Threatened and Endangered Species

Game, Fish and Parks is involved in many aspects of species recovery. The state’s endangered species law describes the responsibilities of state agencies for listing and recovering state threatened or endangered species. GFP also partners with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to help recover federal listed species found in the state.

Status Reviews were drafted by the Wildlife Diversity Program staff for all state threatened or endangered species to summarize what is known about the species in the state, to identify delisting or downlisting goals if current knowledge allows that step, and to list monitoring and research needs. These reviews will be revisited every two years.

South Dakota’s Wildlife Action Plan is focused on the needs of species identified as species of greatest conservation need, which include nearly all of South Dakota’s state and/or federal listed threatened or endangered species. 

If you plan to sample or collect any species listed as a state threatened or endangered species, you must request a state endangered species authorization.

Invertebrates:

Name	Scientific Name	Federal Status	State Status
American burying beetle	Nicrophorus americanus	LT
Scaleshell	Leptodea leptodon	LE
Higgins Eye	Lampsilis higginsii	LE
Dakota skipper	Hesperia dacotae	LT
Poweshiek skipperling	Oarisma poweshiek	LE

Fishes:

Name	Scientific Name	Federal Status	State Status
Banded killifish	Fundulus diaphanus		SE
Blacknose shiner	Notropis heterolepis		SE
Finescale dace	Chrosomus neogaeus		SE
Longnose sucker	Catostomus catostomus		ST
Northern pearl dace	Margariscus nachtriebi		ST
Northern redbelly dace	Chrosomus eos		ST
Pallid sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus albus	LE	SE
Shovelnose sturgeon	Scaphirhynchus platorynchus	LT
Sicklefin chub	Macrhybopsis meeki		SE
Sturgeon chub	Macrhybopsis gelida		ST
Topeka shiner	Notropis topeka	LE

Reptiles and Amphibians:

Name	Scientific Name	Federal Status	State Status
Eastern hognose snake	Heterodon platirhinos		ST
False map turtle	Graptemys pseudogeographica		ST
Lined snake	Tropidoclonion lineatum		SE

Birds:

Name	Scientific Name	Federal Status	State Status
American dipper	Cinclus mexicanus		ST
Eskimo curlew	Numenius borealis	LE	SE
Least tern	Sternula antillarum		SE
Osprey	Pandion haliaetus		ST
Peregrine falcon	Falco peregrinus		ST
Piping plover	Charadrius melodus	LT	ST
Whooping crane	Grus americana	LE	SE
Rufa Red Knot	Calidris canutus rufa	LT

Mammals:

Name	Scientific Name	Federal Status	State Status
Black-footed ferret	Mustela nigripes	LE	SE
Gray wolf	Canis lupus	LE (statewide)
Northern long-eared bat	Myotis septentrionalis	LE
Swift fox	Vulpes velox		ST

Plants:

Name	Scientific Name	Federal Status	State Status
Western prairie fringed orchid	Platanthera praeclara	LT
Leedy's Roseroot	Rhosiola integrifolia ssp. leedyi	LT

Key to Codes:

LE = Federal Endangered
LT = Federal Threateded
C = Federal Candidate
PE = Proposed Endangered
PT = Proposed Threatened
SE = State Endangered
ST = State Threatened