The Minister of the Environment's response to Species at Risk assessments submitted by COSEWIC on September 2, 2020

Table 1. Terrestrial species (10) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for addition to Schedule 1
(Normal: April 2, 2021; Extended: September 2, 2021)
Taxon	COSEWIC status	Species	Scientific name	Range	Consultation path
Arthropods	Endangered	Reversed Haploa Moth	Haploa reversa	ON	Normal
Molluscs	Endangered	Shagreen	Inflectarius inflectus	ON	Normal
Molluscs	Endangered	Toothed Globe	Mesodon zaletus	ON	Normal
Mosses	Endangered	Slender Yoke–moss	Zygodon gracilis	BC	Normal
Vascular Plants	Endangered	Gillman's Goldenrod	Solidago gillmanii	ON	Normal
Arthropods	Threatened	Suckley’s Cuckoo Bumble Bee	Bombus suckleyi	YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL	Extended
Molluscs	Threatened	Carolina Mantleslug	Philomycus carolinianus	ON	Normal
Arthropods	Special Concern	Manitoba Oakworm Moth	Anisota manitobensis	MB	Normal
Reptiles	Special Concern	Plains Hog–nosed Snake	Heterodon nasicus	AB SK MB	Normal
Vascular Plants	Special Concern	Puvirnituq Mountain Draba	Draba puvirnituqii	QC	Normal

Table 2. Terrestrial species (2) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for reclassification.
Taxon	Proposed change to Schedule 1 status	Species	Scientific name	Range	Consultation path
Birds	From Threatened to Endangered	Chestnut–collared Longspur	Calcarius ornatus	AB SK MB	Normal
Mammals	From Special Concern to Endangered	Western Harvest Mouse megalotis subspecies	Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis	BC	Extended

Table 3. Terrestrial species (2) recently reassessed by COSEWIC (no consultations – species status confirmation)
Taxon	COSEWIC Status	Species	Species name	Range
Mammals	Endangered	Western Harvest Mouse dychei subspecies	Reithrodontomys megalotis dychei	AB
Amphibians	Threatened	Great Basin Spadefoot	Spea intermontana	BC

Table 4. Aquatic species (1) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada with consultations to be conducted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (eligible for addition to Schedule 1)
Taxon	COSEWIC Status	Species	Species name	Range	Consultation Path
Mammals (marine)	Special Concern	Ringed Seal	Pusa hispida	MB, ON, QC, NL, YU, NT, NU, Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean.	Extended

Table 5. Aquatic species (2) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for reclassification or a de-listing
Taxon	Proposed change to Schedule 1 Status	Species	Scientific Name	Range
Fishes (freshwater)	From Threatened to Endangered	Coastrange Sculpin (Cultus Lake population)	Cottus aleuticus	BC
Fishes (freshwater)	Extinct	Striped Bass (St. Lawrence River population)	Morone saxatilis	QC

Table 6. Aquatic species (4) recently reassessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (species status confirmations)
Taxon	Status Confirmations	Species	Species name	Range
Fishes (freshwater)	Special Concern	Columbia Sculpin	Cottus hubbsi	BC
Fishes (freshwater)	Special Concern	Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Pacific populations)	Cottus sp.	BC
Fishes (freshwater)	Threatened	Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Nelson River populations)	Cottus sp.	AB
Fishes (freshwater)	Threatened	Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Missouri River populations)	Cottus sp.	AB

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