered	VA
Louisiana pearlshell	Endangered	LA
Northern riffle shell	Endangered	IN, KY, OH, PA, WV
Orangefoot pimpleback pearlymussel	Endangered	KY, TN
Oyster mussel	Endangered	TN
Pink mucket pearlymussel	Endangered	KY, OH, TN, WV
Purple cat's paw pearlymussel	Endangered	OH, TN
Rayed bean	Candidate	IN, OH, PA
Ring pink mussel	Endangered	KY
Rough pigtoe	Endangered	KY, TN
Sheepnose	Candidate	KY, MS, OH
Slabside pearlymussel	Candidate	TN
Spectaclecase	Candidate	TN
Tan riffleshell	Endangered	TN
White cat's paw pearlymussel	Endangered	IN
White wartyback pearlymussel	Endangered	TN
Insects
American burying beetle	Endangered	MS, OH
Karner blue butterfly	Endangered	IN, OH
Mitchell's satyr butterfly	Endangered	IN
Plants
American chaffseed	Endangered	VA
Eastern prairie fringed orchid	Threatened	OH, VA
Globe bladderpod (previously Short's bladderpod)	Candidate	KY
Harperella	Endangered	VA
Lakeside daisy	Endangered	OH
Leafy-prairie clover	Endangered	TN
Leedy's roseroot	Threatened	NY
Mead's milkweed	Threatened	IN
Michaux's sumac	Threatened	VA
Northeastern bulrush	Endangered	PA, VA
Northern monkshood	Threatened	OH
Pondberry	Threatened	MS
Prairie white-fringed orchid	Threatened	IN
Price's potato bean	Endangered	MS, TN
Running buffalo clover	Endangered	KY, OH, WV
Sandplain gerardia	Endangered	MD
Sensitive joint-vetch	Threatened	NJ, VA
Shale barren rockcress	Endangered	VA, WV
Short's goldenrod	Endangered	KY
Small-whorled pogonia	Threatened	OH, PA, VA
Smooth coneflower	Endangered	VA
Spring creek bladderpod	Endangered	TN
Swamp pink	Threatened	NJ, VA
Tennessee purple coneflower	Endangered	TN
Tennessee yellow-eyed grass	Endangered	TN
Virginia sneezeweed	Threatened	VA
Virginia spirea	Threatened	OH, WV
White fringeless orchid	Candidate	MS
White-haired goldenrod	Threatened	KY

Notes:

Definitions from the Endangered Species Act (ESA):

Although the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) is not currently listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, it may be considered for inclusion in the Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS).

* The bald eagle has been delisted from the Endangered Species List because of its state of recovery. However, it is still covered under the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. It is still being considered for inclusion in the HCP and EIS.

Endangered = "A species is considered endangered if it is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range."

Threatened = "A species is considered threatened if it is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future."

Candidate = "Any species being considered by the Secretary (of Commerce or Interior) for listing under the ESA as an endangered or a threatened species, but not yet the subject of a proposed rule (see 50 CFR 424.02)."

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