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Louisiana

Total Number of Listed and Candidate Species = 45

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Endangered & Threatened Species
Mammals (5)
Bear, American black bear - T
Panther, Florida - E
Bear, Louisiana black - T
Manatee, West Indian (Florida) - E (CH)
Jaguar - E
Birds (6)
Eagle, bald - T
Pelican, brown (Eastern) - E
Piping plover (interior) - T
Tern, least (interior population) - E
Vireo, black-capped - E
red-cockaded woodpecker - E
Reptiles (7)
gopher tortoise - T
green sea turtle - T
hawksbill sea turtle (carey) - E(CH)
Kemp's (Atlantic) ridley sea turtle - E
leatherback sea turtle - E(CH)
loggerhead sea turtle - T
Turtle, ringed map (=sawback) - T
Fishes (2)
pallid sturgeon - E gulf sturgeon - T
Clams (3)
inflated heelsplitter - T Louisiana pearlshell - T Pearlymussel, pink mucket - E
Plants (4)
Pondberry - E
Quillwort, Louisiana - E
American chaffseed - E
Geocarpon minimum - T
Total Endangered =15
Total Threatened = 12
Proposed & Candidate Animal Species
Fishes (3)
Sturgeon chub - C Sicklefin chub - C Smalltooth sawfish - C
Snails (1)
Cylindrical lioplax (snail) - C
Total Proposed = 4
Total Candidate = 0
Proposed & Candidate Plant Species
Total Proposed = 0
Total Candidate = 0
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