As of November 1, 2009, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service listed approximately 1,200 animals as endangered or threatened in North America.
Note: This list is intended only for species listed as endangered under the United States Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, not species listed as endangered by other countries or agencies such as the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Below is a partial list:
Mammals
Alouatta coibensis (Colba Island howler) Alouatta palliata (mantled howler) Alouatta pigra (Guatemalan black howler) Ammospermophilus nelsoni (San Joaquin antelope squirrel) Antilocapra americana peninsularis (Baja California pronghorn) Antilocapra americana sonoriensis (Sonoran pronghorn) Aplodontia rufa nigra (Mendocino County mountain beaver) Arctophoca townsendi (Guadalupe fur seal) Ateles fusciceps (black-headed spider monkey) Ateles geoffroyi (Geoffroy's spider monkey) Atopogale cubana (Cuban solenodon) Balaena mysticetus (bowhead whale) Balaenoptera borealis (sei whale) Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale) Balaenoptera physalus (fin whale) Bison bison athabascae (wood bison) Brachylagus idahoensis (Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit) Bradypus pygmaeus (pygmy three-toed sloth) Canis lupus baileyi (Mexican wolf) Canis lupus crassodon (Vancouver Island wolf) Canis lupus manningi (Baffin Island wolf) Canis lupus orion (Greenland wolf) Canis rufus (red wolf) Corynorhinus townsendii ingens (Ozark big-eared bat) Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus (Virginia big-eared bat) Cryptotis endersi (Enders's small-eared shrew) Cryptotis griseoventris (Guatemalan broad-clawed shrew) Cryptotis nelsoni (Nelson's small-eared shrew) Cynomys mexicanus (Mexican prairie dog) Cynomys parvidens (Utah prairie dog) Dasyprocta coibae (Coiban agouti) Dasyprocta ruatanica (Ruatan Island agouti) Delphinapterus leucas (Cook Inlet Beluga whale) Dipodomys heermanni morroensis (Morro Bay kangaroo rat) Dipodomys ingens (giant kangaroo rat) Dipodomys merriami parvus (San Bernardino Merriam's kangaroo rat) Dipodomys nitratoides (kangaroo rat) (vulnerable) Dipodomys stephensi (Stephens's kangaroo rat) Enhydra lutris nereis (southern sea otter) Eschrichtius robustus (gray whale) Eubalaena glacialis (North Atlantic right whale) Eubalaena japonica (North Pacific right whale) Hawaiian Islands, Alaska, Northeast Pacific Eumetopias jubatus (Steller sea lion) Western Distinct Population Segment only (Alaska) Eumops floridanus (Florida bonneted bat) Geocapromys brownii (Jamaican coney) Geomys tropicalis (tropical pocket gopher) Glaucomys sabrinus coloratus (Carolina northern flying squirrel) Lasiurus cinereus semotus (Hawaiian hoary bat) Herpailurus yagouaroundi cacomitli (Gulf Coast jaguarundi) Herpailurus yagouaroundi panamensis (Panamanian jaguarundi) Herpailurus yagouaroundi tolteca (Sinaloan jaguarundi) Leopardus pardalis (ocelot) Leopardus wiedii (margay) Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae (lesser long-nosed bat) Leptonycteris nivalis (Mexican long-nosed bat) Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (Lesser long-nosed bat) Lepus flavigularis (Tehuantepec jackrabbit) Lynx canadensis (Canada lynx) Lynx rufus escuinapae (Mexican bobcat) Marmota vancouverensis (Vancouver Island marmot) Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale) Mesocapromys angelcabrerai (Cabrera's hutia) Mesocapromys auritus (eared hutia) Mesocapromys nanus (dwarf hutia) Mesocapromys sanfelipensis (San Felipe hutia) Microtus californicus scirpensis (amargosa vole) Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis (Hualpai Mexican vole) Microtus oaxacensis (tarabundí vole) Microtus pennsylvanicus dukecampbelli (Florida salt marsh vole) Microtus umbrosus (zempoaltépec vole) Mustela nigripes (black-footed ferret) Myotis peninsularis (peninsular myotis) Myotis planiceps (flat-headed myotis) Myotis sodalis (Indiana bat) Mysateles garridoi (Garrido's hutia) Mysateles meridionalis (southern hutia) Nasua narica nelsoni (Cozumel Island coati) Neomonachus schauinslandi (Hawaiian monk seal) Neotoma floridana smalli (Key Largo woodrat) Neotoma fuscipes riparia (riparian woodrat) Odocoileus hemionus cerrosensis (Cedros Island mule deer) Odocoileus virginianus clavium (Key deer) Odocoileus virginianus leucurus (Columbian white-tailed deer) Oryzomys palustris natator (rice rat) Orcinus orca (orca) Orthogeomys lanius (big pocket gopher) Ovis canadensis californiana (California bighorn sheep) Ovis canadensis nelsoni (peninsular bighorn sheep) Ovis canadensis sierrae (Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep) Panthera onca (jaguar) Pappogeomys alcorni (Alcorn's pocket gopher) Perognathus longimembris pacificus (Pacific pocket mouse) Peromyscus gossypinus allapaticola (Key Largo cotton mouse) Phocoena sinus (vaquita) Physeter macrocephalus (sperm whale) Pla