

CREDIT: W. F. KUBICHEK 



WHOOPING CRANE 



Grus americana Linnaeus 



KINGDOM Animalia 



CLASS Aves 



ORDER Gruiformes 



FAMILY Gruidae 



OTHER COMMON 



NAMES Great white crane 



DATE 



Entered into SWIS to be determined 



Updates 18 July 1978, 25 September 1978. 



LEGAL STATUS 



Federal: Endangered (32 FR 4001, 11 March 

 1967; 35 FR 8491, 2 June 1970). 



States: Endangered: Colorado, Idaho, Mon- 



tana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas. 



