As of May 16, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency listed approximately 1,300 animal species as endangered or threatened in North America.
Note: This list is intended only for species listed as endangered under the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, not species listed as endangered by other countries or agencies such as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Below is a partial list:
Mammals
Alouatta coibensis (Colba Island howler) Alouatta palliata (mantled howler) Alouatta pigra (Guatemalan black howler) Ammospermophilus nelsoni (San Joaquin antelope squirrel) Antilocapra americana peninsularis (Baja California pronghorn) Antilocapra americana sonoriensis (Sonoran pronghorn) Aplodontia rufa nigra (Mendocino County mountain beaver) Ateles fusciceps (black-headed spider monkey) Ateles geoffroyi (Geoffroy's spider monkey) Atopogale cubana (Cuban solenodon) Balaenoptera borealis (sei whale) Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale) Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale) Bison bison athabascae (wood bison) Bradypus pygmaeus (pygmy three-toed sloth) Canis lupus baileyi (Mexican wolf) Canis lupus manningi (Baffin Island wolf) Canis lupus orion (Greenland wolf) Canis rufus (red wolf) Corynorhinus townsendii ingens (Ozark big-eared bat) Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus (Virginia big-eared bat) Cryptotis endersi (Enders's small-eared shrew) Cryptotis griseoventris (Guatemalan broad-clawed shrew) Cryptotis nelsoni (Nelson's small-eared shrew) Cynomys mexicanus (Mexican prairie dog) Cynomys parvidens (Utah prairie dog) Dasyprocta coibae (Coiban agouti) Dasyprocta ruatanica (Ruatan Island agouti) Delphinapterus leucas (Cook Inlet Beluga whale) Dipodomys heermanni morroensis (Morro Bay kangaroo rat) Dipodomys ingens (giant kangaroo rat) Dipodomys merriami parvus (San Bernardino Merriam's kangaroo rat) Dipodomys nitratoides (kangaroo rat) (vulnerable) Dipodomys stephensi (Stephens's kangaroo rat) Enhydra lutris nereis (southern sea otter) Eschrichtius robustus (gray whale) Eubalaena glacialis (North Atlantic right whale) Eubalaena japonica (North Pacific right whale) Hawaiian Islands, Alaska, Northeast Pacific Eumetopias jubatus (Steller sea lion) Western Distinct Population Segment only (Alaska) Eumops floridanus (Florida bonneted bat) Geocapromys brownii (Jamaican coney) Geomys tropicalis (tropical pocket gopher) Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus (Carolina northern flying squirrel) Lasiurus cinereus semotus (Hawaiian hoary bat) Herpailurus yagouaroundi cacomitli (Gulf Coast jaguarundi) Herpailurus yagouaroundi panamensis (Panamanian jaguarundi) Herpailurus yagouaroundi tolteca (Sinaloan jaguarundi) Leopardus pardalis (ocelot) Leopardus wiedii (margay) Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae (lesser long-nosed bat) Leptonycteris nivalis (Mexican long-nosed bat) Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (Lesser long-nosed bat) Lepus flavigularis (Tehuantepec jackrabbit) Lynx canadensis (Canada lynx) Lynx rufus escuinapae (Mexican bobcat) Marmota vancouverensis (Vancouver Island marmot) Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale) Mesocapromys angelcabrerai (Cabrera's hutia) Mesocapromys auritus (eared hutia) Mesocapromys nanus (dwarf hutia) Mesocapromys sanfelipensis (San Felipe hutia) Microtus californicus scirpensis (amargosa vole) Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis (Hualpai Mexican vole) Microtus oaxacensis (tarabundí vole) Microtus pennsylvanicus dukecampbelli (Florida salt marsh vole) Microtus umbrosus (zempoaltépec vole) Mustela nigripes (black-footed ferret) Myotis peninsularis (peninsular myotis) Myotis planiceps (flat-headed myotis) Myotis sodalis (Indiana bat) Mysateles garridoi (Garrido's hutia) Mysateles meridionalis (southern hutia) Nasua narica nelsoni (Cozumel Island coati) Neomonachus schauinslandi (Hawaiian monk seal) Neotoma floridana smalli (Key Largo woodrat) Neotoma fuscipes riparia (riparian woodrat) Odocoileus hemionus cerrosensis (Cedros Island mule deer) Odocoileus virginianus clavium (Key deer) Odocoileus virginianus leucurus (Columbian white-tailed deer) Oryzomys palustris natator (rice rat) Orcinus orca (orca) Orthogeomys lanius (big pocket gopher) Ovis canadensis californiana (California bighorn sheep) Ovis canadensis nelsoni (peninsular bighorn sheep) Ovis canadensis sierrae (Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep) Panthera onca (jaguar) Pappogeomys alcorni (Alcorn's pocket gopher) Perognathus longimembris pacificus (Pacific pocket mouse) Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola (Key Largo cotton mouse) Phocoena sinus (vaquita) Physeter macrocephalus (sperm whale) Plagiodontia aedium (Hispaniolan hutia) Procyon lotor maynardi (Bahamian raccoon) Procyon pygmaeus (Cozumel raccoon) Puma concolor couguar (Florida panther) Puma concolor couguar (North American cougar) Ontario, New Brunswick Rangifer tarandus caribou (woodland caribou) Rangifer tarandus pearyi (Peary caribou) Reithrodontomys raviventris (salt marsh harvest mouse) Rhogeessa genowaysi (Genoways's yellow bat) Sciurus niger cinereus (Delmarva Peninsula fox squirrel) Sorex ornatus relictus (Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew) Sorex pribilofensis (Pribilof Island shrew) Sorex sclateri (Sclater's shrew) Sorex stizodon (San Cristobal shrew) Spermophilus atricapillus (Baja California rock squirrel) Sylvilagus bachmani riparius (brush rabbit) Sylvilagus dicei (Dice's cottontail) Sylvilagus graysoni (Tres Marias cottontail) Sylvilagus insonus (Omilteme cottontail) Sylvilagus palustris hefneri (Lower Keys marsh rabbit) Sylvilagus robustus (robust cottontail) Tamias palmeri (Palmer's chipmunk) Tamiasciurus fremonti grahamensis (Mount Graham red squirrel) Tapirus bairdii (Baird's tapir) Trichechus manatus (West Indian manatee) Urocitellus brunneus (Northern Idaho ground squirrel) Urocyon littoralis catalinae (Santa Catalina island fox) Urocyon littoralis littoralis (San Miguel island fox) Urocyon littoralis santacruzae (Santa Cruz island fox) Urocyon littoralis santarosae (Santa Rosa island fox) Ursus arctos horribilis (grizzly bear) Listed as threatened in lower 48 states only. Other distinct population segments are secure or experimental. Vulpes macrotis mutica (San Joaquin kit fox) Vulpes velox hebes (northern swift fox) Xerospermophilus perotensis (Perote ground squirrel) Zygogeomys trichopus (Michoacan pocket gopher)
Birds
Agelaius xanthomus (yellow-shouldered blackbird) Amazona imperialis (imperial amazon) Amazona vittata (Puerto Rican amazon) Antrostomus noctitherus (Puerto Rican nightjar) Buteo ridgwayi (Ridgway's hawk) Campephilus principalis (ivory-billed woodpecker) Catharopeza bishopi (whistling warbler) Chondrohierax wilsonii (Cuban kite) Coccyzus rufigularis (bay-breasted cuckoo) Colinus virginianus ridgwayi (masked bobwhite) Ferminia cerverai (Zapata rail) Geotrygon leucometopia (white-fronted quail-dove) Grus americana (whooping crane) Gymnogyps californianus (California condor) Icterus northropi (Bahama oriole) Leptotila wellsi (Grenada dove) Leucopeza semperi (Semper's warbler) Leuconotopicus borealis (red-cockaded woodpecker) Loxia megaplaga (Hispaniolan crossbill) Melanospiza richardsoni (Saint Lucia black finch) Mimus graysoni (Socorro mockingbird) Nesopsar nigerrimus (Jamaican blackbird) Oceanodroma macrodactyla (Guadalupe storm petrel) Oreophasis derbianus (horned guan) Patagioenas inornata wetmorei (Puerto Rican plain pigeon) Pterodroma cahow (Bermuda petrel) Pterodroma caribbaea (Jamaican petrel) Pterodroma hasitata (black-capped petrel) Ramphocinclus brachyurus (white-breasted thrasher) Siphonorhis americana (Jamaican poorwill) Setophaga angelae (elfin woods warbler) Setophaga kirtlandii (Kirtland's warbler) Sitta pusilla insularis (Bahama nuthatch) Starnoenas cyanocephala (blue-headed quail-dove) Tachycineta cyaneoviridis (Bahama swallow) Toxostoma guttatum (Cozumel thrasher) Tyrannus cubensis (giant kingbird) Vermivora bachmanii (Bachman's warbler)
Reptiles
Anolis roosevelti (Culebra Island giant anole) Borikenophis sanctaecrucis (Saint Croix racer) Caretta caretta (loggerhead sea turtle) Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle) Chilabothrus monensis (Virgin Islands tree boa) Clemmys guttata (spotted turtle) Clemmys muhlenbergii (bog turtle) Crocodylus acutus (American crocodile) Crocodylus moreletii (Morelet's crocodile) Crocodylus rhombifer (Cuban crocodile) Crotalus catalinensis (Catalina rattlesnake) Crotalus pusillus (Tancitarian dusky rattlesnake) Crotalus unicolor (Aruba rattlesnake) Crotalus willardi obscurus (New Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake) Cyclura carinata bartschi (Bartsch's iguana) Cyclura carinata carinata (Turks and Caicos rock iguana) Cyclura cychlura cychlura (Andros iguana) Cyclura cychlura figginsi (Exuma Island iguana) Cyclura cychlura inornata (Allen Cays rock iguana) Cyclura collei (Jamaican iguana) Cyclura cornuta cornuta (rhinoceros iguana) Cyclura cornuta stejnegeri (Mona ground iguana) Cyclura lewisi (blue iguana) Cyclura nubila caymanensis (lesser Caymans iguana) Cyclura pinguis (Anegada ground iguana) Cyclura ricordii (Ricord's ground iguana) Cyclura rileyi cristata (White Cay iguana) Cyclura rileyi nuchalis (Acklins ground iguana) Cyclura rileyi rileyi (Bahamian rock iguana) Dermatemys mawii (Central American river turtle) Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle) Drymarchon couperi (eastern indigo snake) Eretmochelys imbricata (hawksbill sea turtle) Gambelia silus (blunt-nosed leopard lizard) Glyptemys insculpta (wood turtle) Gopherus agassizii (desert tortoise) Gopherus flavomarginatus (Bolson tortoise) Gopherus polyphemus (gopher tortoise) Graptemys flavimaculata (yellow-blotched map turtle) Graptemys oculifera (ringed map turtle) Heloderma suspectum (Gila monster) Iguana delicatissima (Lesser Antillean iguana) Lepidochelys kempii (Kemp's ridley sea turtle) Lepidochelys olivacea (olive ridley sea turtle) Mabuya hispaniolae (Hispaniolan two-lined skink) Macrochelys temminckii (alligator snapping turtle) Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus (Alameda whipsnake) Pholidoscelis polops (St. Croix ground lizard) Pseudemys alabamensis (Alabama red-belly turtle) Sauromalus varius (San Esteban Island chuckwalla) Sphaerodactylus armasi (Guantanamo least gecko) Sphaerodactylus callocricus (callous least gecko) Sphaerodactylus cochranae (Cochran's least gecko) Sphaerodactylus epiurus (Hispaniolan tailspot sphaero) Sphaerodactylus intermedius (Mantanzas least gecko) Sphaerodactylus ladae (Martin Garcia least gecko) Sphaerodactylus micropithecus (Monito gecko) Sphaerodactylus ocoae (Peravia least gecko) Sphaerodactylus oliveri (Juventud least gecko) Sphaerodactylus perissodactylius (Dominican least gecko) Sphaerodactylus pimienta (pepper sphaero) Sphaerodactylus plummeri (Barahona big-scaled sphaero) Sphaerodactylus randi (Pedernales least gecko) Sphaerodactylus rhabdotus (Valle de Neiba least gecko) Sphaerodactylus ruibali (Ruibal's least gecko) Sphaerodactylus samanensis (Samana least gecko) Sphaerodactylus schuberti (Neiba agave sphaero) Sphaerodactylus schwartzi (Guantanamo collared sphaero) Sphaerodactylus storeyae (Los Canarreos geckolet) Sphaerodactylus torrei (Barbour's least gecko) Sternotherus depressus (flattened musk turtle) Terrapene coahuila (aquatic box turtle) Thamnophis gigas (giant garter snake) Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia (San Francisco garter snake) Tropidophis hendersoni (Cuban khaki dwarf boa) Typhlops syntherus (Barahona Peninsula blindsnake) Uma inornata (Coachella Valley fringe-toed lizard)
Amphibians
Ambystoma bishopi (reticulated flatwoods salamander) Ambystoma californiense (California tiger salamander) Ambystoma cingulatum (frosted flatwoods salamander) Anaxyrus houstonensis (Houston toad) Eleutherodactylus alcoae (Barahona rock frog) Eleutherodactylus auriculatoides Eleutherodactylus haitianus Eleutherodactylus heminota (half-stripe bromeliad frog) Eleutherodactylus hypostenor (Baoruco burrowing frog) Eleutherodactylus jasperi (golden coquí)