Abstract:
Fifteen species of wildlife are endangered in North Carolina. They are the bald eagle, Indiana bat, gray bat, brown pelican, ivory-billed woodpecker, Kirtland's warbler, mountain lion, spotfin chub, shortnose sturgeon, Atlantic leatherback turtle, American alligator, red-cockaded woodpecker, peregrine falcon, Bachman's warbler, and the Florida manatee. Wooten discusses how these species became endangered.