Minister Response: COSEWIC species at risk assessments - December 2023

Table 1. Terrestrial species (7) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for addition to Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act

Normal: May 16, 2024
Extended: October 16, 2024

Table 1
Taxon COSEWIC status Species Scientific name Range Consultation path

Mammals

Endangered

Eastern Red Bat

Lasiurus borealis

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PEI, NL, NT, YK, NU

Normal

Mammals

Endangered

Hoary Bat

Lasiurus cinereus

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PEI, NL, YK, NT, NU

Normal

Mammals

Endangered

Silver-haired Bat

Lasionycteris noctivagans

BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, NL YK, NT

Normal

Vascular Plants

Endangered

California Sword Fern

Polystichum californicum

BC

Normal

Vascular Plants

Endangered

Coastal Manroot

Marah oregana

BC

Normal

Lichens

Threatened

Scaly Fringe Lichen

Heterodermia squamulosa

NB, NS

Normal

Arthropods

Special Concern

Riverine ClubtailFootnote 1

Stylurus amnicola

MB, ON, QC

Normal

Table 2. Terrestrial species assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for reclassification (5) or a removal (1) from Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act

Table 2
Taxon Proposed change to Schedule 1 Status Species Scientific name Range Consultation path

Vascular plants

From Threatened to Endangered

Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster

Symphyotrichum laurentianum

QC, PEI, NB

Normal

Arthropods

Endangered to Threatened

Half-moon Hairstreak (Okanagan-Similkameen population)Footnote 2

Satyrium semiluna

BC

Normal

Vascular Plants

Endangered to Special Concern

Foothill Sedge

Carex tumulicola

BC

Normal

Vascular Plants

Endangered to Special Concern

Small-flowered Sand-verbena

Tripterocalyx micranthus

AB, SK

Normal

Birds

Threatened to Special Concern

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Antrostomus vociferus

SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, PE, NS

Normal

Birds

From Special Concern to Non-Active

Great Blue Heron fannini subspecies

Ardea herodias fannini

BC

Extended

Table 3. Terrestrial species (21) recently reassessed by COSEWIC (no consultations – species status confirmation)

Table 3
Taxon COSEWIC status Species Scientific name Range

Amphibians

Extirpated

Eastern Tiger Salamander Carolinian population

Ambystoma tigrinum

ON

Arthropods

Extirpated

American Burying Beetle

Nicrophorus americanus

ON, QC

Arthropods

Extirpated

Island Marble

Euchloe ausonides insulanus

BC

Reptile

Extirpated

Northwestern Pond TurtleFootnote 3

Actinemys marmorata

BC

Reptile

Extirpated

Pacific Gophersnake

Pituophis catenifer catenifer

BC

Reptile

Extirpated

Timber Rattlesnake

Crotalus horridus

ON

Vascular Plants

Extirpated

Spring Blue-eyed Mary

Collinsia verna

ON

Arthropods

Endangered

Bert's Predaceous Diving Beetle

Sanfilippodytes bertae

AB

Arthropods

Endangered

Half-moon Hairstreak (Waterton Lakes population)Footnote 4

Satyrium semiluna

AB

Arthropods

Endangered

Island Blue

Icaricia saepiolus insulanus

BC

Arthropods

Endangered

Rusty-patched Bumble Bee

Bombus affinis

ON, QC, NB

Birds

Endangered

Northern Bobwhite

Colinus virginianus

ON

Birds

Endangered

Roseate Tern

Sterna dougallii

QC,NS, NB, Atlantic Ocean

Birds

Endangered

White-headed Woodpecker

Dryobates albolarvatus Footnote 5

BC

Mosses

Endangered

Poor Pocket Moss

Fissidens Pauperculus

BC

Birds

Threatened

Bicknell's Thrush

Catharus bicknelli

QC, NB, NS

Vascular Plants

Threatened

Slender Mouse-ear-cress

Crucihimalaya virgata Footnote 6

AB, SK

Amphibians

Special Concern

Great Plains Toad

Anaxyrus cognatus

AB, SK, MB

Birds

Special Concern

Savannah Sparrow princeps subspecies (Ipswich sparrow)

Passerculus sandwichensis princeps

NS

Mammals

Special Concern

Mountain Beaver

Aplodontia rufa

BC

Molluscs

Special Concern

Magnum Mantleslug

Magnipelta mycophaga

BC

Table 4. Aquatic species (2) 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)

Table 4
Taxon COSEWIC status Species (DU) Scientific name Range Consultation path

Fishes (Freshwater)

Special Concern

Plains Sucker (Saskatchewan-Nelson population)

Pantosteus jordani

AB, SK

Normal

Mammal (Marine)

Threatened

Northern Fur Seal

Callorhinus ursinus

BC, Pacific Ocean

N/A, consultations recently completed.

Table 5. Aquatic species (1) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for reclassification (1) from Schedule 1 of the Species at Risk Act

Table 5
Taxon Proposed change to Schedule 1 Status Species (DU) Scientific name Range Consultation path

Fishes (Freshwater)

Threatened

Cordilleran Sucker

Pantosteus bondi

BC

Normal

Table 6. Aquatic species (6) recently reassessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (species Status confirmations)

Table 6
Taxon Status confirmations Species (DU) Species name Range

Reptile

Endangered

Leatherback Sea Turtle (Atlantic population)

Dermochelys coriacea

QC, NB, PE, NS, NL, Atlantic Ocean

Reptile

Endangered

Leatherback Sea Turtle (Pacific population)

Dermochelys coriacea

BC, Pacific Ocean

Fishes (Freshwater)

Threatened

Plains Sucker (Missouri Population)

Pantosteus jordani

AB, SK

Fishes (Freshwater)

Endangered

Atlantic Whitefish

Coregonus huntsmani

NS

Molluscs (Freshwater)

Special Concern

Brook Floater

Alasmidonta varicosa

NS, NB

Mammals (Marine)

Special Concern

Humpback Whale (North Pacific population)

Megaptera novaeangliae kuzira

BC, Pacific Ocean

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