This is a list of species named endangered by the Missouri Department of Conservation, which are not necessarily on the U.S. Endangered Species List. It is not comprehensive.
Nicrophorus americanus, American burying beetle
Fusconaia ebena, ebonyshell mussel
Elliptio crassidens, elephant ear mussel
Lampsilis abrupta, pink mucket mussel
Leptodea leptodon, scaleshell mussel
Plethobasus cyphyus, sheepnose, or bullhead mussel
Epioblasma triquetra, snuffbox mussel
Nicrophorus americanus parents of both sexes care for young.
The pink mucket.
Snuffboxes are pending federal protection.
Aimophila aestivalis, Bachmann's sparrow
Tympanuchus cupido, greater prairie chicken
Sternula antillarum, least tern
Falco peregrinus, peregrine falcon, currently being reintroduced to the state in urban areas.
Emydoidea blandingii, Blanding's turtle
Sistrurus tergeminus tergeminus, the prairie Massasauga rattlesnake, a subspecies of the western Massasauga, which is a genus of poisonous rattlesnakes.
Deirochelys reticularia miaria, western chicken turtle
Kinosternon flavescens flavescens, yellow mud turtle
Nerodia cyclopion, Mississippi green watersnake