Featured Species
South Dakota is one of the states where eastern and western species meet and overlap. Black-footed ferrets live on prairie dog towns. Many birds migrate along the Missouri River. The prairie grasslands are important to upland birds (i.e. prairie chickens and sharp-tailed grouse), pollinators (i.e. monarchs and regal fritillaries), and other species.
鈥� Download the current South Dakota Listed Species by County List.
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Listed Species Found in South Dakota:
Black-footed Ferret () - Endangered, Experimental
Northern Long-eared Bat () - Endangered
Gray Wolf 鈥� () - Endangered
Piping Plover () - Threatened
Whooping Crane () - Endangered
Rufa Red Knot () - Threatened
Eskimo Curlew () - Endangered
Pallid Sturgeon () - Endangered
Topeka Shiner () - Endangered
Western Prairie Fringed Orchid () - Threatened
Leedy's Roseroot () - Threatened
American Burying Beetle () - Threatened
Dakota Skipper () - Threatened
Poweshiek Skipperling () - Endangered
Rusty-patched Bumblebee () - Endangered
Scaleshell Mussel () * - Endangered
Higgins Eye Pearlymussel ) * - Endangered
Tricolored Bat () - Proposed Endangered
Western Regal Fritillary () - Proposed Threatened
Monarch Butterfly () - Proposed Threatened
Suckley鈥檚 Cuckoo Bumblebee () - Proposed Endangered
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Non-listed Species Information:
Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
Swift Fox (Vulpes velox)
Prairie Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus ssp. ocythous)
Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus)
Prairie Gray Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus ssp. ocythous)
Plains Spotted Skunk (Spilogale putorius interrupta)
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Mountain Plover (Charadrius montanus)
Black Hills American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
Interior Least Tern (Sterna antillarum)
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus ticolor)
Blanding鈥檚 Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)
Black Hills Mountainsnail (Oreohelix cooperi)
Yellow-banded Bumblebee (Bombus terricola)
American Bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus)
Western Bumblebee (Bombus occidentalis)
Variable Cuckoo Bumblebee (Bombus variabilis)
Southern Plains Bumblebee (Bombus fraternus)
Large Marbled Butterfly (Euchloe ausonides)
Iowa Skipper (Atrytone arogos iowa)
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* Shells of these species have been found, but no populations have been located.
Shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus) have been listed as threatened due to similarity of appearance to the endangered pallid sturgeon. This rule extends take prohibitions to shovelnose sturgeon, shovelnose-pallid sturgeon hybrids, and their roe when associated with a commercial fishing activity in areas where pallid sturgeon and shovelnose sturgeon commonly coexist. This designation of similarity of appearance does not extend any other protections of the Act, such as the requirements to designate critical habitat, the recovery planning provisions or consultation requirements for Federal agencies under section 7.