Endangered, Threatened, and Special Concern Species in North Carolina

North Carolina lists numerous species under three categories:

Endangered

Includes Red Wolf, Atlantic Sturgeon, Eastern Indigo Snake, American Alligator, several sea turtles (Loggerhead, Green, Kemp's Ridley, Leatherback), Shortnose Sturgeon, Carolina Madtom, various mussels (Tar River Spinymussel, Dwarf Wedgemussel, Appalachian Elktoe, James Spinymussel, Yellow Lance, Rough Pigtoe, Littlewing Pearlymussel).

Threatened

Bald Eagle, Wood Stork, Piping Plover, Roseate Tern, Seabeach Amaranth, Schweinitz's Sunflower, Venus Flytrap, Eastern Hellbender, Eastern Cougar, Bobcat, River Otter, American Black Bear, Gray Wolf.

Special Concern

Many turtles (Box, Mud, Bog, Chicken, Map, Spotted, Wood, Alligator Snapping), snakes (Hog-nosed, Pine, Scarlet Kingsnake, Coral Snake, Diamondback Rattlesnake), fish (Spotted Bass, Redbreast Sunfish, Trout species, Sturgeon, Shad, Eel, Menhaden, Spot, Croaker, Weakfish, Striped Bass, Bluefish, Flounder, Halibut, Red Drum, Black Drum, Cobia, Tarpon, Snook, Triggerfish, Sergeant Major, Wrasse, Hogfish, Puddingwife, Groupers, Tunas, Billfish, Swordfish).