Delaware Endangered Species List Is Now Up To 86 Species
Delaware Endangered Species List Is Now Up To 86 Species It’s hard to believe that our little state of Delaware is home to a number of threatened and endangered plant…
A Delmarva Fox Squirrel eats a nut in Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Delaware Endangered Species List Is Now Up To 86 Species
It's hard to believe that our little state of Delaware is home to a number of threatened and endangered plant and animal species. Some of the best known of these are the Leatherback Sea Turtle, Mud Salamander, Sperm Whale, Atlantic Sturgeon, Bethany Beach Firefly and the Delmarva Fox Squirrel.
The Delmarva Fox Squirrel used to be common in the state. These squirrels were nationally listed as an endangered species, but removed in 2015. However, they do remain on Delaware's list. According to DNREC, the squirrel has been reintroduced into the first state in surrounding Delmarva arras in an effort to have them removed from Delaware's list of most endangered. The most recent release was last year, in 2022.
The First State now lists 86 species as endangered or threatened. The law provides regulations for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found. Title 7 of the Annotated Code of Delaware prohibits the importation, transportation, possession, or sale of any part of an endangered species of fish or wildlife.
Here are some of the most endangered species here in the first state. See the full list of all of Delaware's endangered species here.
Leatherback Turtle
Leatherback Turtle spawning
Broad-winged Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk (buteo platypterus) perched on a wooden post
American Kestrel
Kestrel Hunting
Short eared owl
Short eared owl in Washington
Upland Sandpiper
An upland sandpiper stands alert on a fence pole.
Forster’s terns
Forster’s terns perched on partially submerged log
Hooded Warbler
The Hooded Warbler is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America and across the eastern USA and into southernmost Canada,. It is migratory, wintering in Central America and the West Indies.
Plain-Bellied Water Snake
Snake in grass with pinecone
Little Brown Bat
Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) - face to viewer - green background
Sperm Whale
3D render depicting a sperm whale undersea.
Delmarva Fox Squirrel
A Delmarva Fox Squirrel eats a nut in Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
Young Humpback Whale In Blue Water
A baby humpback whale swims near the surface in blue water
Tree Frog
Green tree frog on a tree bark covered with lichen
Oystercatcher
American oystercatcher (Haematopodidae) (The oystercatchers) migrates off the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America
Black-crowned night heron looking
Black-crowned night heron, nycticorax nycticorax, looking in water in spring. Small white bird standing in river. Wild feathered animal waiting in swamp.
