Archived: COSEWIC summary of new and reviewed assessments by type of change, April 2016

Summary of COSEWIC assessments for new wildlife species, and summary of reviews of classification by type of change from the previous status, April 2016*.
Status New Review of Classification
In a higher risk category In a lower risk category Changed No Change Reassigned No longer at risk Total
Extinct - - - - - - - 0
Extirpated - - - - - - - 0
Endangered 4 1 - - 3 1 - 9
Threatened 1 1 2 - - - - 4
Special Concern 3 - 1 - 2 1 - 7
Not at Risk 2 - - - - 3 1 6
Data Deficient - - - - - - - 0
Total 10 2 3 0 5 5 1 26

Changed - Wildlife species moved to the Data Deficient category from a risk category, or to a risk category from the Data Deficient category.

Reassigned - Reassignment to a different designatable unit.

*The assessment of Golden-eye Lichen (Teloschistes chrysophthalmus) was deferred to allow incorporation of additional information. It is anticipated that this wildlife species will be re-considered by COSEWIC in November 2016.

29/04/2016

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