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VA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION & RECREATION<br />
DIVISION OF NATURAL HERITAGE<br />
VIRGINIA RARE ANIMAL LIST<br />
SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME GLOBAL STATE FEDERAL STATE<br />
RANK RANK STATUS STATUS<br />
BIRDS (continued)<br />
Parkesia noveboracensis Northern Waterthrush G5 S1B<br />
= Seiurus noveboracensis<br />
Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelican G4 S2B/S3N<br />
Peucaea aestivalis Bachman’s Sparrow G3 S1B LT<br />
= Aimophila aestivalis<br />
Picoides borealis Red-cockaded Woodpecker G3 S1 LE LE<br />
Plegadis falcinellus Glossy Ibis G5 S2B/S1N<br />
Podilymbus podiceps Pied-billed Grebe G5 S1S2B/S4N<br />
Porzana carolina Sora G5 S1B/S2N<br />
Rallus elegans King Rail G4 S2B/S3N<br />
Rallus limicola <strong>Virginia</strong> Rail G5 S2B/S3N<br />
Regulus satrapa Golden-crowned Kinglet G5 S2B/S5N<br />
Rynchops niger Black Skimmer G5 S2B/S1N<br />
Setophaga fusca Blackburnian Warbler G5 S2B<br />
= Dendroica fusca<br />
Setophaga magnolia Magnolia Warbler G5 S2B<br />
= Dendroica magnolia<br />
Setophaga virens waynei Wayne’s Black-throated Green Warbler G5TU S1B?<br />
= Dendroica virens waynei<br />
Sitta canadensis Red-breasted Nuthatch G5 S2B/S4N<br />
Sphyrapicus varius Yellow-bellied Sapsucker G5 S1B/S4N<br />
Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern G4 SHB LE LE<br />
Sternula antillarum Least Tern G4 S2B<br />
= Sterna antillarum<br />
Thalasseus maximus Royal Tern G5 S2B<br />
= Sterna maxima<br />
Thalasseus s<strong>and</strong>vicensis S<strong>and</strong>wich Tern G5 S1B<br />
= Sterna s<strong>and</strong>vicensis<br />
Thryomanes bewickii altus Appalachian Bewick’s Wren G5T2Q SHB/S1N LE<br />
Troglodytes hiemalis Winter Wren G5 S2B/S4N<br />
= Troglodytes troglodytes (in part)<br />
MAMMALS<br />
Corynorhinus rafinesquii macrotis Eastern big-eared bat G3G4T? S2 LE<br />
= Plecotus rafinesquii macrotis<br />
Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus <strong>Virginia</strong> big-eared bat G3G4T2 S1 LE LE<br />
= Plecotus townsendii virginianus<br />
Erethizon dorsatum North American porcupine G5 S1<br />
Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus Carolina northern flying squirrel G5T2 S1 LE LE<br />
Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus <strong>Virginia</strong> northern flying squirrel G5T2 S1 LE* LE<br />
Lepus americanus Snowshoe hare G5 S1 LE<br />
Martes pennanti Fisher G5 S1<br />
Microtus chrotorrhinus carolinensis Southern rock vole G4T3 S1 LE<br />
Myotis austroriparius Southeastern myotis (bat) G3G4 S2<br />
Myotis grisescens Gray myotis (bat) G3 S1 LE LE<br />
Myotis leibii Eastern small-footed myotis (bat) G1G3 S2<br />
Myotis sodalis Indiana bat (= social myotis) G2 S1 LE LE<br />
Puma concolor couguar Eastern cougar (= mountain lion, puma) G5THQ SX LE LE<br />
= Felis concolor couguar<br />
Sciurus niger cinereus Delmarva fox squirrel G5T3 S1 LE LE<br />
Sorex longirostris fisheri Dismal Swamp southeastern shrew G5T4 S2 LT<br />
Sorex palustris punctulatus Southern water shrew G5T3 S1S2 LE<br />
*Delisted by the U.S. Fish <strong>and</strong> Wildlife Service in August 2008, but Endangered status was reinstated in June 2011 per court order.<br />
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