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: Union.
| Scientific Name and Life History | Common Name and Pictures | Class | County | US Status | KY Status | WAP | Reference |
| Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover | Aves | Union | T | N | Yes | Reference |
| Myotis septentrionalis | Northern Long-Eared Bat | Mammalia | Union | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Myotis sodalis | Indiana Bat | Mammalia | Union | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Nerodia erythrogaster neglecta | Copperbelly Watersnake | Reptilia | Union | T | T | Yes | Reference |
| Obovaria retusa | Ring Pink | Bivalvia | Union | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Obovaria subrotunda | Round Hickorynut | Bivalvia | Union | T | T | Yes | Reference |
| Perimyotis subflavus | Tricolored Bat | Mammalia | Union | PE | T | Yes | Reference |
| Plethobasus cyphyus | Sheepnose | Bivalvia | Union | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Pleurobema clava | Clubshell | Bivalvia | Union | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Pleurobema rubrum | Pyramid Pigtoe | Bivalvia | Union | PT | E | Yes | Reference |
| Potamilus capax | Fat Pocketbook | Bivalvia | Union | E | T | Yes | Reference |
| Scaphirhynchus platorynchus | Shovelnose Sturgeon | Actinopterygii | Union | T(S/A) | N | Reference |
12 species are listed