List of endangered species threatened by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill

Following is a list of endangered species threatened by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill based on a May 25, 2010 announcement that Defenders of Wildlife and Southern Environmental Law Center had served a notice of intent letter to BP for "unauthorized take of endangered species caused by the continuing oil spill and use of dispersants."

According to the Endangered Species Act "take" means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage in any such conduct."

Whales

• Blue whale
• Fin whale
• Sei whale
• Humpback whale
• Sperm whale

Turtles

• Green turtle
• Hawksbill turtle
• Leatherback turtle
• Kemp's ridley turtle
• Loggerhead turtle

Beach mice

• Peromyscus polionotus ammobates (Alabama beach mouse)
• Peromyscus polionotus allophrys (Choctawhatchee beach mouse)
• Peromyscus polionotus phasma (Anastasia Island beach mouse)
• Peromyscus polionotus peninsularis (St. Andrew beach mouse)
• Peromyscus polionotus niveiventris (Southeastern beach mouse)
• Peromyscus polionotus trissyllepsis (Perdido Key beach mouse)

Birds

• Piping Plover
• Roseate Tern
• Whooping Crane
• Mississippi Sandhill Crane
• Everglade Snail Kite
• Wood Stork
• Least Tern

Fish

• Gulf sturgeon
• Alabama sturgeon
• Pallid sturgeon
• Smalltooth sawfish

Coral

• Elkhorn coral
• Staghorn coral

Other

• Florida salt marsh vole
• West Indian manatee