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Rare Animals of Louisiana's Coastal Zone Fact Sheets
| Scientific Name | Common Name | State Rank | Global Rank |
| INVERTEBRATES | |||
| Fallicambarus oryktes | Flatwoods Digger | S2S3 | G4 |
| Potamilus inflatus | Inflated Heelsplitter | S1 | G1G2Q |
| AMPHIBIANS | |||
| Pseudacris ornata | Ornate Chorus Frog | S1 | G5 |
| BIRDS | |||
| Accipiter cooperii | Cooper's Hawk | S2B,S3N | G5 |
| Aimophila aestivalis | Bachman's Sparrow |
S3 |
G3 |
| Asio flammeus | Short-eared Owl | S2S3N | G5 |
| Caracara cheriway | Crested Caracara | S1 | G5 |
| Charadrius alexandrinus | Snowy Plover | S1B,S2N | G4 |
| Charadrius melodus | Piping Plover | S2N | G3 |
| Charadrius wilsonia | Wilson's Plover | S1S3B,S3N | G5 |
| Columbina passerina | Common Ground Dove | S1B,S2N | G5 |
| Egretta rufescens | Reddish Egret | S2B,S2N | G4 |
| Elanoides forficatus | Swallow-tailed Kite | S1S2B | G5 |
| Falco peregrinus | Peregrine Falcon | S2N | G4 |
| Grus canadensis | Sandhill Crane | S1N | G5 |
| Haematopus palliatus | American Oystercatcher | S1 | G5 |
| Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Bald Eagle | S2N,S3B | G5 |
| Hydroprogne caspia | Caspian Tern | S1S2B,S3N | G5 |
| Onychoprion fuscatus | Sooty Tern | S1B | G5 |
| Pandion haliaetus | Osprey | S2B,S3N | G5 |
| Pelecanus occidentalis | Brown Pelican | S2 | G4 |
| Picoides borealis | Red-cockaded Woodpecker | S2 | G3 |
| Platalea ajaja | Roseate Spoonbill | S3 | G5 |
| Plegadis falcinellus | Glossy Ibis | S2 | G5 |
| Gelochelidon nilotica | Gull-billed Tern | S2B,S2S3N | G5 |
| REPTILES | |||
| Caretta caretta | Loggerhead Sea Turtle | S1 | G3 |
| Farancia erytrogramma | Rainbow Snake | S2 | G5 |
| Lampropeltis calligaster rhombomacula | Mole Kingsnake | S1S2 | G5T5 |
| Macroclemys temminckii | Alligator Snapping Turtle | S3 | G3G4 |
| Malaclemys terrapin | Diamondback Terrapin | S2 | G4 |
| Micrurus fulvius | Harlequin Coral Snake | S2 | G5 |
| Ophisaurus ventralis | Eastern Glass Lizard | S3 | G5 |
| Rhadinaea flavilata | Pine Woods Snake | S1 | G4 |
| Terrapene ornata | Ornate Box Turtle | S1 | G5 |
| FISH | |||
| Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi | Gulf Sturgeon | S1S2 | G3T2 |
| Polyodon spathula | Paddlefish | S3 | G4 |
| Scaphirhynchus albus | Pallid Sturgeon | S1 | G1 |
| MAMMALS | |||
| Canis rufus | Red Wolf | SX | G1Q |
| Eptesicus fuscus | Big Brown Bat | S1S2 | G5 |
| Mustela frenata | Long-tailed Weasel | S2S4 | G5 |
| Sorex longirostris | Southeastern Shrew | S2S3 | G5 |
| Spilogale putorius | Eastern Spotted Skunk | S1 | G5 |
| Trichechus manatus | Manatee | SZN | G2 |
| Ursus americanus luteolus | Louisiana Black Bear | S2 | G5T2 |
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