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    Status Codes:
    FE: Federal Endangered
    FT: Federal Threatened
    FC: Federal Candidate
    FCo: Federal Species of Concern
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    Mapping Criteria Codes:
    (listed in order of decreasing
    specificity)
    B: Breeding Location (Nest or Den)
    CR: Communal Roost
    RC,RLC,RSC: Regular (Large or
    Small) Concentration
    RI: Regular Individual
    IO: Individual Occurrence
    (If a less specific criterion is listed,
    then the more specific criteria are
    implied as well)

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    Species of Concern in Washington State
    Current through June 1, 2009

    COMMON NAME SCIENTIFIC NAME ANIMAL TYPE FEDERAL
    STATUS    		 STATE
    STATUS    		 MAPPING
    CRITERIA
    Cascade torrent salamander Rhyacotriton cascadae Amphibian none SC IO
    Columbia spotted frog Rana luteiventris Amphibian none SC IO
    Dunn's salamander Plethodon dunni Amphibian none SC IO
    Larch Mountain salamander Plethodon larselli Amphibian FCo SS IO
    Northern leopard frog Rana pipiens Amphibian FCo SE IO
    Oregon spotted frog Rana pretiosa Amphibian FC SE IO
    Rocky Mountain tailed frog Ascaphus montanus Amphibian FCo SC IO
    Van Dyke's salamander Plethodon vandykei Amphibian FCo SC IO
    Western toad Bufo boreas Amphibian FCo SC IO
    Giant Palouse earthworm Driloleirus americanus Annelid none SC IO
    Leschi's millipede Leschius mcallisteri Arthropod none SC IO
    American white pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Bird none SE B
    Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Bird FCo SS B
    Black-backed woodpecker Picoides arcticus Bird none SC B
    Brandt's cormorant Phalacrocorax penicillatus Bird none SC B
    Brown pelican Pelecanus occidentalis Bird FE SE RSC
    Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia Bird FCo SC B
    Cassin's auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus Bird FCo SC B
    Common murre Uria aalge Bird none SC B
    Common loon Gavia immer Bird none SS B
    Ferruginous hawk Buteo regalis Bird FCo ST B
    Flammulated owl Otus flammeolus Bird none SC B
    Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Bird none SC B
    Lewis' woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Bird none SC B
    Loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus Bird FCo SC B
    Marbled murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus Bird FT ST B
    Merlin Falco columbarius Bird none SC B
    Northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis Bird FCo SC B
    Oregon vesper sparrow Pooecetes gramineus affinis Bird FCo SC B
    Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus Bird FCo SS B
    Pileated woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Bird none SC B
    Purple martin Progne subis Bird none SC B
    Sage thrasher Oreoscoptes montanus Bird none SC B
    Sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus Bird FC ST B
    Sage sparrow Amphispiza belli Bird none SC B
    Sandhill crane Grus canadensis Bird none SE B
    Sharp-tailed grouse Tympanuchus phasianellus Bird FCo ST B
    Short-tailed albatross Diomedea albatrus Bird FE SC none
    Slender-billed white-breasted nuthatch Sitta carolinensis aculeata Bird FCo SC IO
    Snowy plover Charadrius alexandrinus Bird FT SE B
    Spotted owl Strix occidentalis Bird FT SE IO
    Streaked horned lark Eremophila alpestris strigata Bird FC SE B
    Tufted puffin Fratercula cirrhata Bird FCo SC RLC
    Upland sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Bird none SE B
    Vaux's swift Chaetura vauxi Bird none SC B
    Western grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Bird none SC B
    White-headed woodpecker Picoides albolarvatus Bird none SC B
    Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Bird FC SC B
    Chinquapin hairstreak Habrodais grunus herri Butterfly/Moth none SC IO
    Great arctic Oeneis nevadensis gigas Butterfly/Moth none SC IO
    Island marble Euchloe ausonides insulanus Butterfly/Moth FCo SC IO
    Johnson's hairstreak Mitoura johnsoni Butterfly/Moth none SC IO
    Juniper hairstreak Mitoura grynea barryi Butterfly/Moth none SC IO
    Makah (Queen Charlotte) Copper Lycaena mariposa charlottensis Butterfly/Moth FCo SC IO
    Mardon skipper Polites mardon Butterfly/Moth FC SE IO
    Oregon silverspot butterfly Speyeria zerene hippolyta Butterfly/Moth FT SE IO
    Puget blue Plebejus icarioides blackmorei Butterfly/Moth none SC IO
    Sand-verbena moth Copablepharon fuscum Butterfly/Moth none SC IO
    Shepard's parnassian Parnassius clodius shepardi Butterfly/Moth none SC IO
    Silver-bordered fritillary Boloria selene atrocostalis Butterfly/Moth none SC IO
    Taylor's checkerspot Euphydryas editha taylori Butterfly/Moth FC SE IO
    Valley silverspot Speyeria zerene bremnerii Butterfly/Moth FCo SC IO
    Yuma skipper Ochlodes yuma Butterfly/Moth none SC IO
    Black rockfish Sebastes melanops Fish none SC IO
    Bocaccio rockfish Sebastes paucispinis Fish none SC IO
    Brown rockfish Sebastes auriculatus Fish FCo SC IO
    Bull trout Salvelinus confluentus Fish FT SC none
    Canary rockfish Sebastes pinniger Fish none SC IO
    China rockfish Sebastes nebulosus Fish none SC IO
    Chinook salmon (Upper Columbia Sp) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Fish FE SC none
    Chinook salmon (Snake R. Sp/Su) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Fish FT SC none
    Chinook salmon (Puget Sound) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Fish FT SC none
    Chinook salmon (Snake R. Fall) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Fish FT SC none
    Chinook salmon (Lower Columbia) Oncorhynchus tshawytscha Fish FT SC none
    Chum salmon (Lower Columbia) Oncorhynchus keta Fish FT SC none
    Chum salmon (Hood Canal Su) Oncorhynchus keta Fish FT SC none
    Coastal cutthroat Oncorhynchus clarki clarki Fish FCo none none
    Coho salmon (Puget Sound) Oncorhynchus kisutch Fish FCo none none
    Coho salmon (Lower Columbia/SW WA) Oncorhynchus kisutch Fish FT none none
    Copper rockfish Sebastes caurinus Fish FCo SC IO
    Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus Fish none SC RC
    Greenstriped rockfish Sebastes elongatus Fish none SC IO
    Lake chub Couesius plumbeus Fish none SC IO
    Leopard dace Rhinichthys falcatus Fish none SC IO
    Margined sculpin Cottus marginatus Fish FCo SS IO
    Mountain sucker Catostomus platyrhynchus Fish none SC IO
    Olympic mudminnow Novumbra hubbsi Fish none SS IO
    Pacific cod Gadus macrocephalus Fish FCo SC IO
    Pacific hake Merluccius productus Fish FCo SC IO
    Pacific herring Clupea pallasi Fish FCo SC none
    Pygmy whitefish Prosopium coulteri Fish FCo SS IO
    Quillback rockfish Sebastes maliger Fish FCo SC IO
    Redstripe rockfish Sebastes proriger Fish none SC IO
    River lamprey Lampetra ayresi Fish FCo SC IO
    Sockeye salmon (Snake R.) Oncorhynchus nerka Fish FE SC none
    Sockeye salmon (Ozette Lake) Onchorhynchus nerka Fish FT SC none
    Steelhead (Puget Sound) Oncorhynchus mykiss Fish FT none none
    Steelhead (Upper Columbia) Oncorhynchus mykiss Fish FT SC none
    Steelhead (Snake River) Oncorhynchus mykiss Fish FT SC none
    Steelhead (Middle Columbia) Oncorhynchus mykiss Fish FT SC none
    Steelhead (Lower Columbia) Oncorhynchus mykiss Fish FT SC none
    Tiger rockfish Sebastes nigrocinctus Fish none SC IO
    Umatilla dace Rhinichthys umatilla Fish none SC IO
    Walleye pollock Theragra chalcogramma Fish FCo SC IO
    Widow rockfish Sebastes entomelas Fish none SC IO
    Yellowtail rockfish Sebastes flavidus Fish none SC IO
    Yelloweye rockfish Sebastes ruberrimus Fish none SC IO
    Black right whale Balaena glacialis Mammal FE SE IO
    Black-tailed jackrabbit Lepus californicus Mammal none SC IO
    Blue whale Baleonoptera musculus Mammal FE SE IO
    Columbian white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus leucurus Mammal FE SE IO
    Fin whale Baleonoptera physalus Mammal FE SE IO
    Fisher Martes pennanti Mammal FC SE IO
    Gray wolf Canis lupus Mammal FE SE IO
    Gray whale Eschrichtius robustus Mammal none SS IO
    Gray-tailed vole Microtus canicaudus Mammal none SC IO
    Grizzly bear Ursus arctos Mammal FT SE IO
    Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae Mammal FE SE IO
    Keen's myotis Myotis keenii Mammal none SC B
    Killer whale Orcinus orca Mammal FE SE IO
    Lynx Lynx canadensis Mammal FT ST IO
    Mazama (Western) pocket gopher Thomomys mazama Mammal FC ST IO
    Merriam's shrew Sorex merriami Mammal none SC IO
    Olympic marmot Marmota olympus Mammal none SC IO
    Pacific harbor porpoise Phocoena phocoena Mammal none SC RSC
    Preble's shrew Sorex preblei Mammal FCo SC IO
    Pygmy rabbit Brachylagus idahoensis Mammal FE SE IO
    Sea otter Enhydra lutris Mammal FCo SE B
    Sei whale Baleonoptera borealis Mammal FE SE IO
    Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus Mammal FE SE IO
    Steller sea lion Eumetopias jubatus Mammal FT ST RSC
    Townsend's ground squirrel Spermophilus townsendii Mammal FCo SC IO
    Townsend's big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii Mammal FCo SC B
    Washington ground squirrel Spermophilus washingtoni Mammal FC SC IO
    Western gray squirrel Sciurus griseus Mammal FCo ST IO
    White-tailed jackrabbit Lepus townsendii Mammal none SC IO
    Wolverine Gulo gulo Mammal FCo SC IO
    Woodland caribou Rangifer tarandus Mammal FE SE IO
    Blue-gray taildropper Prophysaon coeruleum Mollusk none SC IO
    California floater Anodonta californiensis Mollusk FCo SC IO
    Columbia oregonian Cryptomastix hendersoni Mollusk none SC IO
    Columbia pebblesnail Fluminicola columbiana Mollusk FCo SC IO
    Dalles sideband (snail) Monadenia fidelis Mollusk none SC none
    Giant Columbia River limpet Fisherola nuttalli Mollusk none SC IO
    Newcomb's littorine snail Algamorda subrotundata Mollusk FCo SC IO
    Northern abalone Haliotis kamtschatkana Mollusk FCo SC IO
    Olympia oyster Ostrea conchaphila Mollusk none SC none
    Poplar oregonian Cryptomastix populi Mollusk none SC IO
    Beller's ground beetle Agonum belleri Other Insect FCo SC IO
    Columbia clubtail (dragonfly) Gomphus lynnae Other Insect FCo SC IO
    Columbia River tiger beetle Cicindela columbica Other Insect none SC IO
    Hatch's click beetle Eanus hatchi Other Insect FCo SC IO
    Long-horned leaf beetle Donacia idola Other Insect none SC IO
    Mann's mollusk-eating ground beetle Scaphinotus manni Other Insect none SC IO
    Pacific clubtail Gomphus kurilis Other Insect none SC IO
    California mountain kingsnake Lampropeltis zonata Reptile none SC IO
    Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas Reptile FT ST IO
    Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea Reptile FE SE IO
    Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta Reptile FT ST IO
    Sagebrush lizard Sceloporus graciosus Reptile FCo SC IO
    Sharptail snake Contia tenuis Reptile FCo SC IO
    Striped whipsnake Masticophis taeniatus Reptile none SC IO
    Western pond turtle Actinemys marmorata Reptile FCo SE IO

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