Listed and Sensitive Species in Dona Ana County


Total number of species: 32

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Common Name

Scientific Name

Group

Status
Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Bird Candidate
Least Tern (Interior Population) Sterna antillarum Bird Endangered
Northern aplomado falcon Falco femoralis septentrionalis Bird Endangered
Southwestern willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Bird Endangered
Rio Grande silvery minnow 3 Hybognathus amarus Fish Endangered
Sneed pincushion cactus Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii Plant Endangered
Mexican spotted owl
Designated Critical Habitat 		Strix occidentalis lucida Bird Threatened

Species of Concern
Species of Concern are included for planning purposes only.

Common Name

Scientific Name

Group

Status
Anthony blister beetle Lytta mirifica Arthropod - Invertebrate Species of Concern
Desert viceroy butterfly Limenitis archippus obsoleta Arthropod - Invertebrate Species of Concern
American peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus anatum Bird Species of Concern
Arctic peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus tundrius Bird Species of Concern
Baird's sparrow Ammodramus bairdii Bird Species of Concern
Bell’s vireo Vireo bellii Bird Species of Concern
Black tern Chlidonias niger Bird Species of Concern
Common black hawk Buteogallus anthracinus Bird Species of Concern
Western burrowing owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Bird Species of Concern
Desert pocket gopher Geomys arenarius Mammal Species of Concern
Organ Mountains Colorado chipmunk Eutamias quadrivittatus australis Mammal Species of Concern
Pecos River muskrat Ondatra zibethicus ripensis Mammal Species of Concern
Townsend's big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii Mammal Species of Concern
Western red bat Lasiurus blossevillii Mammal Species of Concern
White Sands woodrat Neotoma micropus leucophaea Mammal Species of Concern
Doña Ana talussnail Sonorella todseni Mollusc - Invertebrate Species of Concern
Alamo beard tongue Penstemon alamosensis Plant Species of Concern
Desert night-blooming cereus Cereus greggii var. greggii Plant Species of Concern
Mescalero milkwort Polygala rimulicola var. mescalerorum Plant Species of Concern
Nodding rock-daisy Perityle cernua Plant Species of Concern
Organ Mountain evening-primrose Oenothera organensis Plant Species of Concern
Organ Mountain figwort Scrophularia laevis Plant Species of Concern
Sand prickly pear Opuntia arenaria Plant Species of Concern
Sandhill goosefoot Chenopodium cycloides Plant Species of Concern
Standley whitlow-grass Draba standleyi Plant Species of Concern

Endangered

Any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

Threatened

Any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

Candidate

Candidate Species (taxa for which the Service has sufficient information to propose that they be added to list of endangered and threatened species, but the listing action has been precluded by other higher priority listing activities).

Proposed

Any species of fish, wildlife or plant that is proposed in the Federal Register to be listed under section 4 of the Act. This could be either proposed for endangered or threatened status.

Species of Concern

Taxa for which further biological research and field study are needed to resolve their conservation status OR are considered sensitive, rare, or declining on lists maintained by Natural Heritage Programs, State wildlife agencies, other Federal agencies, or professional/academic scientific societies. Species of Concern are included for planning purposes only.

Foot Notes:

D

Designated Critical Habitat.

P

Proposed Critical Habitat.

1

Introduced population.

3

Extirpated in this county.

2

Survey should be conducted if project involves impacts to prairie dog towns or complexes of 200-acres or more for the Gunnison's prairie dog (Cynomys gunnisoni) and/or 80-acres or more for any subspecies of Black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus). A complex consists of two or more neighboring prairie dog towns within 4.3 miles (7 kilometers) of each other.