FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES IN NEVADA
(Current as of 26 February 2008; last changes 20 October 2003)

As of the date above, the 25 Nevada animal and plant species shown below are listed as endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Additional species are candidates and under review for such listing. The ESA defines an endangered species as any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range (other than insects declared to be pests). In addressing the genetic diversity necessary for species survival, the ESA defines "species" to include any species, subspecies of fish, wildlife, or plant, and any distinct population segment of any vertebrate fish or wildlife species which interbreeds when mature.

Protection from take for plants under the ESA may be stronger or weaker than for animals in different states, depending on state law. For plants, the ESA makes it unlawful to remove and reduce to possession any such species from areas under Federal jurisdiction; maliciously damage or destroy any such species on any such area; or remove, cut, dig up, or damage or destroy any such species on any other area in knowing violation of any law or regulation of any state or in the course of any violation of a state criminal trespass law. In Nevada, 24 plant species, including all federal threatened and endangered species, are protected by state law from removal or destruction at any time by any means except under special permit issued by the state forester firewarden (N.R.S. 527.270).

Further information is available on-line for these taxa in our Detailed Rare Plant and Lichen List and Detailed Rare Animal List, and for some taxa in other lists or reports, or as maps or images. The Nevada Rare Plant Atlas provides more comprehensive information, including habitat, life-history, description, threats, survey status, literature sources, and known locations, for many plant taxa. General information is available for nearly all taxa on the NatureServe Explorer web site.

FEDERAL ENDANGERED SPECIES (recent changes in this color):

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