Canadian Species at Risk May 2002

  1. Table of Contents
  2. About COSEWIC
  3. Summary Tables
  4. List 1
  5. List 2
  6. List 3
  7. Record of Status Re-Examinations
  8. List of Name Changes
  9. COSEWIC

Cover Illustration

Coho salmon - Line drawing by Drew Bodaly. Encyclopedia of Canadian Fishes. Canadian Museum of Nature and Canadian Sportfishing Productions Inc. (1995). The Coho Salmon (Interior Fraser population) was designated by COSEWIC as Endangered in May 2002.

This list can be cited as follows:
COSEWIC, 2002. Canadian Species at Risk, May 2002. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 34 pp.

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) determines the national status of wild species, subspecies, varieties, and nationally significant populations that are considered to be at risk in Canada. Designations are made on all native species for the following taxonomic groups: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, lepidopterans, molluscs, vascular plants, mosses, and lichens.

COSEWIC Membership

COSEWIC comprises representatives from each provincial and territorial government wildlife agency, four federal agencies (Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Federal Biosystematics Partnership, chaired by the Canadian Museum of Nature), three nonjurisdictional members and the co-chairs of the species specialist and the Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge Subcommittees. The committee meets to consider status reports on candidate species.

Definitions

Species Any indigenous species, subspecies, variety, or geographically defined population of wild fauna and flora.

Extinct (X) A species that no longer exists.

Extirpated (XT) A species no longer existing in the wild in Canada, but occurring elsewhere.

Endangered (E) A species facing imminent extirpation or extinction.

Threatened (T) A species likely to become endangered if limiting factors are not reversed.

Special Concern (SC)* A species of special concern because of characteristics that make it particularly sensitive to human activities or natural events.

Not at Risk (NAR)** A species that has been evaluated and found to be not at risk.

Data Deficient (DD)*** A species for which there is insufficient scientific information to support status designation.

* Formerly described as “Vulnerable” from 1990 to 1999, or “Rare” prior to 1990.
** Formerly described as “Not In Any Category”, or “No Designation Required.”
*** Formerly described as “Indeterminate” from 1994 to 1999 or “ISIBD” (insufficient scientific information on which to base a designation) prior to 1994.

Table 1. Summary of list 1: COSEWIC list of species at risk. Results include the May 2002 meeting.
CATEGORY /
STATUS
EXTINCT EXTIRPATED ENDANGERED THREATENED SPECIAL
CONCERN
TOTALS
Mammals 2 4 18 15 24 63
Birds 3 2 21 8 22 56
Reptiles 4 5 11 10 30
Amphibians 1 5 5 7 18
Fishes 5 2 11 20 36 74
Lepidopterans 3 4 2 2 11
Molluscs 1 1 7 1 1 11
Vascular
Plants
2 50 37 41 130
Mosses 2 1 3
Lichens 2 4 6
TOTALS 11 19 125 100 147 402
Table 2. Summary of list 2: COSEWIC list of species not at risk. Results include the May 2002 meeting.

CATEGORY /

STATUS

NOT AT

RISK

Mammals 46
Birds 35
Reptiles 4
Amphibians 12
Fishes 32
Lepidopterans
Molluscs 1
Vascular Plants 16
Mosses
Lichens
TOTALS 146
Table 3. Summary of list 3: COSEWIC list of data deficient species. Results include the May 2002 meeting.
CATEGORY /
STATUS
DATA
DEFICIENT
Mammals 8
Birds 2
Reptiles 2
Amphibians
Fishes 7
Lepidopterans
Molluscs 2
Vascular Plants 4
Mosses
Lichens
TOTALS 25
Table 4. May 2002 species by status and taxon.
CATEGORY /
STATUS
EXTINCT EXTIRPATED ENDANGERED THREATENED SPECIAL
CONCERN
NOT AT
RISK
DATA
DEFICIENT
TOTALS
Mammals 1 3 3 2 1 10
Birds 1 1 2
Reptiles 2 1 4 4 3 2 16
Amphibians 3 3
Fishes 1 1 1 1 4
Lepidopterans 1 1
Molluscs 0
Vascular Plants 1 4 2 7
Mosses 0
Lichens 1 1 2
TOTALS 0 3 9 12 13 5 3 45
Table 5. May 2002 species by status and type of change in status.
CATEGORY /
STATUS
CHANGE*
EXTINCT EXTIRPATED EXTIRPATED ENDANGERED THREATENED SPECIAL
CONCER
NOT AT
RISK
DATA
DEFICIENT
TOTALS
New 2 6 4 6 3 2 23
Uplisted (3) 1 4 1 6
Downlisted (4) 0
No Change (5) 1 2 4 6 1 14
Changed (0) 1 1
De-listed (6) 1 1
TOTALS 0 3 9 12 13 5 3 45

COSEWIC LISTS

The lists that follow are organized by status category and then by taxonomic group. An explanation of the symbols and abbreviations is provided below. For each species, the information provided includes the common name, scientific name, population name, and range of occurrence (by province/ territory/ ocean). The most recent date of examination by COSEWIC is shown, and symbols provide information on the outcome of status re-examinations (e.g., uplisting, downlisting) and the basis of re-examination for species evaluated against the new quantitative criteria. For birds, geographical occurrence includes the Canadian breeding and wintering distribution.

The first COSEWIC “Endangered Species List” was issued in 1978. In 1990, it was decided that all species considered by COSEWIC should be listed even if the species were “not at risk” or “data deficient.” Therefore, this document is divided into three separate lists. List 1 includes Species designated as Extinct, Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern. List 2 includes species examined and designated in the Not at Risk category. List 3 includes species examined and designated in the Data Deficient category because of insufficient scientific information. All three lists include the geographical occurrence and most recent date of examination.

Explanation of symbols

Re-assessments and new species

3 Species placed in a higher risk category (uplisted) after re-examination on the date shown.
4 Species placed in a lower risk category (downlisted) after re-examination on the date shown.
5 Species stays in the same risk category (no change) after re-examination on the date shown.
0 Species moved to the Not at Risk category from a risk category (de-listed) on the date shown.
6 Species moved to the Data Deficient Category from a risk category, or to a risk category from the Data Deficient Category (changed), on the date shown.
(no arrow) New species examined on the date shown.

Evaluation with COSEWIC’s new quantitative criteria

COSEWIC has recently begun using quantitative criteria to assess species’ risk of extinction.

These criteria were adapted from the criteria used by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and have been used by COSEWIC since October 1999.

1 or 1+ Species has been assessed with new quantitative criteria based on a new status report or an update status report. A plus sign (+) indicates the report has an addendum.
2 or 2+ Species re-assessed with new quantitative criteria using an existing status report. A plus sign (+) indicates the report has an addendum.

Geographical occurrence abbreviations

AB Alberta
BC British Columbia
MB Manitoba
NB New Brunswick
NF Newfoundland and Ladrador
NS Nova Scotia
NT Northwest Territories
NU Nunavut
ON Ontario
PE Prince Edward Island
QC Québec
SK Saskatchewan
YT Yukon Territory

Extinct Category (11)
Taxon/
Assessment
Details
Common Name Scientific
Name
Historical
Range of
Occurrence
Extinction
Date
Examination
Date
Mammals (2)
1, 5 Caribou Dawson's subspecies, Woodland Rangifer tarandus dawsoni BC 1920s May 2000
2, 5 Mink, Sea Mustela macrodon Atlantic coastal waters 1894 May 2000
Birds (3)
2, 5 Auk, Great Pinguinus impennis QC NB NS NF 1844 May 2000
2, 5 Duck, Labrador Camptorhynchus labradorius QC NB NS NF 1875 May 2000
2, 5 Pigeon, Passenger Ectopistes migratorius SK MB ON QC NB NS PE 1914 May 2000
Reptiles (0)
Amphibians (0)
Fishes (5)
2, 5 Cisco, Deepwater Coregonus johannae ON 1952 May 2000
2, 5 Dace, Banff Longnose Rhinichthys cataractae smithi AB 1986 May 2000
2, 5 Stickleback, Benthic Hadley Lake Gasterosteus sp. BC 1999 May 2000
2, 5 Stickleback, Limnetic Hadley Lake Gasterosteus sp. BC 1999 May 2000
2, 5 Walleye, Blue Stizostedion vitreum glaucum ON 1965 May 2000
Lepidopterans (0)
Molluscs (1)
2, 5 Limpet, Eelgrass Lottia alveus alveus QC NS NF 1929 May 2000
Plants (0)
Mosses (0)
Lichens (0)
Extirpated Category (19)
Taxon/
Assessment
Details
Common Name.gc.c Scientific
Name
Population
Name
Historical
Range of
Occurrence

Extirpation

Date

Examination

Date

Mammals (4)
1, 5 Bear, Grizzly Ursus arctos Prairie population AB SK MB 1880s May 2002
2, 5 Ferret, Black-footed Mustela nigripes AB SK MB 1974 May 2000
2, 5 Walrus, Atlantic Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus Northwest Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean mid 19th century May 2000
2, 5 Whale, Grey Eschrichtius robustus Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean before end of 1800s May 2000
Birds (2)
2, 5 Grouse, Sage Centrocercus urophasianus phaios British Columbia population BC not observed since 1960s May 2000
2, 5 Prairie-Chicken, Greater Tympanuchus cupido AB SK MB ON last reported in 1987 in SK May 2000
Reptiles (4)
2, 5 Lizard, Pygmy Shorthorned Phrynosoma douglassii
douglassii
British Columbia
population
BC last reported in 1898,
near Osoyoos, BC
May 2000
1 Rattlesnake, Timber Crotalus horridus ON 1941 May 2001
1 Snake, Pacific
Gopher
Pituophis catenifer
catenifer
BC not observed since
1957
May 2002
1 Turtle, Pacific Pond Clemmys marmorata BC not observed since
1959
May 2002
Amphibians (1)
1 Salamander, Tiger Ambystoma tigrinum Great Lakes
population
ON Not observed since
1915
Nov 2001
Fishes (2)
2, 5 Chub, Gravel Erimystax x-punctatus ON last reported in 1958,
Thames River
drainage
May 2000
2, 5 Paddlefish Polyodon spathula ON 1917 May 2000
Lepidopterans (3)
2, 5 Blue, Karner Lycaeides melissa
samuelis
ON 1991 May 2000
2, 5 Elfin, Frosted Callophrys [Incisalia] irus ON 1988 May 2000
2, 5 Marble, Island Euchloe ausonides BC before 1910 May 2000
Molluscs (1)
2, 5 Wedgemussel, Dwarf Alasmidonta heterodon NB 1968 May 2000
Plants (2)
2, 5

Spring blue-eyed

Mary

Collinsia verna ON not observed since
1954
May 2000
2, 5 Tick-trefoil, Illinois Desmodium illinoense ON not observed since
1888
May 2000
Mosses (0)
Lichens (0)

Endangered Category (125)
Taxon/
Assessment
Details
Common Name Scientific
Name
Population Name Range of
Occurrence
Assessment
Date
Mammals (18)
1 Badger jacksoni subspecies, American Taxidea taxus jacksoni ON May 2000
1 Badger jeffersonii subspecies, American Taxidea taxus jeffersonii BC May 2000
Caribou, Peary Rangifer tarandus pearyi Banks Island population NT Apr 1991
Caribou, Peary Rangifer tarandus pearyi High Arctic population NT NU Apr 1991
1, 5 Caribou, Woodland Rangifer tarandus caribou Atlantic-Gaspésie population QC May 2002
2, 5 Fox, Swift Vulpes velox AB SK May 2000
2+, 5 Marmot, Vancouver Island Marmota vancouverensis BC May 2000
2, 5 Marten, American Martes americana atrata Newfoundland population NF May 2000
Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Ungava Bay population

NU QC Arctic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

Apr 1988
5 Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas

St. Lawrence River

population

QC Apr 1997
Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas

Southeast Baffin Island-

Cumberland Sound

NU NF Arctic Ocean Apr 1990
1 Whale, Blue Balaenoptera musculus Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean May 2002
1 Whale, Blue Balaenoptera musculus Pacific population Pacific Ocean May 2002
Whale, Bowhead Balaena mysticetus Eastern Arctic population NU Arctic Ocean Apr 1980
Whale, Bowhead Balaena mysticetus Western Arctic population

YT NT NU Arctic

Ocean

Apr 1986
2+ Whale, Killer Orcinus orca Northeast Pacific southern
resident population
Pacific Ocean Nov 2001
5 Whale, Right Eubalaena glacialis Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Apr 1990
Wolverine Gulo gulo Eastern population QC NF Apr 1989
Birds (21)
Bobwhite, Northern Colinus virginianus ON Apr 1994
1, 3 Chat, Western Yellow breasted Icteria virens auricollis British Columbia population BC Nov 2000
1, 5 Crane, Whooping Grus americana NT AB Nov 2000
1, 5 Curlew, Eskimo Numenius borealis YT NT NU BC AB SK
MB ON QC NB NS PE
NF
May 2000
1, 5 Flycatcher, Acadian Empidonax virescens ON Nov 2000
2, 5 Grouse, Sage Centrocercus urophasianus
urophasianus
Prairie population AB SK May 2000
2, 5 Owl, Barn Tyto alba Eastern population ON QC May 2000
2, 5 Owl, Burrowing Athene cunicularia BC AB SK MB May 2000
2, 5 Owl, Northern Spotted Strix occidentalis caurina BC May 2000
1 Plover circumcinctus
subspecies, Piping
Charadrius melodus
circumcinctus
AB SK MB ON May 2001
1

Plover melodus subspecies,

Piping

Charadrius melodus melodus QC NB NS PE NF May 2001
1, 5 Plover, Mountain Charadrius montanus AB SK Nov 2000
1, 5 Rail, King Rallus elegans ON Nov 2000
1 Screech-owl macfarlanei subspecies, Western Otus kennicottii macfarlanei BC May 2002
1, 5 Shrike, Eastern Loggerhead Lanius ludovicianus migrans MB ON QC Nov 2000
1, 5 Sparrow, Henslow's Ammodramus henslowii ON Nov 2000
2, 5 Tern, Roseate Sterna dougallii QC NB NS Oct 1999
1, 5 Thrasher, Sage Oreoscoptes montanus BC AB SK Nov 2000
2, 5 Warbler, Kirtland's Dendroica kirtlandii ON May 2000
2, 5 Warbler, Prothonotary Protonotaria citrea ON May 2000
1, 3 Woodpecker, White-headed Picoides albolarvatus BC Nov 2000
Reptiles (5)
1, 5 Racer, Blue Coluber constrictor foxii ON May 2002
Snake, Lake Erie Water Nerodia sipedon insularum ON Apr 1991
1 Snake, Night Hypsiglena torquata BC May 2001
2, 5 Snake, Sharp-tailed Contia tenuis BC Oct 1999
1, 5 Turtle, Leatherback Dermochelys coriacea Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
May 2001
Amphibians (5)
1, 5 Frog, Northern Cricket Acris crepitans ON May 2001
2, 5 Frog, Northern Leopard Rana pipiens Southern Mountain population BC May 2000
1, 5 Frog, Oregon Spotted Rana pretiosa BC May 2000
1 Frog, Rocky Mountain Tailed Ascaphus montanus BC May 2000
1 Salamander, Tiger Ambystoma tigrinum Southern Mountain
population
BC Nov 2001
Fishes (11)
2, 5 Dace, Nooksack Rhinichthys sp BC May 2000
2, 3 Lamprey, Morrison Creek Lampetra richardsoni BC May 2000
1 Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Inner Bay of Fundy
populations
NB NS (rarely NF) Atlantic Ocean May 2001
1 Salmon, Coho Oncorhynchus kisutch Interior Fraser population BC May 2002
2, 3 Stickleback, Benthic Paxton
Lake
Gasterosteus sp. BC May 2000
2, 3 Stickleback, Benthic Vananda
Creek
Gasterosteus sp. BC May 2000
2, 3 Stickleback, Limnetic Paxton
Lake
Gasterosteus sp. BC May 2000
2, 3 Stickleback, Limnetic Vananda
Creek
Gasterosteus sp. BC May 2000
Sucker, Salish Catostomus sp. BC Apr 1986
1, 5 Trout, Aurora Salvelinus fontinalis
timagamiensis
ON May 2000
1, 5 Whitefish, Atlantic Coregonus huntsmani NS Nov 2000
Lepidopterans (4)
1 Blue, Island Plebejus saepiolus insulanus BC Nov 2000
1 Checkerspot, Taylor's Euphydryas editha taylori BC Nov 2000
1 Moth, Yucca* Tegeticula yuccasella AB May 2002
2, 5 Ringlet, Maritime Coenonympha tullia nipisiquit QC NB May 2000
Molluscs (7)
2, 5 Bean, Rayed Villosa fabalis ON May 2000
2, 5 Lampmussel, Wavy-rayed Lampsilis fasciola ON Oct 1999
1 Mussel, Mudpuppy Simpsonaias ambigua ON May 2001
2, 5 Physa, Hotwater Physella wrighti BC May 2000
2+, 5 Riffleshell, Northern Epioblasma torulosa rangiana ON May 2000
2, 3 Snail, Banff Springs Physella johnsoni AB May 2000
1 Snuffbox Epioblasma triquetra ON May 2001
Plants (50)
2+, 5 Agalinis, Gattinger's Agalinis gattingeri ON May 2001
2, 5 Agalinis, Skinner's Agalinis skinneriana ON May 2000
2, 5 Ammannia, Scarlet Ammannia robusta BC ON May 2001
2, 5 Avens, Eastern Mountain Geum peckii NS May 2000
2, 5 Balsamroot, Deltoid Balsamorhiza deltoidea BC May 2000
2, 5 Bluehearts Buchnera americana ON May 2000
2+, 5 Braya, Long's Braya longii NF May 2000
1 Bugbane, Tall Cimicifuga elata BC May 2001
1, 3 Bulrush, Bashful Trichophorum planifolium ON May 2000
2, 5 Bush-clover, Slender Lespedeza virginica ON May 2000
2, 5 Buttercup, Water-plantain

Ranunculus alismaefolius var.

alismaefolius

BC May 2000
2, 5 Cactus, Eastern Prickly Pear Opuntia humifusa ON May 2000
2, 5 Coreopsis, Pink Coreopsis rosea NS May 2000
2, 5 Cryptanthe, Tiny Cryptantha minima AB SK May 2000
2, 5 Fern, Southern Maidenhair Adiantum capillus-veneris BC May 2000
2, 5 Gentian, White Prairie Gentiana alba ON May 2001
2, 5 Ginseng, American Panax quinquefolius ON QC May 2000
2+, 3 Goat's-rue, Virginia Tephrosia virginiana ON May 2000
2, 5 Goldenrod, Showy

Solidago speciosa var.

rigidiuscula

ON May 2000
2, 5 Lady's-slipper, Small White Cypripedium candidum MB ON May 2000
2, 5 Lotus, Seaside Birds-foot Lotus formosissimus BC May 2000
2, 5 Lousewort, Furbish's Pedicularis furbishiae NB May 2000
2, 5 Lupine, Prairie Lupinus lepidus var. lepidus BC May 2000
2, 5 Milkwort, Pink Polygala incarnata ON May 2000
2, 5 Mountain-mint, Hoary Pycnanthemum incanum ON May 2000
2, 5 Mulberry, Red Morus rubra ON May 2000
1, 5 Orchid, Western Prairie
Fringed
Platanthera praeclara MB May 2000
2, 5 Owl-clover, Bearded Triphysaria versicolor ssp. BC May 2000
2+, 3 Paintbrush, Golden Castilleja levisecta BC May 2000
2, 5 Plantain, Heart-leaved Plantago cordata ON May 2000
2, 5 Pogonia, Large Whorled Isotria verticillata ON May 2000
2, 5 Pogonia, Nodding Triphora trianthophora ON May 2000
2, 5 Pogonia, Small Whorled Isotria medeoloides ON May 2000
1, 5 Quillwort, Engelmann's Isoëtes engelmannii ON May 2001
1 Sanicle, Bear's-foot Sanicula arctopoides BC May 2001
2, 3 Sedge, False Hop Carex lupuliformis ON QC May 2000
2, 5 Sedge, Juniper Carex juniperorum ON May 2000
1 Spike-rush, Horsetail Eleocharis equisetoides ON Nov 2000
1, 5 Sundew, Thread-leaved Drosera filiformis NS May 2001
2, 5 Thistle, Pitcher's Cirsium pitcheri ON May 2000
2, 5 Toothcup Rotala ramosior BC ON May 2000
2, 5 Tree, Cucumber Magnolia acuminata ON May 2000
2, 5 Trillium, Drooping Trillium flexipes ON May 2000
2+, 5 Twayblade, Purple Liparis liliifolia ON May 2001
1, 3 Violet, Bird's-foot Viola pedata ON May 2002
1, Willow, Barrens Salix jejuna NF May 2001
2, 5 Wintergreen, Spotted Chimaphila maculata ON QC May 2000
2+, 5 Wood-poppy Stylophorum diphyllum ON May 2000
2, 3 Woodsia, Blunt-lobed Woodsia obtusa ON QC May 2000
1 Woolly-heads, Tall Psilocarphus elatior Pacific population BC May 2001
Mosses (2)
1 Moss, Poor Pocket Fissidens pauperculus BC Nov 2001
2+, 3 Moss, Rigid Apple Bartramia stricta BC May 2000
Lichens (2)
1 Lichen, Boreal Felt Erioderma pedicellatum Atlantic population NB NS May 2002
2, 5 Seaside Centipede Heterodermia sitchensis BC May 2000

*The Yucca Moth (Tegeticula yuccasella) and Soapweed (Yucca glauca) have an obligate mutualistic relationship. Soapweed was designated Threatened in May 2000.

Threatened Category (100)
Taxon/
Assessment
Details
Common Name Scientific
Name
Population Name Range of
Occurrencemage/x-xbitm
Assessment
Date
Mammals (15)
1, 3 Bat, Pallid Antrozous pallidus BC May 2000
1, 5 Bison, Wood Bison bison athabascae YT NT BC AB May 2000
Caribou, Peary Rangifer tarandus pearyi Low Arctic population NT NU Apr 1991
1, 5 Caribou, Woodland Rangifer tarandus caribou Boreal population

NT BC AB SK MB

ON QC NF

May 2002
1, 5 Caribou, Woodland Rangifer tarandus caribou

Southern Mountain

population

BC AB May 2002
1, 3

Ermine haidarum

subspecies

Mustela erminea haidarum BC May 2001
1, 3 Fox, Grey Urocyon cinereoargenteus MB ON May 2002
Mole, Townsend's Scapanus townsendii BC Apr 1996
2, 5 Otter, Sea Enhydra lutris Pacific coasta lwaters May 2000
5 Porpoise, Harbour Phocoena phocoena

Northwest Atlantic

population

Atlantic Ocean Apr 1991
2+, 5 Shrew, Pacific Water Sorex bendirii BC May 2000
Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas

Eastern Hudson Bay

population

QC Arctic Ocean Apr 1988
Whale, Humpback Megaptera novaeangliae North Pacific population Pacific Ocean Apr 1985
2+ Whale, Killer Orcinus orca

Northeast Pacific northern

resident population

Pacific Ocean Nov 2001
2+, 3 Whale, Killer Orcinus orca

Northeast Pacific transient

population

Pacific Ocean Nov 2001
Birds (8)
2, 3 Bittern, Least Ixobrychus exilis MB ON QC NB Nov 2001
2, 5 Falcon, Anatum Peregrine Falco peregrinus anatum YT NT NU BC AB
SK MB ON QC NB NS NF
May 2000
1, 3 Goshawk, Queen Charlotte Accipiter gentilis laingi BC Nov 2000
2, 3 Gull, Ross's Rhodostethia rosea NT NU MB Nov 2001
1, 5 Murrelet, Marbled Brachyramphus marmoratus BC Nov 2000
2, 5 Pipit, Sprague's Anthus spragueii AB SK MB May 2000
1, 5 Shrike, Prairie Loggerhead Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides AB SK MB Apr 1986
Warbler, Hooded Wilsonia citrina ON Nov 2000
Reptiles (11)
2, 3 Gartersnake, Butler's Thamnophis butleri ON Nov 2001
Rattlesnake, Eastern Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus catenatus ON Apr 1991
1 Ribbonsnake, Northern Thamnophis sauritus Atlantic population NS May 2002
2, 5 Snake, Black Rat Elaphe obsoleta obsoleta ON May 2000
2, 5 Snake, Eastern Fox Elaphe vulpina gloydi ON May 2000
2, 3 Snake, Eastern Hog-nosed Heterodon platirhinos ON Nov 2001
1 Snake, Great Basin Gopher Pituophis catenifer deserticola BC May 2002
2, 5 Snake, Queen Regina septemvittata ON May 2000
1 Stinkpot Sternotherus odoratus ON QC May 2002
Turtle, Blanding's Emydoidea blandingii Nova Scotia population NS Apr 1993
1, 5 Turtle, Eastern Spiny Softshel Apalone spinifera ON QC May 2002
Amphibians (5)
2+, 3 Salamander, Allegheny Mountain Dusky Desmognathus ochrophaeus QC Nov 2001
1 Salamander, Jefferson Ambystoma jeffersonianum ON Nov 2000
1, 3 Salamander, Pacific Giant Dicamptodon tenebrosus BC Nov 2000
2, 3 Spadefoot, Great Basin Spea intermontana BC Nov 2001
2+, 5 Toad, Fowler's Bufo fowleri ON Nov 2000
Fishes (20)
2+, 3 Chubsucker, Lake Erimyzon sucetta ON Nov 2001
Cisco, Blackfin Coregonus nigripinnis ON Apr 1988
Cisco, Shortjaw Coregonus zenithicus NT AB SK MB ON Apr 1987
Cisco, Shortnose Coregonus reighardi ON Apr 1987
1, 5 Darter, Channel Percina copelandi ON QC May 2002
2, 5 Darter, Eastern Sand Ammocrypta pellucida ON QC Nov 2000
2, 3 Gar, Spotted Lepisosteus oculatus ON Nov 2000
2, 3 Lamprey, Cowichan Lake Lampetra macrostoma BC Nov 2000
2+, 3 Minnow, Western Silvery Hybognathus argyritis AB Nov 2001
Redhorse, Black Moxostoma duquesnei ON Apr 1988
Redhorse, Copper Moxostoma hubbsi QC Apr 1987
2, 3 Sculpin, Cultus Pygmy Cottus sp. BC Nov 2000
Sculpin, Deepwater Myoxocephalus thompsoni Great Lakes populations ON Apr 1987
1, 5 Sculpin, Shorthead Cottus confusus BC May 2001
2, 3 Shiner, Rosyface Notropis rubellus Manitoba population MB Nov 2001
2, 5 Smelt, Lake Utopia Dwarf Osmerus sp NB May 2000
Sticklebacks, Enos Lake Gasterosteus spp BC Apr 1988
Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis Lake Simcoe population ON Apr 1987
1 Wolffish, Northern Anarhichas denticulatus Arctic Ocean Atlantic
Ocean
May 2001
1 Wolffish, Spotted Anarhichas minor Arctic Ocean Atlantic
Ocean
May 2001
Lepidopterans (2)
1 Hairstreak, Behr's
(Columbia)
Satyrium behrii columbia BC Nov 2000
1 Skipper, Dun Euphyes vestris Western population BC Nov 2000
Molluscs (1)
2, 5 Abalone, Northern Haliotis kamtschatkana Pacific coastal
waters
May 2000
Plants (37)
1, 5 Aster, Anticosti Symphyotrichum anticostense QC NB May 2000
1, 3 Aster, Crooked-stem Symphyotrichum prenanthoides ON May 2002
1, 3 Aster, Western Silver leaved Symphyotrichum sericeum MB ON May 2000
Aster, White Wood Eurybia divaricata ON QC Apr 1995
2+, 5 Aster, White-top Sericocarpus rigidus BC May 2000
1, 3 Blazing Star, Dense Liatris spicata ON May 2001
1, 5 Blue-flag, Western Iris missouriensis AB May 2000
2+, 5 Braya, Fernald's Braya fernaldii NF May 2000
2, 3 Buffalograss Buchloë dactyloides SK MB Nov 2001
Chestnut, American Castanea dentata ON Apr 1987
1, 5 Coffee-tree, Kentucky Gymnocladus dioicus ON Nov 2000
1, 5 Colicroot Aletris farinosa ON Nov 2000
1 Corydalis, Scouler's Corydalis scouleri BC May 2001
1 Daisy, Lakeside Hymenoxys herbacea ON May 2002
1, 5 Deerberry Vaccinium stamineum ON Nov 2000
2, 5 Gentian, Plymouth Sabatia kennedyana NS May 2000
2, 5 Golden Crest Lophiola aurea NS May 2000
1, 5 Goldenseal Hydrastis canadensis ON May 2000
2+, 5 Greenbrier, Round-leaved Smilax rotundifolia Great Lakes Plains population ON May 2001
1, 3 Hyacinth, Wild Camassia scilloides ON May 2002
Jacob's Ladder, van Brunt's Polemonium van-bruntiae QC Apr 1994
1 Lily, Lyall's Mariposa Calochortus lyallii BC May 2001
Lipocarpha, Small-flowered Lipocarpha micrantha BC ON QC Apr 1992
2, 5 Mosquito-fern, Mexican Azolla mexicana BC May 2000
1+, 4 Mouse-ear-cress, Slender Halimolobos virgata AB SK May 2000
1, 3 Orchid, Phantom Cephalanthera austiniae BC May 2000
2+, 5 Prairie-clover, Hairy Dalea villosa var. villosa SK MB May 2000
2, 5 Redroot Lachnanthes caroliana NS May 2000
1, 3 Rose, Climbing Prairie Rosa setigera ON May 2002
Sand-verbena, Small flowered Tripterocalyx micanthus AB SK Apr 1992
1 Sanicle, Purple Sanicula bipinnatifida BC May 2001
1, 3 Soapweed* Yucca glauca AB May 2000
Spiderwort, Western Tradescantia occidentalis AB MB Apr 1992
1 Spike-rush, Tubercled Eleocharis tuberculosa NS May 2000
2, 5 Violet, Yellow Montane Viola praemorsa ssp. praemorsa BC May 2000
2, 5 Water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata NS May 2000
1, 5 Water-willow, American Justicia americana ON QC May 2000
Mosses (1)
1 Moss, Haller's Apple Bartramia halleriana BC AB Nov 2001
Lichens (0)

*Soapweed (Yucca glauca) and Yucca Moth (Tegeticula yuccasella) have an obligate mutualistic relationship. Yucca Moth was designated Endangered in May 2002.

Special Concern Category (147)
Taxon/
Assessment
Details
Common Name Scientific
Name
Population Name Range of
Occurrence
Assessment
Date
Mammals (24)
Bat, Fringed Myotis thysanodes BC Apr 1988
Bat, Keen's Long-eared Myotis keenii BC Apr 1988
Bat, Spotted Euderma maculatum BC Apr 1988
1, 5 Bear, Grizzly Ursus arctos YT NT NU BC AB May 2002
5 Bear, Polar Ursus maritimus YT NT NU MB ON QC
NF
Apr 1999
2, 5 Beaver, Mountain Aplodontia rufa BC Nov 2001
1, 3 Caribou, Woodland Rangifer tarandus caribou Northern Mountain
population
YT NT BC May 2002
Cottontail, Nuttall's Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii British Columbia population BC Apr 1994
Kangaroo Rat, Ord's Dipodomys ordii AB SK Apr 1995
2, 5 Mole, Eastern Scalopus aquaticus ON Nov 2000
Mouse, Western Harvest Reithrodontomys megalotis
megalotis
British Columbia population BC Apr 1994
2, 5 Prairie Dog, Black-tailed Cynomys ludovicianus SK Nov 2000
Seal, Harbour Phoca vitulina mellonae Lac des Loups Marins QC Apr 1996
Shrew, Gaspé Sorex gaspensis QC NB NS Apr 1988
Squirrel, Southern Flying Glaucomys volans ON QC NS Apr 1988
2, 5 Vole, Woodland Microtus pinetorum ON QC Nov 2001
Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Eastern High Arctic / Baffin
Bay population
NU Arctic Ocean Apr 1992
Whale, Fin Balaenoptera physalus Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Apr 1987
Whale, Humpback Megaptera novaeangliae Western North Atlantic
population
Atlantic Ocean Apr 1985
2+ Whale, Killer Orcinus orca Northeast Pacific offshore
population
Pacific Ocean Nov 2001
Whale, Northern Bottlenose Hyperoodon ampullatus Gully population Atlantic Ocean Apr 1996
Whale, Sowerby's Beaked Mesoplodon bidens Atlantic Ocean Apr 1989
1, 0 Wolf, Eastern Canis lupus lycaon ON QC May 2001
Wolverine Gulo gulo Western population YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON Apr 1989
Birds (22)
1, 5 Chat, Eastern Yellow breasted Icteria virens virens ON Nov 2000
Curlew, Long-billed Numenius americanus BC AB SK Apr 1992
1, 4 Duck, Harlequin Histrionicus histrionicus Eastern population NU QC NB NS NF May 2001
2, 5 Falcon, Peale's Peregrine Falco peregrinus pealei BC Nov 2001
4 Falcon, Tundra Peregrine Falco peregrinus tundrius YT NT NU QC NF Apr 1992
1 Goldeneye, Barrow's Bucephala islandica Eastern population QC NB NS PE NF Nov 2000
2, 5 Gull, Ivory Pagophila eburnea YT NT NU NF Nov 2001
4 Hawk, Ferruginous Buteo regalis AB SK MB Apr 1995
5 Hawk, Red-shouldered Buteo lineatus ON QC NB Apr 1996
Heron, Pacific Great Blue Ardea herodias fannini BC Apr 1997
Murrelet, Ancient Synthliboramphus antiquus BC Apr 1993
2, 5 Owl, Barn Tyto alba Western population BC Nov 2001
2, 5 Owl, Flammulated Otus flammeolus BC Nov 2001
Owl, Short-eared Asio flammeus YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS
PE NF
Apr 1994
2, 5 Rail, Yellow Coturnicops noveboracensis NT BC AB SK MB ON
QC NB
Nov 2001
1 Screech-owl kennicottii subspecies, Western Otus kennicottii kennicottii BC May 2002
1, 5 Sparrow, "Ipswich" Savannah Passerculus sandwichensis
princeps
NS May 2000
Thrush, Bicknell's Catharus bicknelli QC NB NS Apr 1999
Warbler, Cerulean Dendroica cerulea ON QC Apr 1993
5 Waterthrush, Louisiana Seiurus motacilla ON QC Apr 1996
2, 5 Woodpecker, Lewis's Melanerpes lewis BC Nov 2001
Woodpecker, Red-headed Melanerpes erythrocephalus SK MB ON QC Apr 1996
Reptiles (10)
Lizard, Eastern Short-horned Phrynosoma douglassii
brevirostre
AB SK Apr 1992
1 Milksnake, Eastern Lampropeltis triangulum ON QC May 2002
Racer, Eastern Yellow-bellied Coluber constrictor flaviventris SK Apr 1991
1 Ribbonsnake, Northern Thamnophis sauritus Great Lakes population ON May 2002
Skink, Five-lined Eumeces fasciatus ON Apr 1998
Skink, Northern Prairie Eumeces septentrionalis septentrionalis MB Apr 1989
1 Skink, Western Eumeces skiltonianus BC May 2002
1 Turtle, Northern Map Graptemys geographica ON QC May 2002
Turtle, Spotted Clemmys guttata ON QC Apr 1991
Turtle, Wood Clemmys insculpta ON QC NB NS Apr 1996
Amphibians (7)
1 Frog, Coast Tailed Ascaphus truei BC May 2000
Frog, Northern Leopard Rana pipiens Prairie population NT AB SK MB Apr 1998
2, 5 Frog, Northern Red-legged Rana aurora BC May 2002
2+, 5 Salamander, Coeur d'Alène Plethodon idahoensis BC Nov 2001
Salamander, Smallmouth Ambystoma texanum ON Apr 1991
2, 5 Salamander, Spring Gyrinophilus porphyriticus ON QC May 2002
2, 5 Toad, Great Plains Bufo cognatus AB SK MB May 2002
Fishes (36)
Buffalo, Bigmouth Ictiobus cyprinellus SK MB ON Apr 1989
Buffalo, Black Ictiobus niger ON Apr 1989
1, 5 Chub, Silver Macrhybopsis storeriana MB ON May 2001
Cisco, Spring Coregonus sp. QC Apr 1992
Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Atlantic Ocean Apr 1998
Dace, Redside Clinostomus elongatus ON Apr 1987
Dace, Speckled Rhinichthys osculus BC Apr 1980
Dace, Umatilla Rhinichthys umatilla BC Apr 1988
Darter, Greenside Etheostoma blennioides ON Apr 1990
Killifish, Banded Fundulus diaphanus Newfoundland population NF Apr 1989
Kiyi Coregonus kiyi ON Apr 1988
Lamprey, Chestnut Ichthyomyzon castaneus SK MB Apr 1991
Lamprey, Northern Brook Ichthyomyzon fossor MB ON QC Apr 1991
0 Madtom, Northern Noturus stigmosus ON Apr 1998
1, 5 Minnow, Pugnose Opsopoeodus emiliae ON May 2000
Prickleback, Pighead Acantholumpenus mackayi Arctic Ocean Apr 1989
5 Redhorse, River Moxostoma carinatum ON QC Apr 1987
1 Sculpin, Columbia Mottled Cottus bairdi hubbsi BC May 2000
Sculpin, Fourhorn Myoxocephalus quadricornis Freshwater form NT NU Apr 1989
Shiner, Bigmouth Notropis dorsalis MB Apr 1985
2+, 5 Shiner, Bridle Notropis bifrenatus ON QC Nov 2001
Shiner, Pugnose Notropis anogenus ON Apr 1985
5 Shiner, Silver Notropis photogenis ON Apr 1987
Stickleback, Giant Gasterosteus sp. BC Apr 1980
Sticklebacks, Charlotte Unarmoured Gasterosteus sp. BC Apr 1983
Sturgeon, Green Acipenser medirostris BC Apr 1987
Sturgeon, Shortnose Acipenser brevirostrum NB Apr 1980
Sturgeon, White Acipenser transmontanus BC Apr 1990
2+, 5 Sucker, Spotted Minytrema melanops ON Nov 2001
Sunfish, Orangespotted Lepomis humilis ON Apr 1989
Sunfish, Redbreast Lepomis auritus NB Apr 1989
1, 5 Topminnow, Blackstripe Fundulus notatus ON May 2001
2+, 5 Warmouth Lepomis gulosus ON Nov 2001
Whitefish, Squanga Coregonus sp. YT Apr 1987
1 Wolffish, Atlantic Anarhichas lupus North Atlantic Ocean Nov 2000
Wolffish, Bering Anarhichas orientalis Arctic Ocean Apr 1989
Lepidopterans (2)
2, 5 Monarch Danaus plexippus BC AB SK MB ON
QC NB NS PE
Nov 2001
1 Weidemeyer's Admiral Limenitis weidemeyerii AB May 2000
Molluscs (1)
1 Oyster, Olympia Ostrea conchaphila BC Nov 2000
Plants (41)
1, 4 Ash, Blue Fraxinus quadrangulata ON Nov 2000
Aster, Bathurst Symphyotrichum subulatum NB Apr 1992
Aster, Gulf of St. Lawrence Symphyotrichum laurentianum QC NB PE Apr 1989
Aster, Willow Symphyotrichum praealtum ON Apr 1999
Bartonia, Branched Bartonia paniculata ssp. paniculata ON Apr 1992
1 Beggarticks, Vancouver
Island
Bidens amplissima BC Nov 2001
Bulrush, Long's Scirpus longii NS Apr 1994
Columbo, American Frasera caroliniensis ON Apr 1993
1 Fern, American Hart's-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum ON Nov 2000
Fern, Broad Beech Phegopteris hexagonoptera ON QC Apr 1983
2, 5 Fern, Coastal Wood Dryopteris arguta BC Nov 2001
Fleabane, Provancher's Erigeron philadelphicus ssp.
provancheri
QC Apr 1992
Gentian, Victorin's Gentianopsis victorinii QC Apr 1987
1 Goldenrod, Riddell's Solidago riddellii MB ON Nov 2000
Goosefoot, Smooth Chenopodium subglabrum AB SK MB Apr 1992
Green Dragon Arisaema dracontium ON QC Apr 1984
Hackberry, Dwarf Celtis tenuifolia ON Apr 1985
2, 5 Hairgrass, Mackenzie Deschampsia mackenzieana SK Nov 2001
4 Helleborine, Giant Epipactis gigantea BC Apr 1998
2, 5 Hop-tree, Common Ptelea trifoliata ON QC Apr 1984
Indian-plantain, Tuberous Arnoglossum plantagineum ON May 2002
Lilaeopsis, Eastern Lilaeopsis chinensis NS Apr 1987
Locoweed, Hare-footed Oxytropis lagopus AB Apr 1995
Meadowfoam, Macoun's Limnanthes macounii BC Apr 1988
2, 5 Milk-vetch, Fernald's Astragalus robbinsii var. fernaldii QC NF Nov 2001
5 Oak, Shumard Quercus shumardii ON Apr 1999
Orchid, Eastern Prairie
Fringed
Platanthera leucophaea ON Apr 1986
2+, 4 Pepperbush, Sweet Clethra alnifolia NS May 2001
Pondweed, Hill's Potamogeton hillii ON Apr 1986
Quillwort, Bolander's Isoëtes bolanderi AB Apr 1995
Rose-mallow, Swamp Hibiscus moscheutos ON Apr 1987
Rue-anemone, False Enemion biternatum ON Apr 1990
Rush, New Jersey Juncus caesariensis NS Apr 1992
1 Tansy, Floccose Tanacetum huronense var.
floccosum
SK May 2000
2, 5 Thrift, Athabasca Armeria maritima ssp. interior SK May 2002
Water-hemlock, Victorin's Cicuta maculata var. victorinii QC Apr 1987
1 Willow, Felt-leaf Salix silicicola NU SK May 2000
1 Willow, Sand-dune
Short-capsuled
Salix brachycarpa var. psammophila SK May 2000
1 Willow, Turnor's Salix turnorii SK May 2000
1 Woolly-heads, Tall Psilocarphus elatior AB SK May 2001
1 Yarrow, Large-headed Woolly Achillea millefolium var.
megacephalum
Prairie population SK May 2000
Mosses (0)
Lichens (4)
Cryptic Paw Nephroma occultum BC Apr 1995
1 Lichen, Boreal Felt Erioderma pedicellatum Boreal population NF May 2002
Oldgrowth Specklebelly Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis BC Apr 1996
Seaside Bone Hypogymnia heterophylla BC Apr 1996

3 Species placed in a higher risk category (uplisted) after re-examination on the date shown.
4 Species placed in a lower risk category (downlisted) after re-examination on the date shown.
5 Species stays in the same risk category (no change) after re-examination on the date shown.
0 Species moved to the Not at Risk category from a risk category (de-listed) on the date shown.
6 Species moved to the Data Deficient Category from a risk category, or to a risk category from the Data Deficient Category (changed), on the date shown.
(no arrow) New species examined on the date shown.

COSEWIC has recently begun using quantitative criteria to assess species’ risk of extinction.

These criteria were adapted from the criteria used by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) and have been used by COSEWIC since October 1999.

1 or 1+ Species has been assessed with new quantitative criteria based on a new status report or an update status report. A plus sign (+) indicates the report has an addendum.
2 or 2+ Species re-assessed with new quantitative criteria using an existing status report. A plus sign (+) indicates the report has an addendum.

Species examined and designated in the NOT AT RISK category with geographical occurrence and date of last examination (by province / territory / ocean) (146 species).
Taxon/
Assessment
Details
Common Name Scientific
Name
Population Name Historical Range of Occurrence Examination Date
Mammals (46)
1 Badger taxus subspecies, American Taxidae taxus taxus AB SK MB May 2000
5 Bear, American Black Ursus americanus YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS NF Apr 1999
1, 5 Caribou, Woodland Rangifer tarandus caribou Newfoundland population NF May 2002
5 Cottontail, Nuttall's Sylvilagus nuttallii pinetis Prairie population AB SK Apr 1994
Dolphin, Atlantic White-sided Lagenorhynchus acutus Atlantic Ocean Apr 1991
Dolphin, Bottlenose Tursiops truncatus Atlantic Ocean Apr 1993
Dolphin, Common Delphinus delphis Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Apr 1991
Dolphin, Northern Right Whale Lissodelphis borealis Pacific Ocean Apr 1990
Dolphin, Pacific White-sided Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Pacific Ocean Apr 1990
Dolphin, Risso's Grampus griseus Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Apr 1990
Dolphin, Striped Stenella coeruleoalba Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Apr 1993
Dolphin, White-beaked Lagenorhynchus albirostris North Atlantic Ocean Apr 1998
6 Gopher, Plains Pocket Geomys bursarius MB Apr 1998
1, 5 Lynx, Canada Lynx canadensis YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS NF May 2001
5 Narwhal Monodon monceros Arctic Ocean Apr 1987
Porpoise, Dall's Phocoenoides dalli Pacific Ocean Apr 1989
Sea Lion, California Zalophus californianus Pacific coastal waters Apr 1987
Sea Lion, Steller Eumetopias jubatus Pacific coastal waters Apr 1987
Seal, Bearded Erignathus barbatus Arctic and Atlantic coastal waters Apr 1994
Seal, Grey Halichoerus grypus Atlantic coastal waters Apr 1999
Seal, Harbour Phoca vitulina richardsi Pacific coastal waters Apr 1999
Seal, Hooded Cystophora cristata Atlantic coastal waters Apr 1986
Seal, Northern Elephant Mirounga angustirostris Pacific coastal waters Apr 1986
Seal, Northern Fur Callorhinus ursinus Pacific coastal waters Apr 1996
Seal, Ringed Phoca hispida Arctic and Atlantic coastal waters Apr 1989
Squirrel, Cascade Mantled Ground Spermophilus saturatus BC Apr 1992
Squirrel, Fox Sciurus niger MB ON Apr 1979
Walrus, Atlantic Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus Arctic Ocean Apr 1987
6 Weasel, Long-tailed Mustela frenata longicauda AB SK MB Apr 1993
Whale, Baird's Beaked Berardius bairdii Pacific Ocean Apr 1992
Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Arctic Ocean population Apr 1993
Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Arctic Ocean Apr 1985
Whale, Blainville's Beaked Mesoplodon densirostris Atlantic Ocean Apr 1989
Whale, Cuvier's Beaked Ziphius cavirostris Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Apr 1990
Whale, False Killer Pseudorca crassidens Pacific Ocean Apr 1990
Whale, Grey Eschrichtius robustus Northeast Pacific
population
Pacific Ocean Apr 1987
Whale, Hubb's Beaked Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Pacific Ocean Apr 1989
Whale, Long-finned Pilot Globicephala melas Atlantic Ocean Apr 1994
Whale, Northern Bottlenose Hyperoodon ampullatus Atlantic Ocean Apr 1993
Whale, Pygmy Sperm Kogia breviceps Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Apr 1994
Whale, Short-finned Pilot Globicephala macrorhynchus Pacific Ocean Apr 1993
Whale, Sperm Physeter macrocephalus Atlantic Ocean Pacific Ocean Apr 1996
Whale, Stejneger's Beaked Mesoplodon stejneri Pacific Ocean Apr 1989
Whale, True's Beaked Mesoplodon mirus Atlantic Ocean Apr 1989
Wolf, Northern Grey Canis lupus occidentalis YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON
QC NF
Apr 1999
Wolf, Southern Grey Canis lupus nubilus BC Apr 1999
Birds (35)
6 Bluebird, Eastern Sialia sialis AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE Apr 1996
1, 5 Chat, Western Yellow-breasted Icteria virens auricollis Prairie population AB SK Nov 2000
Coot, American Fulica americana YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON Apr 1991
Cormorant, Double-crested Phalocrocorax auritus YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NF Apr 1978
Crane, Greater Sandhill Grus canadensis tabida BC MB ON Apr 1979
Eagle, Bald Haliaeetus leucocephalus YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NF Apr 1984
5 Eagle, Golden Aquila chrysaetos YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON
QC NF
Apr 1996
5 Falcon, Prairie Falco mexicanus BC AB SK Apr 1996
Flycatcher, Grey Empidonax wrightii BC Apr 1992
Goshawk, Northern Accipiter gentilis atricapillus YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NF Apr 1995
Grebe, Red-necked Podiceps grisegena YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NS NF Apr 1982
5 Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus YT NT NU BC AB SK ON QC NS PE NF Apr 1987
Harrier, Northern Circus cyaneus YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NF Apr 1993
6 Hawk, Cooper's Accipiter cooperii BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS Apr 1996
Hawk, Red-tailed Buteo jamaicensis YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NF Apr 1995
Hawk, Rough-legged Buteo lagopus YT NT NU BC MB ON QC NF Apr 1995
5 Hawk, Sharp-shinned Accipiter striatus YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NF Apr 1997
Loon, Common Gavia immer YT NT NU BC AB SK Apr 1997
Loon, Yellow-billed Gavia adamsii YT NT NU BC AB MB QC Apr 1997
Merlin Falco columbarius YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NF Apr 1985
Owl, Boreal Aegolius funereus YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NF Apr 1995
6 Owl, Great Grey YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC Apr 1996
Owl, Northern Hawk Surnia ulula YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NF Apr 1992
Owl, Snowy Nyctea scandiaca YT NT NU MB QC NF Apr 1995
6 Pelican, American White Pelecanus erythrorhynchos BC AB SK MB ON Apr 1987
Screech-Owl, Eastern Otus asio SK MB ON QC NB Apr 1986
6 Sparrow, Baird's Ammodramus bairdii AB SK MB Apr 1996
Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Ammodramus nelsoni BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS
PE
Apr 1998
6 Swan, Trumpeter Cygnus buccinator YT NT BC AB SK ON Apr 1996
5 Tern, Black Chlidonias niger NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB
NS
Apr 1996
6 Tern, Caspian Sterna caspia NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NF Apr 1999
Tern, Common Sterna hirundo NT AB SK MB ON QC NB NS
PE NF
Apr 1998
6 Warbler, Prairie Dendroica discolor Apr 1999
Wren, Canyon Catherpes mexicanus BC Apr 1992
Wren, Sedge Cistothorus platensis AB SK MB ON QC NB Apr 1993
Reptiles (4)
1 Brownsnake, DeKay's Storeria dekayi ON QC May 2002
1 Lizard, Northwestern Alligator Elgaria coerulea principis BC May 2002
Racer, Western Yellow-bellied Coluber constrictor mormon BC Apr 1991
1 Watersnake, Common Nerodia sipedon sipedon ON QC May 2002
Amphibians (12)
Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii BC Apr 1999
1 Frog, Columbia Spotted Rana luteiventris YT BC AB May 2000
Frog, Northern Leopard Rana pipiens Eastern population ON QC NB NS NF Apr 1999
Frog, Pickerel Rana palustris ON QC NB NS Apr 1999
1 Frog, Western Chorus Pseudacris triseriata ON QC May 2001
1 Mudpuppy Necturus maculosus MB ON QC May 2000
Salamander, Four-toed Hemidactylium scutatum ON QC NB NS Apr 1999
Salamander, Northern Dusky Desmognathus fuscus ON QC NB Apr 1999
Salamander, Northwestern Ambystoma gracile BC Apr 1999
1 Salamander, Tiger Ambystoma tigrinum Prairie / Boreal
population
AB SK MB Nov 2001
1 Salamander, Western Red-backed Plethodon vehiculum BC Nov 2001
Treefrog, Cope's Grey Hyla chrysoscelis MB Apr 1999
Fishes (32)
Bloater Coregonus hoyi ON Apr 1988
Chub, Hornyhead Nocomis biguttatus MB ON Apr 1988
Chub, River Nocomis micropogon ON Apr 1988
Dace, Leopard Rhinichthys falcatus BC Apr 1990
Darter, Least Etheostoma microperca ON Apr 1989
Darter, River Percina shumardi MB ON Apr 1989
Darter, Tessellated Etheostoma olmstedi ON QC Apr 1993
Herring, Blueback Alosa aestivalis NB NS Apr 1980
Killifish, Banded Fundulus diaphanus Mainland population MB ON QC NB NS PE NF Apr 1989
1, 6 Madtom, Brindled Noturus miurus ON May 2001
Minnow, Bluntnose Pimephales notatus MB ON QC Apr 1998
Minnow, Cutlips Exoglossum maxillingua ON QC Apr 1994
Minnow, Eastern Silvery Hybognathus regius ON QC Apr 1997
Pickerel, Chain Esox niger QC NB NS Apr 1997
Pickerel, Redfin Esox americanus americanus QC Apr 1998
Redhorse, Golden Moxostoma erythrurum MB ON Apr 1989
1, 6 Sardine, Pacific Sardinops sagax Pacific Ocean May 2002
Sculpin, Fourhorn Myoxocephalus quadricornis Salt water form Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Apr 1989
Sculpin, Spoonhead Cottus ricei YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC
Shiner, Blackchin Notropis heterodon MB ON QC
Shiner, Ghost Notropis buchanani ON
Shiner, Redfin Lythrurus umbratilis ON
Shiner, Rosyface Notropis rubellus Eastern population ON QC
Shiner, Striped Luxilus chrysocephalus ON
Shiner, Weed Notropis texanus MB
Silverside, Brook Labidesthes sicculus ON QC
6 Stoneroller, Central Campostoma anomalum ON
Sturgeon, Lake Acipenser fulvescens AB SK MB ON QC
Sucker, Mountain Catostomus platyrhynchus BC AB SK
Sunfish, Green Lepomis cyanellus ON
Sunfish, Longear Lepomis megalotis ON QC
Y-Prickleback Allolumpenus hypochromus BC
Lepidopterans (0)
Molluscs (1)
1 Capshell, Rocky Mountain Acroloxus coloradensis Western population BC AB Nov 2001
Plants (16)
Aster, Short's Symphyotrichum shortii ON Apr 1999
Aster, Yukon Symphyotrichum yukonense YT NT Apr 1996
Brickellia, Large-flowered Brickellia grandiflora BC AB Apr 1996
Fameflower Talinum sediforme BC Apr 1990
Fleabane, Dwarf Erigeron radicatus AB SK Apr 1996
Goldenweed, Northern Mock Stenotus borealis YT Apr 1997
Mermaid, False Floerkea proserpinacoides ON QC NS Apr 1984
Phlox, Blue Phlox alyssifolia AB SK Apr 1996
Pink, Rush Stephanomeria runcinata AB SK Apr 1996
Rhododendron, Pacific Rhododendron macrophyllum BC Apr 1997
Sagebrush, Wood's Artemisia rupestris ssp. woodii YT Apr 1997
Sedge, Nebraska Carex nebrascensis AB Apr 1995
Stitchwort, Sand Stellaria arenicola AB SK Apr 1992
Wallflower, Narrow-leaved Erysimum angustatum YT Apr 1993
6 Willow, Tyrrell's Salix tyrrellii NT SK Apr 1999
Wooly-heads, Slender Psilocarphus tenellus var.
tenellus
BC Apr 1996
Mosses (0)
Lichens (0)

Species examined and designated in the DATA DEFICIENT category because of insufficient scientific information, with geographical occurrence and date of last examination (by province / territory / ocean) (25 species).
Taxon/
Assessment
Details
Common Name Scientific
Name
Population Name Range of
Occurrence
Examination Date
Mammals (8)
0 Cougar Puma concolor couguar Eastern population ON QC NB NS Apr 1998
Mouse, Western Harvest

Reithrodontomys megalotis

dychei

Prairie population AB Apr 1994
Porpoise, Harbour Phocoena phocoena Pacific Ocean population Pacific Ocean Apr 1991
Seal, Harbour Phoca vitulina concolor Atlantic and Arctic coastal waters Apr 1999
Vole, Sagebrush Lemmiscus curtatus AB SK Apr 1996
Whale, Dwarf Sperm Kogia simus Pacific Ocean Apr 1997
2+, 5 Whale, Killer Orcinus orca

Northwest Atlantic /

Eastern Arctic

populations

Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean Nov 2001
Wolf, Arctic Grey Canis lupus arctos NT NU Apr 1999
Birds (2)
Poorwill, Common Phalaenoptilus nuttallii BC AB SK Apr 1993
Tern, Forster's Sterna forsteri BC AB SK MB ON Apr 1996
Reptiles (2)
1 Bullsnake Pituophis catenifer sayi AB SK May 2002
1 Turtle, Eastern Box Terrapene carolina carolina ON May 2002
Amphibians (0)
Fishes (7)
Catfish, Flathead Pylodictis olivaris ON Apr 1993
Chiselmouth Acrocheilus alutaceus BC Apr 1997
Cisco, Bering Coregonus laurettae YT Apr 1990
Lamprey, Darktail Lethenteron alaskense NT Apr 1990
2, 0 Madtom, Margined Noturus insignis ON QC May 2002
Sculpin, Spinynose Asemichthys taylori Pacific coast Apr 1997
2, 5 Whitefish, Lake Coregonus clupeaformis NS Nov 2000
Lepidopterans (0)
Molluscs (2)
1 Capshell, Rocky Mountain Acroloxus coloradensis Eastern population ON QC Nov 2001
Snail, Gatineau Tadpole Physella parkeri latchfordi QC Apr 1997
Plants (4)
Barley, Little Hordeum pusillum AB Apr 1993
Goldenweed, Rabbit-brush Ericameria bloomeri BC Apr 1997
Pinweed, Impoverished

Lechea intermedia var.

depauperata

SK Apr 1997
Whitlow-grass, Kananaskis Draba kananaskis AB Apr 1992
Mosses (0)
Lichens (0)

"Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow

Designated Special Concern in April 1979. Status re-examined and confirmed Special Concern in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Acadian Flycatcher

Designated Endangered in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Allegheny MountainDusky Salamander

Designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

American Badger

Designated Not at Risk in April 1979. Original Canada-wide listing de-activated in May 2000 when the American Badger was split according to subspecies.

American Black Bear

Designated Not at Risk in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999. Last assessment based on an update status report.

American Ginseng

Designated Threatened in April 1988. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

American Marten (Newfoundland population)

Designated Not at Risk in April 1979. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in April 1986. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

American Water-willow

Designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

American White Pelican

Designated Threatened in April 1978. Status re-examined and de-listed (Not at Risk) in April 1987. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Anatum Peregrine Falcon

Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined and downlisted to Threatened in April 1999. Status re-assessed and confirmed Threatened in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Anticosti Aster

Designated Threatened in April 1990. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Athabasca Thrift

Designated Threatened in April 1981. Status re-examined and downlisted to Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Atlantic Walrus (Northwest Atlantic population)

Extirpated around 1850. Designated Extirpated in April 1987. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Atlantic Whitefish

Designated Endangered in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Aurora Trout

Designated Endangered in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Baird's Sparrow

Designated Threatened in April 1989. Status re-examined and de-listed (Not at Risk) in April 1996. Last assessment based on an update status report.

BanffLongnose Dace

Extinct since 1986. Designated Extinct in April 1987. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Banff Springs Snail

Designated Threatened in April 1997. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Barn Owl

Canadian range was considered as a whole when the Barn Owl was designated as Special Concern in April 1984. In April 1999, COSEWIC assessed the Western and Eastern populations of this species separately. The original listing for the Canadian range of the Barn Owl was de-activated.

Barn Owl (Eastern population)

Canadian range was considered as a whole when the Barn Owl was designated as Special Concern in April 1984. In April 1999, COSEWIC assessed the Western and Eastern populations of this species separately. The Eastern population was designated Endangered. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Barn Owl (Western population)

Canadian range was considered as a whole when the Barn Owl was designated as Special Concern in April 1984. In April 1999, the Western and Eastern populations of this species were assessed separately. The Western population was designated Special Concern. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Bashful Bulrush

Designated Special Concern in April 1986. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Bearded Owl-clover

Designated Endangered in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Beluga Whale (St. Lawrence River population)

Designated Endangered in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1997. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Benthic Hadley Lake Stickleback

Extinct in 1999. Designated Extinct in April 1999. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Benthic Paxton Lake Stickleback

Designated Threatened in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Benthic Vananda Creek Stickleback

Designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Bird's-foot Violet .

Designated Threatened in April 1990. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Black Rat Snake

Designated Threatened in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Black Tern

Designated Not at Risk in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1996. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Black-footed Ferret

Extirpated by 1974. Designated Extirpated in April 1978. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Black-tailed Prairie Dog

Designated Special Concern in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed Special Concern in April 1988, April 1999 and in November 2000. Last

assessment based on an existing status report.

Blackstripe Topminnow

Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Blue Ash

Designated Threatened in April 1983. Status re-examined and downlisted to Special Concern in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Blue Racer

Designated Endangered in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Blue Walleye

Extinct since 1965. Designated Extinct in April 1985. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Blue Whale

Canadian range was designated Special Concern in April 1983. Original listing for Blue Whale was de-activated in May 2002 when the listing was split into two populations: Blue Whale (Atlantic population) and Blue Whale (Pacific population). The Atlantic and the Pacific populations were both designated Endangered in May 2002.

Bluehearts

Designated Threatened in April 1985. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Blunt-lobed Woodsia

Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Bowhead Whale (Eastern and Western Arctic Populations)

Designated Endangered in April 1980. Split into two populations (Eastern Arctic and Western Arctic) to allow a separate designation for the Western Arctic population in April 1986. Original listing was de-activated.

Bridle Shiner

Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Brindled Madtom

Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and de-listed (Not at Risk) in May 2001. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Buffalograss

Designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Burrowing Owl

Designated Threatened in April 1979. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1991. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1995. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Butler's Gartersnake

Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

CanadaLynx

Designated Not at Risk in April 1989. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Caspian Tern

Designated Special Concern in April 1978. Status re-examined and de-listed (Not at Risk) in April 1999. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Central Stoneroller

Designated Special Concern in 1985. Status re-examined and de-listed (Not at Risk) in 1998. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Channel Darter

Designated Threatened in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Climbing Prairie Rose

Designated Special Concern in April 1986. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Coastal Wood Fern

Designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Coeur d'Alène Salamander

Designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Colicroot

Designated Threatened in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Cooper's Hawk

Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and de-listed (Not at Risk) in April 1996. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Cougar (Eastern population)

Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined in April 1998 and designated Data Deficient. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Cowichan LakeLamprey

Designated Special Concern in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1998. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Crooked-stem Aster

Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Cucumber Tree

Designated Endangered in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1999 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Cultus Pygmy Sculpin

Designated Special Concern in April 1997. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Deepwater Cisco

Extinct since 1952. Designated Extinct in April 1988. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Deerberry

Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Deltoid Balsamroot

Designated in April 1996 as Endangered. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Dense Blazing Star

Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in May 2001. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Drooping Trillium

Designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-assessed and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Dwarf Wedgemussel

Extirpated by 1968. Designated Extirpated in April 1999. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Eastern Bluebird

Designated Special Concern in April 1984. Status re-examined and de-listed (Not at Risk) in April 1996. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Eastern Fox Snake

Designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Eastern Hog-nosed Snake

Designated Special Concern in April 1997. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status

report.

Eastern Loggerhead Shrike

Entire Canadian range designated as Threatened in April 1986. Split according to subspecies in April 1991. The migrans subspecies was uplisted to Endangered in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Eastern Mole

Designated Special Concern in April 1980. Status re-examined and confirmed Special Concern in April 1998 and in November 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Eastern Mountain Avens

Designated Endangered in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1999 and May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus

Designated Endangered in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Eastern Sand Darter

Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle

Designated Threatened in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Eastern Wolf

Designated Data Deficient in April 1999. Status re-examined in May 2001 and designated Special Concern. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Eastern Yellow-breasted Chat

Designated Special Concern in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Eelgrass Limpet

Extinct since 1929. Designated Extinct in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Engelmann's Quillwort

Designated Endangered in April 1992. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Ermine haidarum subspecies

Designated Special Concern in April 1984. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in May 2001. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Eskimo Curlew

Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

False Hop Sedge

Designated Threatened in April 1997. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Fernald's Braya

Designated Threatened in April 1997. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Fernald's Milk-vetch

Designated Special Concern in April 1997. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Ferruginous Hawk

Designated Threatened in April 1980. Status re-examined and downlisted to Special Concern in April 1995. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Flammulated Owl

Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed Special Concern in April 1999 and in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Fowler's Toad

Designated Special Concern in April 1986. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Frosted Elfin

Extirpated by 1988. Designated Extirpated in April 1999. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Furbish's Lousewort

Designated Endangered in April 1980. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Gattinger's Agalinis

Designated Endangered in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999 and in May 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Giant Helleborine

Designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and downlisted to Special Concern in April 1998. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Golden Crest

Designated Threatened in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed Threatened in April 1999 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Golden Eagle

Designated Not at Risk in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1996. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Golden Paintbrush

Designated Threatened in April 1995. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Goldenseal

Designated Threatened in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Gravel Chub

Last recorded in Thames River drainage, ON in 1958. Designated Endangered in April 1985. Status re-examined and uplisted to Extirpated in April 1987. Extirpated status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Great Auk

Believed to be Extinct since 1844. Designated in April 1985 based on historic records only. Status report prepared and approved by COSEWIC in 1994. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Great Basin Spadefoot

Designated Special Concern in April 1998. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Great Grey Owl

Designated Special Concern in April 1979. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1990. Status re-examined and de-listed (Not at Risk) in April 1996. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Great Plains Toad

Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed Special Concern in May 2002. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Greater Prairie-Chicken

Last reported in 1987. Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined and uplisted to Extirpated in April 1990. Status re-confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Grey Fox

Designated Special Concern in April 1979. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Grey Whale (Atlantic population)

Extirpated before the end of the 1800's. Designated Extirpated in April 1987. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Grizzly Bear

Canadian range considered as one population and designated Not at Risk in April 1979. Split into two populations in April 1991 (Prairie population and [non-prairie population]). Original listing for "Grizzly Bear" across Canada de-activated.

Grizzly Bear

Canadian range considered as one population and designated Not at Risk in April 1979. Split into two populations in April 1991 (Prairie population and [non-prairie population]). [Non-prairie population] designated Special Concern in April 1991. The status was re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Grizzly Bear (Prairie population)

Canadian range considered as one population and designated Not at Risk in April 1979. Split into two populations in April 1991 (Prairie population and [non-prairie population]). Prairie population designated Extirpated in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Gyrfalcon

Designated Not at Risk in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1987. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Hairy Prairie-clover

Designated Threatened in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Harbour Porpoise (Northwest Atlantic population)

Designated Threatened in April 1990. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1991. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Harlequin Duck (Eastern population)

The Eastern population was designated Endangered in April 1990. Status re-examined and downlisted to Special Concern in May 2001. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Heart-leaved Plantain

Designated Endangered in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Henslow's Sparrow

Designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Hoary Mountain-mint

Designated Endangered in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Hooded Warbler

Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Hotwater Physa

Designated Endangered in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Humpback Whale (Western North Atlantic and North Pacific populations)

The "Western North Atlantic and North Pacific populations" were given a single designation of Threatened in April 1982. Split into two populations in April 1985 (Western North Atlantic population and North Pacific population). Original listing was de-activated.

IllinoisTick-trefoil

No site records since 1888. Designated Extirpated in April 1991. Extirpated status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Island Marble

Extirpated by 1910. Designated Extirpated in April 1999. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Ivory Gull

Designated Special Concern in April 1979. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1996 and in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Juniper Sedge

Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Karner Blue

Has not been observed since 1991. Designated Extirpated in April 1997. Extirpated status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

KentuckyCoffee-tree

Designated Threatened in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Killer Whale (North Pacific "resident" populations)

Designated Threatened in April 1999. Original listing for Killer Whale (North Pacific "resident" populations) was de-activated in November 2001 when the listing was split into two populations: Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific northern resident population) and Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific southern resident population).

Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific transient population)

Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Killer Whale (Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic populations)

Designated Data Deficient in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

King Rail

Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Kirtland's Warbler

Designated Endangered in April 1979. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Labrador Duck

Believed to be Extinct since 1875. Designated in April 1985 based on historic records only. Status report prepared and approved by COSEWIC in 1994. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Lake Chubsucker

Designated Special Concern in April 1994. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Lake UtopiaDwarf Smelt

Designated Threatened in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Lake Whitefish (Mira River population)

Designated Data Deficient in April 1999 and in November 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Large Whorled Pogonia

Designated Endangered in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Least Bittern

Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Leatherback Turtle

Designated Endangered in April 1981. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Lewis's Woodpecker

Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Limnetic Hadley Lake Stickleback

Extinct in 1999. Designated Extinct in April 1999. Status confirmed in May 2000 Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Limnetic Paxton Lake Stickleback

Designated Threatened in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Limnetic Vananda Creek Stickleback

Designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Loggerhead Shrike

Entire Canadian range was designated as Threatened in April 1986. The excubitorides and the migrans subspecies were designated separately in April 1991, and the original listing was de-activated.

Long's Braya

Designated Endangered in April 1997. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Long-tailed Weasel (Prairie population)

Designated Threatened in April 1982. Status re-examined and de-listed (Not at Risk) in April 1993. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Longjaw Cisco

Extinct since 1975. Designated Extinct in April 1985. Status confirmed in May 2000. Listing was de-activated in May 2002 because it was concluded that this species is a synonym of the Shortjaw Cisco, Coregonus zenithicus, which was designated as Threatened in 1987.

LouisianaWaterthrush

Designated Special Concern in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1996. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Mackenzie Hairgrass

Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Marbled Murrelet

Designated Threatened in April 1990. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Margined Madtom

Designated Threatened in April 1989. Status re-examined in May 2002 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Maritime Ringlet

Designated Endangered in April 1997. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Mexican Mosquito-fern

Designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1998 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Monarch

Designated Special Concern in April 1997. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Morrison Creek Lamprey

Designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Mountain Beaver

Designated Not at Risk in April 1984. Status re-examined and uplisted to Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed as Special Concern in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Mountain Plover

Designated Endangered in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Narwhal

Designated Not at Risk in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1987. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Nodding Pogonia

Designated Threatened in April 1988. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Nooksack Dace

Designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Northern Abalone

Designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Northern Cricket Frog

Designated Endangered in April 1990. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Northern Leopard Frog (Southern Mountain population)

Designated Endangered in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Northern Madtom

Examined in April 1993 and placed in the Data Deficient category. Re-examined in April 1998 and designated Special Concern. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Northern Red-legged Frog

Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Northern Riffleshell

Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Northern Spotted Owl

Designated Endangered in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Nuttall's Cottontail (Prairie population)

Designated Not at Risk in 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1994. Last assessment based on an update status report.

OregonSpotted Frog

Designated Endangered in an emergency listing in November 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on a new status report.

Pacific Giant Salamander

Designated Special Concern in April 1989. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Pacific Sardine

Designated Special Concern in April 1987. Status re-examined and de-listed (designated Not at Risk) in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Pacific Water Shrew

Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed Threatened in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Paddlefish

Disappeared from Canada in approximately 1917. Designated Extirpated in April 1987. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Pallid Bat

Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Passenger Pigeon

Believed to be Extinct since 1914. Designated in April 1985 based on historic records only. Status report prepared and approved by COSEWIC in 1994. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Peale's Peregrine Falcon

Designated Special Concern in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999 and in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Peary Caribou

The Canadian range of the Peary Caribou was considered as a whole in April 1979 and designated Threatened. In April 1991, the population was split to allow designation of three separate populations (Banks Island, High Arctic and Low Arctic populations). The original listing was de-activated.

Phantom Orchid

Designated Special Concern in April 1992. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Pink Coreopsis

Designated Endangered in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1999 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Pink Milkwort

Designated Endangered in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Piping Plover

Entire Canadian population designated Threatened in April 1978. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1985. In May 2001, the species was re-examined and split into two groups according to subspecies. The melodus subspecies and circumcinctus subspecies were each designated Endangered in May 2001. The original listing for the entire Canadian population was de-activated.

Pitcher's Thistle

Designated Threatened in April 1988. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Pixie Poacher

Designated Data Deficient in April 1991. Status re-examined and de-activated in November 2001.

Plains Pocket Gopher

Designated Special Concern in April 1979. Status re-examined and de-listed (Not at Risk) in April 1998. Last assessment based on an update status report.

PlymouthGentian

Designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Polar Bear

Designated Not at Risk in April 1986. Status re-examined and uplisted to Special Concern in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed as Special Concern in April 1999. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Prairie Falcon

Designated Not at Risk in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1982 and in April 1996. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Prairie Lupine

Designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Prairie Warbler

Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and de-listed (Not at Risk) in April 1999. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Prothonotary Warbler

Designated Special Concern in April 1984. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Pugnose Minnow

Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Purple Twayblade

Designated Threatened in April 1989. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed as Endangered in May 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Pygmy Short-horned Lizard (British Columbia population)

Last reported in 1898. Designated Extirpated in April 1992. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Queen Charlotte Goshawk

Designated Special Concern in April 1995. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Queen Snake

Designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Rayed Bean

Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Red Mulberry

Designated Threatened in April 1987. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Red-shouldered Hawk

Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1996. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Redroot

Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Right Whale

Designated Endangered in 1980. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1985 and in April 1990. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Rigid Apple Moss

Designated Threatened in April 1997. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

River Redhorse

Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1987. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Roseate Tern

Designated Threatened in April 1986. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1999. Endangered status re-examined and confirmed in October 1999. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Ross's Gull

Designated Special Concern in April 1981. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1996. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Rosyface Shiner (Manitoba population)

Designated Special Concern in April 1994. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Round-leaved Greenbrier (Great Lakes Plains population)

Designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Sage Grouse (British Columbia population)

Has not been reported since the 1960's. Designated Extirpated in April 1997. Extirpated status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Sage Grouse (Prairie population)

Given conditional designation of Threatened in April 1997. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in April 1998 based on a revised status report. Status re-examined confirmed Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Sage Thrasher

Designated Endangered in April 1992. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Scarlet Ammannia

Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Sea Mink

Believed Extinct since 1894. Designated Extinct in April 1986. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Sea Otter

Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1986. Status re-examined and downlisted to Threatened in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed Threatened in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

SeasideBirds-foot Lotus

Designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

SeasideCentipede

Designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Designated Not at Risk in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1997. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Sharp-tailed Snake

Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in October 1999. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Shorthead Sculpin

Designated Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed Threatened in May 2001. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Showy Goldenrod

Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Shumard Oak

Designated Special Concern in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Silver Chub

Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Silver Shiner

Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1987. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Skinner's Agalinis

Designated Endangered in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1999 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Slender Bush-clover

Designated Endangered in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1999 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Slender Mouse-ear-cress

Designated Endangered in April 1992. Status re-examined and downlisted to Threatened in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report with an addendum.

Small White Lady's-slipper

Designated Endangered in April 1981. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Small Whorled Pogonia

Designated Endangered in April 1982. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1998 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Soapweed

Designated Special Concern in April 1985. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Southern Maidenhair Fern

Designated Endangered in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1998 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Spotted Gar

Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed Special Concern in April 1994. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Spotted Sucker

Designated Special Concern in April 1983. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1994 and in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Spotted Wintergreen

Designated Endangered in April 1987. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1998 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report

Sprague's Pipit

Designated Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Spring blue-eyed Mary

No site records since 1954. Designated Extirpated in April 1987. Extirpated status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Spring Salamander

Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Sweet Pepperbush

Designated Threatened in April 1986. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1998. Status re-examined and downlisted to Special Concern in May 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Swift Fox

Last seen in Saskatchewan in 1928. Designated Extirpated in April 1978. Status re-examined and downlisted to Endangered in April 1998 after successful re-introductions. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Thread-leaved Sundew

Designated Endangered in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Tiny Cryptanthe

Designated Endangered in April 1998. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Toothcup

Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Trumpeter Swan

Designated Special Concern in April 1978. Status re-examined and de-listed (Not at Risk) in April 1996. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Tuberous Indian-plantain

Designated Special Concern in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed in April 1999 and in May 2002. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Tundra Peregrine Falcon

Designated Threatened in April 1978. Status re-examined and downlisted to Special Concern in April 1992. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Tyrrell's Willow

Designated Threatened in April 1981. Status re-examined and de-listed (Not at Risk) in April 1999. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Vancouver IslandMarmot

Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed Endangered in April 1997 and in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Virginia Goat's-rue

Designated Threatened in April 1996. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Warmouth

Designated Special Concern in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Water-pennywort

Designated Endangered in April 1985. Status re-examined and downlisted to Threatened in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed Threatened in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Water-plantain Buttercup

Designated Endangered in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Wavy-rayed Lampmussel

Designated Endangered in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in October 1999. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Western Blue-flag

Designated Threatened in April 1990. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Western Prairie Fringed Orchid

Designated Endangered in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Western Screech-Owl

Entire western range was placed in the Data Deficient category in April 1995. In May 2002, the species was re-examined and split into two groups according to subspecies. The kennicottii subspecies was designated Special Concern and the macfarlanei subspecies was designated Threatened in May 2002. The original listing was de-activated.

Western Silver-leaved Aster

Designated Special Concern in 1988. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Western Silvery Minnow

Designated Special Concern in April 1997. Status re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Western Yellow-breasted Chat (British Columbia population)

The British Columbia population of the auricollis subspecies was designated Threatened in April 1994. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Western Yellow-breasted Chat (Prairie population)

The Prairie population of the auricollis subspecies was designated Not at Risk in April 1994. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

White Prairie Gentian

Designated Endangered in April 1991. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2001. Last assessment based on an update status report.

White-headed Woodpecker

Designated Threatened in April 1992. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

White-top Aster

Designated Threatened in April 1996. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Whooping Crane

Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Wild Hyacinth

Designated Special Concern in April 1990. Re-examined and uplisted to Threatened in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Wolverine

Canadian range considered as one population in April 1982 and designated Special Concern. Split into two populations in April 1989 (Western and Eastern populations). Original listing was de-activated.

Wood Bison

Designated Endangered in April 1978. Status re-examined and downlisted to Threatened in April 1988. Status re-examined and confirmed Threatened in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Wood-poppy

Designated Endangered in April 1993. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report with an addendum.

Woodland Caribou (Atlantic-Gaspésie population)

Atlantic-Gaspésie population designated as Threatened in April 1984. Status re-examined and uplisted to Endangered in May 2000. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Woodland Caribou (Boreal population)

Boreal population designated Threatened in May 2000. This newly defined population is comprised of a portion of the de-activated "Western population" and all of the de-activated "Labrador-Ungava population." Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Woodland Caribou (Labrador-Ungava population)

Labrador-Ungava population designated Not at Risk in April 1984. Labrador-Ungava population de-activated in May 2000. Former Labrador-Ungava population is contained within the Boreal population.

Woodland Caribou (Newfoundland population)

Newfoundland population designated Not at Risk in April 1984. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000 and in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Woodland Caribou (Northern Mountain population)

Northern Mountain population designated Not at Risk in May 2000. This population was formerly designated as part of the "Western population" (now de-activated). Status re-examined and uplisted to Special Concern in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Woodland Caribou (Southern Mountain population)

Southern Mountain population designated Threatened in May 2000. This population was formerly designated as part of the "Western population" (now e-activated). Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2002. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Woodland Caribou (Western population)

Western population designated Special Concern in April 1984. Western population de-activated in May 2000. Former Western population is contained within the following newly designated populations: Northern Mountain, Southern Mountain and Boreal.

Woodland Caribou Dawson's subspecies

Extinct by the 1920's. Designated Extinct in April 1984. Status confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an update status report.

Woodland Vole

Designated Special Concern in April 1998.Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Yellow Montane Violet

Designated Threatened in April 1995. Status re-examined and confirmed in May 2000. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Yellow Rail

Designated Special Concern in April 1999. Status re-examined and confirmed in November 2001. Last assessment based on an existing status report.

Cross-reference of common and scientific names (including population names, where applicable) for COSEWIC-listed species. Most of the names in the list have been used by COSEWIC in the past but are no longer in use. Some common synonyms are also included.
Current Common Name or Scientific
Name (Population)
Previous Name(s) or Synonym
Acris crepitans Acris crepitans blanchardi
Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander Mountain Dusky Salamander
Arctic Grey Wolf Grey Wolf
Ardea herodias fannini Ardea herodias fannini
Arnoglossum plantagineum Cacalia plantaginea
Ascaphus montanus Ascaphus truei
Ascaphus truei Ascaphus truei (Pacific Coast population); Ascaphus truei (Southern Mountain population)*
Athene cunicularia Speotyto cunicularia
Atlantic Whitefish Acadian Whitefish
Bashful Bulrush Few-flowered Club-rush
Benthic Paxton Lake Stickleback Benthic Texada Island Stickleback
Bufo fowleri Bufo woodhousii fowleri
Callophrys [Incisalia] irus Incisalia irus
Canada Lynx Lynx
Coast Tailed Frog Tailed Frog (Pacific Coast population)
Coregonus clupeaformis (Lake Simcoe population) Coregonus clupeaformis
Coregonus clupeaformis (Mira River population) Coregonus clupeaformis
Coregonus huntsmani Coregonus canadensis
Cowichan Lake Lamprey Lake Lamprey
Eastern Lilaeopsis Lilaeopsis
Eastern Loggerhead Shrike Loggerhead Shrike (Eastern population)
Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle Spiny Softshell Turtle
Eastern Wolf Grey Wolf
Eastern Yellow-breasted Chat Yellow-breasted Chat (Eastern population)
Eelgrass Limpet Bowl Limpet
Emydoidea blandingii Emydoidea blandingi
Enemion biternatum Isopyrum biternatum
Ermine haidarum subspecies Ermine (Queen Charlotte Islands population)
Eurybia divaricata Aster divaricatus
Gasterosteus sp. Gasterosteus aculeatus
Gentianopsis victorinii Gentiana victorinii
Gymnocladus dioicus Gymnocladus dioica
Icteria virens virens Icteria virens virens (Eastern population)
Lake Whitefish (Lake Simcoe population) Lake Simcoe Whitefish
Lake Whitefish (Mira River population) Mira River Whitefish
Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides (Prairie population)
Lanius ludovicianus migrans Lanius ludovicianus migrans (Eastern population)
Limnetic Paxton Lake Stickleback Limnetic Texada Island Stickleback
Lottia alveus alveus Lottia alveus
Mexican Mosquito-fern Mexican Mosquito Fern
Mudpuppy Mussel Salamander Mussel
Mustela erminea haidarum Mustela erminea haidarum (Queen Charlotte Islands population)
Northern Cricket Frog Blanchard's Cricket Frog
Northern Grey Wolf Grey Wolf
Northern Mock Goldenweed MacLean's Goldenweed
Northern Spotted Owl Spotted Owl
Panax quinquefolius Panax quinquefolium
Pighead Prickleback Blackline Prickleback
Prairie Loggerhead Shrike Loggerhead Shrike (Prairie population)
Rangifer tarandus dawsoni Rangifer tarandus dawsoni (Queen Charlotte Islands population)
Rigid Apple Moss Apple Moss
Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog Tailed Frog (Southern Mountain population)
Sericocarpus rigidus Aster curtus
Simpsonaias ambigua Simpsonais ambigua
Small-flowered Sand-verbena Sand Verbena
Southern Grey Wolf Grey Wolf
Sowerby's Beaked Whale North Sea Beaked Whale
Spring blue-eyed Mary Blue-eyed Mary
Stenotus borealis Haplopappus macleanii
Strix occidentalis caurina Strix occidentalis
Symphyotrichum anticostense Aster anticostensis
Symphyotrichum laurentianum Aster laurentianus
Symphyotrichum praealtum Aster praealtus
Symphyotrichum prenanthoides Aster prenanthoides
Symphyotrichum sericeum Virgulus sericeus
Symphyotrichum shortii Aster shortii
Symphyotrichum subulatum (Bathurst population) Aster subulatus var. obtusifolius
Symphyotrichum yukonense Aster yukonensis
Trichophorum planifolium Scirpus verecundus
Tripterocalyx micanthus Abronia micrantha
Western Yellow-breasted Chat (British Columbia population) Yellow-breasted Chat (British Columbia population)
Western Yellow-breasted Chat (Prairie population) Yellow-breasted Chat (Prairie population)
Woodland Caribou Dawson's subspecies Woodland Caribou (Queen Charlotte Islands population)

* Now known as Ascaphus montanus

Amphibians & Reptiles

Co-chair
Dr. David M. Green
Redpath Museum, McGill University
859 Sherbrooke Street, West
Montreal, QC H3A 2K6

Co-chair
Dr. Ronald J. Brooks
Department of Zoology
College of Biological Science
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1

Terrestrial Mammals

Co-chair
Dr. Brock Fenton
Department of Biology
York University
North York, ON, M3J 1P3

Co-chair
Dr. Marco Festa-Bianchet
Département de biologie
Université de Sherbrooke
Sherbrooke, QC, J1K 2R1

Birds

Co-chair
Dr. Gilles Seutin
Parcs Canada
25, rue Eddy, 4e étage
Hull, QC K1A 0M5

Co-chair
Richard (Dick) Cannings
1330 East Debeck Road
Site 11, Comp. 96, RR # 1
Naramata, BC, V0H 1N0

Lepidopterans & Molluscs

Co-chair
Dr. Theresa Fowler (Lepidopterans)
Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa, ON, K1A 0H3

Co-chair
Dr. Gerald L. Mackie (Mollusca)
College of Biological Sciences
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1

Marine Mammals

Co-chair
Dr. Andrew Trites
Marine Mammal Research Unit
Fisheries Centre
University of British Columbia
2205 Main Mall, Vancouver B.C. V6T 1Z4

Co-chair
Dr. Hal Whitehead
Biology Department
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS, B3H 4J1

Plants & Lichens

Co-chair
Dr. Erich Haber (Vascular Plants &
Lichens)
National Botanical Services
604 Wavell Avenue
Ottawa, ON, K2A 3A8

Co-chair
Dr. René Belland (Mosses)
Devonian Botanic Garden
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB, T6G 2E1

Marine Fishes

Co-chair (Atlantic)
Dr. Richard L. Haedrich
Department of Biology
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John’s, NF, A1B 5S7

Co-chair (Pacific)
Dr. Mart R. Gross
Department of Zoology
University of Toronto
Suite 503
25 Harbord St.
Toronto, ON, M5S 3G5

Aboriginal Traditional

Knowledge

Interim Co-chair

F. Henry Lickers
Mohawk Council of Akwesasne,
Department of the Environment,
P.O. Box 579
Cornwall Ontario
K6H 5T3
Second co-chair to be announced.

Freshwater Fishes

Co-chair
Dr. Robert Campbell
131 Dahlia Avenue
Ottawa, ON, K1A 6G1

Co-chair
Dr. Claude Renaud
Canadian Museum of Nature
P.O. Box 3443, Station D
Ottawa, ON, K1P 6P4

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) was created in 1977 as a result of a recommendation at the Federal-Provincial Wildlife Conference held in 1976. It arose from the need for a single, official, scientifically sound, national listing of wildlife species at risk. In 1978, COSEWIC designated its first species and produced its first list of Canadian species at risk. Species designated at meetings of the full committee are added to the list. In 2002, COSEWIC is celebrating 25 years of Science and Knowledge for species at risk in Canada.

The Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, provides full administrative and financial support to the COSEWIC Secretariat.

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