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Bookmark or Share- Northern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis) - WisconsinNorthern Long-eared Bat (Myotis septentrionalis), is listed as Federally Endangered and State Threatened. It is usually a dull or light brown color, with a gray underbelly. Habitat in the summer may include day roosts in tree hollows, crevices and under the bark of dead, dying, or live trees, in buildings, and in caves at night.
- Slender Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus) - WisconsinCounties with Mapped NHI Occurrences. Slender Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus attenuatus), listed as Endangered in Wisconsin, prefers sandy oak savannas, sand prairies, old fields with sandy soils, and woodland edges around and within all of these habitats. Glass lizards overwinter in burrows they create by forcing their bodies through lose sandy soils.
- Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata) - WisconsinOrnate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata), listed as Endangered in Wisconsin, prefers mesic prairies, dry-mesic prairies, sand prairies, oak savannas, and open to semi-open woodlands. They overwinter in deep sand and/or well drained soils in open canopy microhabitats supporting sparse vegetation and in areas of disturbed soils such as the edges of ...
- Protecting Wisconsin's rare animals | | Wisconsin DNRThe animals (both vertebrates and invertebrates) on Wisconsin's Natural Heritage Working List are species known or suspected to be rare in the state. It includes Species of Greatest Conservation Need that are legally designated as "endangered" or "threatened," as well as species in the advisory "special concern" category.
- Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta) - WisconsinCounties with Mapped NHI Occurrences. Wood Turtle (Glyptemys insculpta), a Threatened Species in Wisconsin, prefers rivers and streams with adjacent riparian wetlands and upland deciduous forests. This species often forages in open wet meadows or in shrub-carrs dominated by speckled alder. They overwinter in streams and rivers in deep holes or ...
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