Species Information
Federal Threatened, Endangered, and Candidate Species observations for selected counties
Linked life history provided courtesy of NatureServe Explorer.
Records may include both recent and historical observations.
US Status Definitions
Kentucky Status Definitions
Selected county is: Ballard.
| Scientific Name and Life History | Common Name and Pictures | Class | County | US Status | KY Status | WAP | Reference |
| Fusconaia subrotunda | Longsolid | Bivalvia | Ballard | T | T | Yes | Reference |
| Macrochelys temminckii | Alligator Snapping Turtle | Chelonia | Ballard | PT | E | Yes | Reference |
| Myotis septentrionalis | Northern Long-Eared Bat | Mammalia | Ballard | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Myotis sodalis | Indiana Bat | Mammalia | Ballard | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Obovaria retusa | Ring Pink | Bivalvia | Ballard | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Perimyotis subflavus | Tricolored Bat | Mammalia | Ballard | PE | T | Yes | Reference |
| Plethobasus cooperianus | Orangefoot Pimpleback | Bivalvia | Ballard | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Plethobasus cyphyus | Sheepnose | Bivalvia | Ballard | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Pleurobema rubrum | Pyramid Pigtoe | Bivalvia | Ballard | PT | E | Yes | Reference |
| Potamilus capax | Fat Pocketbook | Bivalvia | Ballard | E | T | Yes | Reference |
| Scaphirhynchus albus | Pallid Sturgeon | Actinopterygii | Ballard | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Scaphirhynchus platorynchus | Shovelnose Sturgeon | Actinopterygii | Ballard | T(S/A) | N | Reference | |
| Theliderma cylindrica | Rabbitsfoot | Bivalvia | Ballard | T | E | Yes | Reference |
13 species are listed