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Endangered species, according to Michigan law, are in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of their range. As of February 2006, Michigan had 42 endangered species on its list.

Local animals that are endangered appear below.

	Short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) Barn owl (Tyto alba) 5 more birds are on the Michigan list, for a total of 8.
	Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) 3 more mammals are endangered in Michigan, for a total of 4.
	Small-mouthed salamander (Ambystoma texanum)
	Kirtland's snake (Clonophic kirtlandii) 1 other snake is endangered in Michigan, for a total of 2.
	8 fish are on the list of protected species in Michigan, but none of them are described in the Critter Catalog.
	There are no myriapods or crustaceans on the list of protected species in Michigan.
	9 mussels and 2 snails have "endangered" status in Michigan, but none of them are described in the Critter Catalog.
	2 beetles, 5 butterflies and moths, and 1 dragonfly are on the endangered list in Michigan, but none of them are described in the Critter Catalog.
	No arachnids are on the Michigan list of endangered species.

University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

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Citation: Dewey, T. A., G. S. Hammond, R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, and T. Jones. 2005. BioKIDS Critter Catalog (online). Accessed at http://www.biokids.umich.edu.
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