While all native wildlife species at Pinnacles National Monument are protected, some warrant special attention. In many cases they have been listed by other agencies as Endangered, Threatened, or Species of Special Concern. Species endemic to the Pinnacles area are also listed here because even though they may not currently be in trouble, much of their known range falls within our boundaries.
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Status |
| Insects | Pinnacles shield-back katydid | Idiostatus kathleenae | 3 |
| Pinnacles riffle beetle | Optioservus canus | 3 |
| Fish | Sacramento Perch | Archoplites interruptus | CSC*2 |
| Amphibians | Gabilan slender salamander | Batrachoseps gavilanensis | 3 |
| California tiger salamander | Ambystoma californiense | CSC*1 |
| Western spadefoot | Spea hammondii | CSC 2 |
| California red-legged frog | Rana aurora draytonii | FT |
| Foothill yellow-legged frog | Rana boylii | CSC*2 |
| Reptiles | Southwestern pond turtle | Clemmys marmorata pallida | CSC* |
| California horned lizard | Phrynosoma coronatum frontale | CSC |
| Silvery legless lizard | Anniella pulchra pulchra | CSC |
| San Joaquin coachwhip | Masticophis flagellum ruddocki | CSC |
| Two-striped garter snake | Thamnophis hammondii | CSC 2 |
| Birds | California condor | Gymnogyps californicus | SE/FE 2 |
| Cooper’s hawk | Accipiter cooperi | CSC |
| Sharp-shinned hawk | Accipiter straitus | CSC |
| Golden eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | CSC |
| White-tailed kite | Elanus leucurus | CSC |
| Prairie falcon | Falco mexicanus | CSC |
| Peregrine falcon | Falco peregrinus | 2 |
| Long-eared owl | Asio otus | CSC |
| Yellow-breasted chat | Icteria virens | CSC |
| Mammals | Pallid bat | Antrozous pallidus | CSC |
| Townsend’s big-eared bat | Corynorhinus t. townsendii | CSC* |
| Western mastiff bat | Eumops perotis californicus | CSC* |
| Big-eared kangaroo rat | Dipodomys elephantinus | CSC* |
| American badger | Taxidea taxus | CSC |
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