Minister's response to Species at Risk assessments submitted by COSEWIC in 2013

Table 1: Terrestrial Species Recently Assessed by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada Eligible for Addition to Schedule 1 or Reclassification

Threat	Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Endangered	Vascular Plants	Hairy Braya	Braya pilosa	NT	Normal
Endangered	Arthropods	Mottled Duskywing (Boreal population)	Erynnis martialis	MB	Normal
Endangered	Arthropods	Mottled Duskywing (Great Lakes Plains population)	Erynnis martialis	ON QC	Normal
Endangered	Arthropods	Riverine Clubtail (Great Lakes Plains population)	Stylurus amnicola	ON	Normal
Threatened	Vascular Plants	Silky Beach Pea	Lathyrus littoralis	BC	Normal
Threatened	Vascular Plants	Spiked Saxifrage	Micranthes spicata	YT	None required. COSEWIC plans to reassess in near future.
Threatened	Arthropods	Gibson’s Big Sand Tiger Beetle	Cicindela formosa gibsoni	AB SK	Normal
Threatened	Arthropods	Island Tiger Moth	Grammia complicata	BC	Normal
Threatened	Birds	Bank Swallow	Riparia riparia	YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL	Normal
Threatened	Birds	Wood Thrush	Hylocichla mustelina	ON QC NB NS	Normal
Special concern	Arthropods	Georgia Basin Bog Spider	Gnaphosa snohomish	BC	Normal
Special concern	Arthropods	Greenish-white Grasshopper	Hypochlora alba	AB SK MB	Normal
Special concern	Molluscs	Haida Gwaii Slug	Staala gwaii	BC	Normal
Special concern	Amphibians	Western Tiger Salamander (Prairie / Boreal population)1	Ambystoma mavortium	AB SK MB	Normal
Special concern	Birds	Eastern Wood-pewee	Contopus virens	SK MB ON QC NB NS PE	Normal
Special concern	Mammals	American Badger taxus subspecies	Taxidea taxus taxus	AB SK MB ON	Normal
Up-lists from threatened to endangered	Vascular Plants	Fernald’s Braya	Braya fernaldii	NL	Normal
Up-lists from threatened to endangered	Vascular Plants	Plymouth Gentian	Sabatia kennedyana	NS	Normal
Up-lists from threatened to endangered	Reptiles	Massasauga (Carolinian population)2	Sistrurus catenatus	ON	Normal
Down-lists from threatened to special concern	Vascular Plants	Crooked-stem Aster	Symphyotrichum prenanthoides	ON	Normal
Down-lists from threatened to special concern	Reptiles	Eastern Musk Turtle	Sternotherus odoratus	ON QC	Normal

¹ The Tiger Salamander was formerly considered by COSEWIC as three populations. In November 2012, COSEWIC split it into the Western Tiger Salamander and the Eastern Tiger Salamander, each with two populations. The two populations of the Western Tiger Salamander were assessed in November 2012. The assessment of one of the two populations of the Eastern Tiger Salamander was deferred; therefore, the report for the Eastern Tiger Salamander will be presented to the Minister at a later time.

² Currently listed on Schedule 1 as a single species. Re-assessed in November 2012 and split into two populations.

Table 2: Terrestrial Species Recently Reassessed by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (No Consultations – Species Status Confirmation)

Threat	Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Extirpated	Molluscs	Puget Oregonian	Cryptomastix devia	BC	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Vascular Plants	Pink Coreopsis	Coreopsis rosea	NS	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Vascular Plants	Slender Bush-clover	Lespedeza virginica	ON	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Arthropods	Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth	Prodoxus quinquepunctellus	AB	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Arthropods	Non-pollinating Yucca Moth	Tegeticula corruptrix	AB	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Arthropods	Yucca Moth	Tegeticula yuccasella	AB	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Molluscs	Oregon Forestsnail	Allogona townsendiana	BC	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Amphibians	Western Tiger Salamander (Southern Mountain population) 1	Ambystoma mavortium	BC	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Birds	Northern Bobwhite	Colinus virginianus	ON	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Mammals	American Badger jacksoni subspecies	Taxidea taxus jacksoni	ON	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Mammals	American Badger jeffersonii subspecies (Eastern population)2	Taxidea taxus jeffersonii	BC	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Mammals	American Badger jeffersonii subspecies (Western population)2	Taxidea taxus jeffersonii	BC	None; status confirmation
Threatened	Vascular Plants	Soapweed	Yucca glauca	AB SK	None; status confirmation
Threatened	Arthropods	Dun Skipper vestris subspecies	Euphyes vestris vestris	BC	None; status confirmation
Threatened	Reptiles	Eastern Ribbonsnake (Atlantic population)	Thamnophis sauritus	NS	None; status confirmation
Threatened	Reptiles	Great Basin Gophersnake	Pituophis catenifer deserticola	BC	None; status confirmation
Threatened	Reptiles	Massasauga (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)3	Sistrurus catenatus	ON	None; status confirmation
Threatened	Birds	Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies	Accipiter gentilis laingi	BC	None; status confirmation
Special concern	Molluscs	Warty Jumping-slug	Hemphillia glandulosa	BC	None; status confirmation
Special concern	Amphibians	Western Toad (Calling population)3	Anaxyrus boreas	BC AB	None; status confirmation
Special concern	Amphibians	Western Toad (Non-calling population)3	Anaxyrus boreas	YT NT BC AB	None; status confirmation
Special concern	Reptiles	Eastern Ribbonsnake (Great Lakes population)	Thamnophis sauritus	ON QC	None; status confirmation
Special concern	Reptiles	Northern Map Turtle	Graptemys geographica	ON QC	None; status confirmation

¹ The Tiger Salamander was formerly considered by COSEWIC as three populations. In November 2012, COSEWIC split it into the Western Tiger Salamander and the Eastern Tiger Salamander, each with two populations. The two populations of the Western Tiger Salamander were assessed in November 2012. The assessment of one of the two populations of the Eastern Tiger Salamander was deferred; therefore, the report for the Eastern Tiger Salamander will be presented to the Minister at a later time.

² Currently listed on Schedule 1 as a single subspecies. Subspecies re-assessed in November 2012 and split into two populations.

³ Currently listed on Schedule 1 as a single species. Re-assessed in November 2012 and split into two populations.

Table 3: Aquatic species recently assessed or reassessed by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada with consultation conducted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (eligible for addition to Schedule 1 or reclassification)

Threat	Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Endangered	Fishes	Cusk	Brosme brosme	Atlantic Ocean	Extended
Endangered	Molluscs	Lilliput	Toxolasma parvum	ON	Extended
Endangered	Fishes	Striped Bass (Bay of Fundy population)	Morone saxatilis	NB NS Atlantic Ocean	Extended
Endangered	Fishes	White Sturgeon (Upper Fraser River population)1	Acipenser transmontanus	BC	Extended
Threatened	Fishes	Bull Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations)	Salvelinus confluentus	AB	Extended
Threatened	Molluscs	Threehorn Wartyback	Obliquaria reflexa	ON	Extended
Threatened	Fishes	White Sturgeon (Lower Fraser River population)	Acipenser transmontanus	BC	Extended
Special concern	Fishes	Bull Trout (South Coast British Columbia populations)	Salvelinus confluentus	BC	Extended
Special concern	Fishes	Bull Trout (Western Arctic populations)	Salvelinus confluentus	YT NT BC AB	Extended
Special concern	Fishes	Eulachon (Nass / Skeena Rivers population)	Thaleichthys pacificus	BC Pacific Ocean	Extended
Special concern	Fishes	Striped Bass (Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population)	Morone saxatilis	QC NB PE NS Atlantic Ocean	Extended
Down-lists from extirpated to endangered	Fishes	Striped Bass (St. Lawrence River population)2	Morone saxatilis	QC Atlantic Ocean	Normal
Down-lists from extirpated to endangered	Fishes	Pugnose Shiner	Notropis anogenus	ON	Normal
Down-lists from extirpated to endangered	Fishes	Salish Sucker	Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus	BC	Extended

¹ A wildlife species of this name is currently listed on Schedule 1. This newly-assessed unit now includes two population units that were not included in the earlier entity.

² The wildlife species was reclassified to Endangered from Extirpated because of a successful reintroduction.

Table 4: Aquatic species recently reassessed by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (species status confirmation)

Threat	Taxon	Common Name (population)	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Endangered	Molluscs	Kidneyshell	Ptychobranchus fasciolaris	ON	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Molluscs	Round Hickorynut	Obovaria subrotunda	ON	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Mammals	Sei Whale (Pacific population)	Balaenoptera borealis	Atlantic Ocean	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Fishes	White Sturgeon (Upper Columbia River population)	Acipenser transmontanus	BC	None; status confirmation
Endangered	Fishes	White Sturgeon (Upper Kootenay River population)	Acipenser transmontanus	BC	None; status confirmation
Threatened	Fishes	Northern Wolffish	Anarhichas denticulatus	Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean	None; status confirmation
Threatened	Fishes	Spotted Wolffish	Anarhichas minor	Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean	None; status confirmation
Special concern	Fishes	Atlantic Wolffish	Anarhichas lupus	Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean	None; status confirmation
Special concern	Fishes	Bridle Shiner	Notropis bifrenatus	ON QC	None; status confirmation