Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office

Idaho's Endangered Species

The Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office works with many species with Federal status.  Explore threatened, endangered, proposed, and candidate species located in the State of Idaho below.

ENDANGERED

• Southern Mountain caribou DPS (Rangifer tarandus caribou) ^{1, 2}
• Kootenai River white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) ^1,2
• Snake River sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)^1,3
• Banbury Springs limpet (Idaholanx fresti)²
• Bruneau hot springsnail (Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis)²
• Snake River physa snail (Haitia (Physa) natricina)²
   

THREATENED

• Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)¹
• Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
• North American wolverine (Gulo gulo luscus)
• Northern Idaho ground squirrel (Urocitellus brunneus)²
• Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)¹
• Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus)^1,2
• Fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)^1,3
• Spring/summer chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)^1,3
• Steehead trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)^1,3
• Bliss Rapids snail (Taylorconcha serpenticola)²
• MacFarlane’s four-o’clock (Mirabilis macfarlanei)²
• Spalding’s catchfly (Silene spaldingii)²
• Slickspot peppergrass (Lepidium papilliferum)^2,4
• Ute ladies’- tresses (Spiranthes diluvialis)
• Whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) 
   

CANDIDATE

• Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)

¹Designated Critical Habitat
²Indicates a species for which Idaho is the lead Office
³Under the jurisdiction of the National Marine Fisheries Service
⁴ Proposed Critical Habitat