''Faxonius jeffersoni'', the Louisville crayfish, is a species of
crayfish in the family
Cambaridae
The Cambaridae are the largest of the four families of freshwater crayfish, with over 400 Species. Most of the species in the family are native the United States east of the Great Divide and Mexico, but fewer range north to Canada, and south to ...
. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Kentucky
Kentucky ( , ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States and one of the states of the Upper South. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north; West Virginia and Virginia ...
.
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Cambaridae
Fauna of the United States
Endemic fauna of Kentucky
Freshwater crustaceans of North America
Crustaceans described in 1944
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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