Listed and Sensitive Species in Otero County


Total number of species: 39

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Common Name

Scientific Name

Group

Status
Rio Grande cutthroat trout Oncorhynchus clarki virginalis Fish Candidate
New Mexican meadow jumping mouse Zapus hudsonius luteus Mammal 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
Black-footed ferret 2 Mustela nigripes Mammal Endangered
Kuenzler's hedgehog cactus Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzleri Escobaria (=Coryphantha) Plant Endangered
Sacramento prickly poppy Argemone pleiacantha spp. pinnatisecta Plant Endangered
Todsen's pennyroyal
Designated Critical Habitat 		Hedeoma todsenii Plant Endangered
Mexican spotted owl
Designated Critical Habitat 		Strix occidentalis lucida Bird Threatened
Sacramento Mountains thistle Cirsium vinaceum Plant Threatened

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

Common Name

Scientific Name

Group

Status
Sacramento mountain salamander Aneides hardii Amphibian Species of Concern
Sacramento Mountains blue butterfly Icaricia icariodes Arthropod - Invertebrate Species of Concern
Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly Euphydryas anicia cloudcrofti Arthropod - Invertebrate Species of Concern
Sacramento Mountains silverspot butterfly Speyeria atlantis capitanensis 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
Mountain plover Charadrius montanus Bird Species of Concern
Northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis Bird Species of Concern
Western burrowing owl Athene cunicularia hypugaea Bird Species of Concern
Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Bird Species of Concern
White Sands pupfish Cyprinodon tularosa Fish Species of Concern
Black-tailed prairie dog Cynomys ludovicianus Mammal Species of Concern
Desert pocket gopher Geomys arenarius Mammal Species of Concern
Guadalupe southern pocket gopher Thomomys umbrinus guadalupensis Mammal Species of Concern
Penasco (Least) chipmunk Tamias minimus atristriatus Mammal Species of Concern
Townsend's big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii Mammal Species of Concern
White Sands woodrat Neotoma micropus leucophaea Mammal Species of Concern
Alamo beard tongue Penstemon alamosensis Plant Species of Concern
Desert night-blooming cereus Cereus greggii var. greggii Plant Species of Concern
Goodding's onion Allium gooddingii Plant Species of Concern
Guadalupe rabbitbrush Chrysothamnus nauseosus var. texensis Plant Species of Concern
Gypsum scalebroom Lepidospartum burgessii Plant Species of Concern
Sierra Blanca cliff daisy Chaetopappa elegans Plant Species of Concern
Villard's pincushion cactus Escobaria villardii Plant Species of Concern
Wright's marsh thistle Cirsium wrightii 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.