The U.S Endangered Species
Nowadays the US Endangered species have increase compared with years before. The United States of America had created a law in 1973, which was called the Endangered Species Act. This law mission is to protect all species from extinction. Extinction is defined as the end of an organism or a group of species. This law was officially approved and signed on December 28th of 1973 by President Richard Nixon.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service are the two federal entities that administered this law. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a scientific agency that focused on the conditions of the atmosphere and its oceans. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a federal government entity that focuses on the management of habitats, wildlife and fish. Since November 1 of 2009 the United States Fish and Wildlife Service had created a list of all species that are endangered or threatened in the United States.
The US endangered species are divided in different categories such as: Mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, amphibians, snails and clams and insects and arachnids. The US endangered species are the following:
The Mammals: 1- Allegheny Woodrat, 2- Amargosa Vole, 3- Kangaroo Rat, 4- Rock Squirrel, 5- Beach Mouse, 6- Appalachian Cottontail, 7- Bighorn Sheep, 8- Blackbuck, 9- California Red Tree Mouse, 10- Cougar, 11- Fox Squirrel, 12- Desert Pocket Gopher, 13- Florida Deermouse, 14- Bonneted Bat, 15- Hooded Seal, 16- Pronghorn, 17- White Tail Deer, etc.
The Reptiles: 1- American Crocodile, 2- Alabama Red Belly Turtle, 3- Bog Turtle, 4- Colorado Checkered Whiptail, 5- Water Snake, 6- Desert Tortoise, 7- Eastern Fox Snake, 8- Florida Scrub Lizard, 9- Rim rock crowned snake, 10- Wood Turtle, 11- Island Rattlesnake, etc.
The Birds: 1- Backman's Sparrow, 2- Black Rail, 3- Brown Pelican, 4- California Condor, 5- Everglade Snail Kite, 6- Northern Bobwhite, 7- Rusty Blackbird, 8- Thick Billed Parrot, 9- White crowned Pigeon, etc.
The Snails and Clams: 1- Alamosa Springnail, 2- Badwater Snail, 3- Bliss Rapid Snail, 4- Kanab Amber Snail, 5- Clubshell, 6- Fanshell, 7- Giant clam, 8- Pink Ring mussel, 9- Yellow Lampmussel, etc.
The Insects and Arachnids: 1- Blind Cave Beetle, 2- Cherokee Clubtail, 3- Desert Monkey Grasshopper, 4- Everglades Sprite, 5- Tooth Cave Spider, 6- Glacier Bay Wolf Spider, 7- Dolloff Cave Spider, etc. Here, you will learn with details and facts about all US Endangered Species.