Species Information
Federal Threatened, Endangered, and Candidate Species observations for selected quads
Linked life history provided courtesy of NatureServe Explorer.
Records may include both recent and historical observations.
US Status Definitions
Kentucky Status Definitions
Selected quad is: Cairo.
| Scientific Name and Life History | Common Name and Pictures | Class | Quad | US Status | KY Status | WAP | Reference |
| Potamilus capax | Fat Pocketbook | Bivalvia | Cairo | E | T | Yes | Reference |
| Myotis sodalis | Indiana Bat | Mammalia | Cairo | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Fusconaia subrotunda | Longsolid | Bivalvia | Cairo | T | T | Yes | Reference |
| Myotis septentrionalis | Northern Long-Eared Bat | Mammalia | Cairo | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Plethobasus cooperianus | Orangefoot Pimpleback | Bivalvia | Cairo | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Theliderma cylindrica | Rabbitsfoot | Bivalvia | Cairo | T | E | Yes | Reference |
| Obovaria retusa | Ring Pink | Bivalvia | Cairo | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Plethobasus cyphyus | Sheepnose | Bivalvia | Cairo | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Scaphirhynchus platorynchus | Shovelnose Sturgeon | Actinopterygii | Cairo | T(S/A) | N | Reference | |
| Perimyotis subflavus | Tricolored Bat | Mammalia | Cairo | PE | T | Yes | Reference |