COSEWIC Species at Risk assessments: Minister of the Environment's response 2012

**Table 1: Terrestrial species recentlyassessed by COSEWIC eligible for addition to Schedule 1 or reclassification**
Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Extirpated (1)
Arthropods	American Burying Beetle	Nicrophorus americanus	ON QC	Normal
Endangered (3)
Vascular Plants	Yukon Draba	Draba yukonensis	YT	Normal
Arthropods	Okanagan Efferia	Efferia okanagana	BC	Normal
Amphibians	Northern Dusky Salamander (Carolinian population)	Desmognathus fuscus	ON	Normal
Threatened (1)
Vascular Plants	Eastern Baccharis	Baccharis halimifolia	NS	Normal
Special Concern (5)
Molluscs	Magnum Mantleslug	Magnipelta mycophaga	BC	Normal
Birds	Baird’s Sparrow	Ammodramus bairdii	AB MB SK	Normal
Birds	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis	AB BC MB NT NU ON QC SK YT	Extended
Mammals	Collared Pika	Ochotona collaris	BC NT YT	Extended
Mammals	Grizzly Bear (Western population)	Ursus arctos	AB BC MB NT NU SK YT	Extended
Up-lists from Special Concern to Endangered (1)
Birds	Yellow-breasted Chat virens subspecies	Icteria virens virens	ON	Normal
Up-lists from Special Concern to Threatened (2)
Birds	Western Screech-Owl kennicottii subspecies	Megascops kennicottii kennicottii	BC	Normal
Mammals	Black-tailed Prairie Dog	Cynomys ludovicianus	SK	Normal
Up-lists from Threatened to Endangered (1)
Arthropods	Behr’s Hairstreak	Satyrium behrii	BC	Normal
Eligible for de-listing - Threatened to Not at Risk (1)
Birds	Hooded Warbler	Setophaga citrina	ON	Normal
Down-lists from Threatened to Special Concern (3)
Vascular Plants	Buffalograss	Bouteloua dactyloides	MB SK	Normal
Vascular Plants	Goldencrest	Lophiola aurea	NS	Normal
Vascular Plants	Hairy Prairie-clover	Dalea villosa	MB SK	Normal
Down-lists from Endangered to Threatened (2)
Vascular Plants	Tiny Cryptantha	Cryptantha minima	AB SK	Normal
Birds	Western Screech-Owl macfarlanei subspecies	Megascops kennicottii macfarlanei	BC	Normal

**Table 2: Terrestrial species recently reassessed by COSEWIC (no consultations – species status confirmation)**
Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Extirpated (3)
Mosses	Incurved Grizzled Moss	Ptychomitrium incurvum	ON	None; status confirmation
Reptiles	Pacific Gopher Snake	Pituophis catenifer catenifer	BC	None; status confirmation
Reptiles	Pacific Pond Turtle	Actinemys marmorata	BC	None; status confirmation
Endangered (11)
Mosses	Margined Streamside Moss	Scouleria marginata	BC	None; status confirmation
Mosses	Silver Hair Moss	Fabronia pusilla	BC	None; status confirmation
Vascular Plants	Bearded Owl-clover	Triphysaria versicolor	BC	None; status confirmation
Vascular Plants	Bluehearts	Buchnera americana	ON	None; status confirmation
Vascular Plants	False Hop Sedge	Carex lupuliformis	ON QC	None; status confirmation
Vascular Plants	Heart-leaved Plantain	Plantago cordata	ON	None; status confirmation
Vascular Plants	Hoary Mountain-mint	Pycnanthemum incanum	ON	None; status confirmation
Vascular Plants	Large Whorled Pogonia	Isotria verticillata	ON	None; status confirmation
Arthropods	Island Blue	Plebejus saepiolus insulanus	BC	None; status confirmation
Reptiles	Blue Racer	Coluber constrictor foxii	ON	None; status confirmation
Birds	Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Southern mountain population)	Icteria virens auricollis	BC	None; status confirmation
Threatened (2)
Mosses	Haller’s Apple Moss	Bartramia halleriana	AB BC	None; status confirmation
Birds	Marbled Murrelet	Brachyramphus marmoratus	BC	None; status confirmation
Special Concern (3)
Arthropods	Weidemeyer’s Admiral	Limenitis weidemeyerii	AB	None; status confirmation
Amphibians	Coastal Tailed Frog	Ascaphus truei	BC	None; status confirmation
Mammals	Mountain Beaver	Aplodontia rufa	BC	None; status confirmation

**Table 3: Aquatic species recently assessed or reassessed by COSEWIC with consultation conducted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (eligible for addition to Schedule 1 or reclassification)**
Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Endangered (1)

Fishes	Smooth Skate (Funk Island Deep population)	Malacoraja senta	NL Atlantic Ocean	Extended
Threatened (2)
Fishes	American Eel	Anguilla rostrata	ON QC NB PE NS NL Atlantic Ocean	Extended
Fishes	Plains Minnow	Hybognathus placitus	SK	Extended
Special Concern (3)
Fishes	North Pacific Spiny Dogfish	Squalus suckleyi	Pacific Ocean	Normal
Fishes	Smooth Skate (Laurentian-Scotian population)	Malacoraja senta	QC NB PE NS Atlantic Ocean	Extended
Fishes	Thorny Skate	Amblyraja radiata	NU QC NB PE NS NL Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean	Extended
Up-lists from Special Concern to Threatened (1)
Fishes	Pugnose Minnow	Opsopoeodus emiliae	ON	Extended
Up-lists from Special Concern to Endangered
Fishes	Silver Chub (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations)¹	Macrhybopsis storeriana	ON	Extended
Eligible for de-listing – Special Concern to Not at Risk (1)
Fishes	Silver Chub (Saskatchewan-Nelson River populations) ¹	Macrhybopsis storeriana	MB	Extended

**Table 4: Aquatic species recently reassessed by COSEWIC (species status confirmation)**
Taxon	Common Name (population)	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Endangered
Fishes	Enos Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus	BC	None; status confirmation
Fishes	Enos Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus	BC	None; status confirmation
Fishes	Northern Madtom	Noturus stigmosus	ON	None; status confirmation
Reptiles	Leatherback Sea Turtle (Atlantic population)	Dermochelys coriacea	Atlantic Ocean	None; status confirmation
Reptiles	Leatherback Sea Turtle (Pacific population)	Dermochelys coriacea	Pacific Ocean	None; status confirmation
Mammals	Blue Whale (Atlantic population)	Balaenoptera musculus	Atlantic Ocean	None; status confirmation
Mammals	Blue Whale (Pacific population)	Balaenoptera musculus	Pacific Ocean	None; status confirmation
Molluscs	Snuffbox	Epioblasma triquetra	ON	None; status confirmation
Special Concern
Fishes	Blackstripe Topminnow	Fundulus notatus	ON	None; status confirmation

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