The list was conducted to help protect endangered plant, and animal species from extinction.
Here, we shall look at those species on the original list:
The original fourteen species of mammal on the list, were
- Indiana Bat - Myotis sodalis
- Delmarva Peninsula Fox Squirrel - Sciurus niger cinereus
- Timber Wolf - Canis lupus lycaon
- Red Wolf - Canis niger
- San Joaquin Kit Fox - Vulpes macrotis mutica
- Grizzly Bear - Ursus horribilis
- Black-footed Ferret - Mustela nigripes
- Florida Panther - Felis concolor coryi
- Caribbean Monk Seal - Monachus tropicalis
- Guadalupe Fur Seal - Arctocephalus philippi townsendi
- Florida Manatee or Florida Sea Cow - Trichechus manatus latirostris
- Key Deer - Odocoileus virginianus clavium
- Columbian White-tailed Deer - Odocoileus virginianus leucurus
- Sonoran Pronghorn - Antilocapra americana sonoriensis