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: Hickman.
| Scientific Name and Life History | Common Name and Pictures | Class | Quad | US Status | KY Status | WAP | Reference |
| Macrochelys temminckii | Alligator Snapping Turtle | Chelonia | Hickman | PT | E | Yes | Reference |
| Myotis sodalis | Indiana Bat | Mammalia | Hickman | E | E | Yes | Reference |
| Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover | Aves | Hickman | T | N | Yes | Reference |
| Scaphirhynchus platorynchus | Shovelnose Sturgeon | Actinopterygii | Hickman | T(S/A) | N | Reference | |
| Grus americana | Whooping Crane | Aves | Hickman | XN | N | Yes | Reference |