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Priority Vulnerable Species in Pima County
Priority Vulnerable Species are species that are being considered and analyzed as potentially covered species under the multi-species habitat conservation plan. These species were chosen through a process of scientific review of over 100 species that are already listed as Threatened or Endangered or recognized by the federal government as imperiled, extirpated species, and a much larger number of species that are in decline, and potentially on the way toward ESA listing.

Priority Vulnerable Species are species that are being considered and analyzed as potentially covered species under the multi-species habitat conservation plan. These species were chosen through a process of scientific review of over 100 species that are already listed as Threatened or Endangered or recognized by the federal government as imperiled, extirpated species, and a much larger number of species that are in decline, and potentially on the way toward ESA listing.

Amphibians Lowland Leopard Frog - Rana yavapaiensis Birds Abert's Towhee - Pipilo aberti Bell's Vireo - Vireo bellii Burrowing Owl - Athene cunicularia Rufous-winged Sparrow - Aimophila carpalis Swainson's Hawk - Buteo swainsoni Fish Desert Sucker - Pantosteus clarki Longfin Dace - Agosia chrysogaster Sonora Sucker - Catostomus insignus Invertebrates Talus Snails - Sonorella species Arkenstone Cave Psuedoscorpion - Albiorix anophrhalmus Mammals Allen's big-eared bat - Idionycteris phyllotis Arizona Shrew - Sorex arizonae California leaf-nosed bat - Macrotus californicus Mexican Long-tongued Bat - Choeronycteris mexicana Merriam's Mesquite Mouse - Peromyscus merriami Pale Townsend's big-eared bat - Plecotus townsendii pallescens Southern Yellow Bat - Lasiurus ega Western Red Bat - Lasiuris borealis	Plants Gentry indigo bush - Dalea tentaculoides Needle-spined Pineapple Cactus - Echinomastus erectocentrus var. erectocentrus Tumamoc Globeberry - Tumamoca macdougalii Reptiles Desert Box Turtle - Terrapene ornata luteola Ground Snake - Sonora semiannulata Giant Spotted Whiptail Lizard - Cnemidophorus burti stictogrammus Mexican Garter Snake - Thamnophis eques Organ Pipe Shovel-nosed Snake - Chionactus palarostris Red-backed Whiptail Lizard - Cnemidophorus burti xanthonotus Tucson Shovel-nosed Snake - Chionactus occipitalis klaube

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Priority Vulnerable Species in Pima County