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Iowa

Total Number of Listed and Candidate Species = 19

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Endangered & Threatened Species
Mammals (1)
Bat, Indiana - E
Birds (3)
Eagle, bald - T Plover, piping (interior) - E Tern, least (interior population) - E
Fishes (2)
Sturgeon, pallid - E Topeka shiner - E
Clams (3)
Pocketbook, fat - E Pearly mussel, Higgin's eye - E Mussel, winged maple leaf - E
Snails (1)
Snail, Iowa Pleistocene - E
Plants (5)
Bush-clover, prairie - T
Milkweed, Mead's - T
Monkshood, northern wild - T
Orchid, eastern prairie fringed - T
Orchid, western prairie fringed - T
Total Endangered =9
Total Threatened = 6
Proposed & Candidate Animal Species
Clams (1)
Scaleshell Mussell - P
Fishes (2)
Sturgeon chub - C Sicklefin chub - C
Mammals (1)
Swift fox - C
Total Proposed = 1
Total Candidate = 3
Proposed & Candidate Plant Species
Total Proposed = 0
Total Candidate = 0
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