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Table 4.
Potential surrogate species for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency endangered species by county database and the schemes for which they were selectedCommon name | Big carnivores | Charismatic or demanded | Habitat generalist | Habitat specialist | High age at first reproduction | Keystone | Long-lived | Most data available | Most expensive to maintain | Most threatened | Most valuable real estate | Most widespread | Riparian | Multicategory tally |
Aster, Decurrent False | 1 | |||||||||||||
Bat, Gray | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Bat, Indiana | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Bear, Grizzly | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Bear, Louisiana Black | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Beetle, American Burying | 1 | |||||||||||||
Bush-Clover, Prairie | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Butterfly, Karner Blue | 1 | |||||||||||||
Clover, Running Buffalo | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Clubshell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Cougar, Eastern | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Crane, Whooping | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Eagle, Bald | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Falcon, Arctic Peregrine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Falcon, Northern Aplomado | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Falcon, Peregrine | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Fanshell | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Ferret, Black-Footed | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Goose, Aleutian Canada | ||||||||||||||
Jay, Florida Scrub | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Manatee, West Indian | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Milkweed, Mead’s | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Murrelet, Marbled | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Orchid, Eastern Prairie Fringed | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Orchid, Western Prairie Fringed | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Owl, Mexican Spotted | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Owl, Northern Spotted | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Pearlymussel, Higgins’ Eye | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Pearlymussel, Pink Mucket | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Pelican, Brown | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Pigtoe, Rough | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Plover, Piping | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Plover, Western Snowy | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Pocketbook, Fat | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Pogonia, Small Whorled | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Salmon, Chinook (Snake River Spring/Summer) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Salmon, Snake River Sockeye | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Snake, Eastern Indigo | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Snake, Northern Copperbelly Water | 1 | |||||||||||||
Spiraea, Virginia | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Stork, Wood | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Sturgeon, Gulf | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sturgeon, Pallid | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sturgeon, Shortnose | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Sucker, Razorback | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Tern, Interior Least | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Thistle, Pitcher’s | ||||||||||||||
Turtle, Green Sea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Turtle, Hawksbill Sea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Turtle, Kemp’s (Atlantic) Ridley Sea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Turtle, Leatherback Sea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Turtle, Loggerhead Sea | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Vireo, Black-Capped | ||||||||||||||
Warbler, Golden-Cheeked | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Wolf, Gray | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Woodpecker, Red-Cockaded | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Totals | 13 | 19 | 7 | 35 | 14 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 21 |