Endangered Species are in immediate danger due to many factors such as; diminished or changing habitats, over-exploitation, predation, disease, pesticide contamination or other disturbances in the environment.
Listed below is a list of endangered species by category, according to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
Birds
Bald Eagle
American Bittern
Peregrine Falcon
Northern Goshawk
Pied-billed Grebe
Northern Harrier
Red-shouldered Hawk
Short-eared Owl
Piping Plover**
Upland Sandpiper
Loggerhead Shrike
Black Skimmer
Henslow’s Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Least Tern**
Least Tern**
Roseate Tern
Sedge Wren
ReptilesTimber Rattlesnake
Corn Snake
Queen SnakeBog Turtle**
Queen SnakeBog Turtle**
Atlantic hawksbill**
Atlantic leatherback**
Atlantic loggerhead**
Atlantic Ridley**
AmphibiansBlue spotted salamander
Eastern tiger salamander
Southern gray treefrog
Invertebrates
American burying beetle**
Northeastern beach tiger**
Bronze copper
Brook floater (mussel)
Green gloater (mussel)
Mitchell’s Satyr (butterfly)**
Arogos Skipper (butterfly)
Appalachian grizzled Skipper (butterfly)
Dwarf Wedgemussel**
Mammals
Indiana Bat**
Bobcat
Black right Whale**
Blue Whale**
Fin Whale**
Humpback Whale**
Sei Whale **
Sperm Whale**
Woodrat Alleghen
FishShortnose Sturgeon**
(**Federally endangered, bold pictured)
Reference:(2008 , February 5). Division of Fish and Wildlife: New Jersey Threatened and Endangered Wildlife. Retrieved March 30, 2008, from New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Web site: http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/tandespp.htm
