Endangered Species in Kentucky

Envirothon Training ResourcesBy Charanda Fugate

Introduction

• Included are many of the wildlife that are either endangered or threatened….

• The last slide provides all of the websites were these pictures were obtained from. Use it to understand more about each of these animals…..Learn why they are on the endangered list.

Gray Batay (Myotis grisecens)

Bat, Virginia big-eared( Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus)

Dace, blackside(Phoxinus cumberlandensis)

Darter, relict(Ethestoma chinenese)

Puma, eastern (Puma concolor couguar)

Shrimp, Kentucky cave ( Palaemonia ganteri)

Woodpecker, red-cockaded (Picoides borealis)

Resources

• http://www.fws.gov/midwest/Endangered/mammals/grba-photos.html

• http://biology.eku.edu/bats/vabigearbat.htm• http://www.kentuckyroads.com/images/us_1

19/black%20side%20dace.jpg.html• http://collections.burkemuseum.org/mamwas

h/carnivora.php• http://unusualkentucky.blogspot.com/2008/1

1/kentuckys-eyeless-cave-shrimp.html• http://birds.audubon.org/species/63