Canadian Wildlife Species at Risk 2016: chapter 13
Names Previously Used by COSEWIC and Synonyms
Names Previously Used by COSEWIC and Synonyms
| Previous Name(s) or Synonym | Current Common Name or Scientific Name (population) |
|---|---|
| Abronia micrantha | Tripterocalyx micranthus |
| Acadian Whitefish | Atlantic Whitefish |
| Achikunipi | Harbour Seal Lacs des Loups Marins subspecies |
| Achillea millefolium var. megacephalum | Achillea millefolium var. megacephala |
| Acipenser fulvescens (Great Lakes and Western St. Lawrence populations) | Acipenser fulvescens (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) |
| Acipenser fulvescens (Great Lakes and Western St. Lawrence River populations) | Acipenser fulvescens (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) |
| Acipenser fulvescens (Rainy River - Lake of the Woods populations) | Acipenser fulvescens (Lake of the Woods - Rainy River populations) |
| Acipenser fulvescens (Red-Assiniboine rivers - Lake Winnipeg populations) | Acipenser fulvescens (Red-Assiniboine Rivers - Lake Winnipeg populations) |
| Acipenser oxyrinchus (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence populations) | Acipenser oxyrinchus (St. Lawrence populations) |
| Acris crepitans | Acris blanchardi |
| Acris crepitans blanchardi | Acris blanchardi |
| Ambystoma laterale – (2) jeffersonianum (Jefferson Salamander dependent population) | Ambystoma laterale - (2) jeffersonianum (Jefferson Salamander dependent population) |
| Ambystoma laterale – texanum (Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population) | Ambystoma laterale - texanum (Small-mouthed Salamander dependent population) |
| American Hart's-tongue Fern | Hart's-tongue Fern |
| Apple Moss | Rigid Apple Moss |
| Ascaphus truei (Pacific Coast population) | Ascaphus truei |
| Ascaphus truei (Southern Mountain population) | Ascaphus montanus |
| Asplenium scolopendrium var. americanum | Asplenium scolopendrium |
| Aster anticostensis | Symphyotrichum anticostense |
| Aster curtus | Sericocarpus rigidus |
| Aster divaricatus | Eurybia divaricata |
| Aster laurentianus | Symphyotrichum laurentianum |
| Aster praealtus | Symphyotrichum praealtum |
| Aster prenanthoides | Symphyotrichum prenanthoides |
| Aster shortii | Symphyotrichum shortii |
| Aster subulatus var. obtusifolius | Symphyotrichum subulatum (Bathurst population) |
| Aster yukonensis | Symphyotrichum yukonense |
| Atlantic Salmon (Inner Bay of Fundy populations) | Atlantic Salmon (Inner Bay of Fundy population) |
| Atlantic Sturgeon (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence populations) | Atlantic Sturgeon (St. Lawrence populations) |
| Balaena mysticetus (Western Arctic population) | Balaena mysticetus (Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population) |
| Banded Killifish (Mainland population) | Banded Killifish (Mainland populations) |
| Banded Killifish (Newfoundland population) | Banded Killifish (Newfoundland populations) |
| Barren-ground Caribou (Dolphin and Union population) | Dolphin and Union Caribou |
| Bartonia paniculata | Bartonia paniculata ssp. paniculata |
| Bathurst Aster | Bathurst Aster (Bathurst population) |
| Behr's (Columbia) Hairstreak | Behr's Hairstreak |
| Beluga Whale (Beaufort Sea / Arctic Ocean population) | Beluga Whale (Eastern Beaufort Sea population) |
| Beluga Whale (Southeast Baffin Island-Cumberland Sound population) | Beluga Whale (Cumberland Sound population) |
| Beluga Whale (St. Lawrence River population) | Beluga Whale (St. Lawrence Estuary population) |
| Benthic Hadley Lake Stickleback | Hadley Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback |
| Benthic Texada Island Stickleback | Paxton Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback |
| Black Ratsnake (Carolinian population) | Gray Ratsnake (Carolinian population) |
| Black Ratsnake (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) | Gray Ratsnake (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) |
| Blanding's Turtle (Great Lakes population) | Blanding's Turtle (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) |
| Blue Pike | Blue Walleye |
| Blue-eyed Mary | Spring Blue-eyed Mary |
| Blue-grey Taildropper Slug | Blue-grey Taildropper |
| Bottlenose Dolphin | Common Bottlenose Dolphin |
| Bowhead Whale (Western Arctic population) | Bowhead Whale (Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population) |
| Bowl Limpet | Eelgrass Limpet |
| Buchloë dactyloides | Bouteloua dactyloides |
| Bufo cognatus | Anaxyrus cognatus |
| Bufo fowleri | Anaxyrus fowleri |
| Bufo woodhousii fowleri | Anaxyrus fowleri |
| Bull Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations) | Bull Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations) |
| Butler’s Garter Snake | Butler's Gartersnake |
| Cacalia plantaginea | Arnoglossum plantagineum |
| Callophrys [Incisalia] irus | Callophrys irus |
| Canis lupus lycaon | Canis sp. cf. lycaon |
| Canis lycaon | Canis sp. cf. lycaon |
| Caprimulgus vociferus | Antrostomus vociferus |
| Catostomus sp. | Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus |
| Catostomus catostomus | Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus |
| Catostomus catostomus (Chehalis populations) | Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus |
| Centrocercus urophasianus phaios (British Columbia population) | Centrocercus urophasianus phaios |
| Centrocercus urophasianus urophasianus (Prairie population) | Centrocercus urophasianus urophasianus |
| Charlotte Unarmoured Stickleback | Unarmoured Threespine Stickleback |
| Charlotte Unarmoured Sticklebacks | Unarmoured Threespine Stickleback |
| Charlotte Unarmoured Threespine Stickleback | Unarmoured Threespine Stickleback |
| Cimicifuga elata | Actaea elata |
| Clemmys insculpta | Glyptemys insculpta |
| Clemmys marmorata | Actinemys marmorata |
| Coast Tailed Frog | Coastal Tailed Frog |
| Coastrange Sculpin | Coastrange Sculpin (Cultus population) |
| Coenonympha tullia nipisiquit | Coenonympha nipisiquit |
| Coeur d'Alène Salamander | Coeur d'Alene Salamander |
| Columbia Mottled Sculpin | Columbia Sculpin |
| Common Dolphin | Short-beaked Common Dolphin |
| Common Hop-tree | Common Hoptree |
| Common Watersnake | Northern Watersnake |
| Coregonus canadensis | Coregonus huntsmani |
| Coregonus clupeaformis | Coregonus clupeaformis (Lake Simcoe population) |
| Cottus sp. | Cottus aleuticus (Cultus population) |
| Cottus sp. (St. Mary and Milk River populations) | Cottus sp. (Eastslope populations) |
| Cottus bairdi hubbsi | Cottus hubbsi |
| Cottus bairdii hubbsi | Cottus hubbsi |
| Cowichan Lake Lamprey | Vancouver Lamprey |
| Cryptic Paw | Cryptic Paw Lichen |
| Cultus Pygmy Sculpin | Coastrange Sculpin (Cultus population) |
| Cutlips Minnow | Cutlip Minnow |
| Dalea villosa var. villosa | Dalea villosa |
| Darktail Lamprey | Alaskan Brook Lamprey |
| Delphinapterus leucas (Beaufort Sea / Arctic Ocean population) | Delphinapterus leucas (Eastern Beaufort Sea population) |
| Delphinapterus leucas (Southeast Baffin Island-Cumberland Sound population) | Delphinapterus leucas (Cumberland Sound population) |
| Delphinapterus leucas (St. Lawrence River population) | Delphinapterus leucas (St. Lawrence Estuary population) |
| Dendroica cerulea | Setophaga cerulea |
| Dendroica discolor | Setophaga discolor |
| Dendroica kirtlandii | Setophaga kirtlandii |
| Dolphin and Union Caribou (Dolphin and Union population) | Dolphin and Union Caribou |
| Draba kananaskis | Draba juvenilis |
| Dun Skipper (Western population) | Dun Skipper vestris subspecies |
| Dun Skipper vestris subspecies (Western population) | Dun Skipper vestris subspecies |
| Dwarf Woolly-heads | Dwarf Woolly-heads (Southern Mountain population) |
| Eastern Grey Wolf | Eastern Wolf |
| Eastern Hognose Snake | Eastern Hog-nosed Snake |
| Eastern Hognosed Snake | Eastern Hog-nosed Snake |
| Eastern Mud Turtle | Eastern Musk Turtle |
| Eastern Pipistrelle | Tri-colored Bat |
| Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid | Eastern Prairie Fringed-orchid |
| Eastern Ratsnake (Carolinian population) | Gray Ratsnake (Carolinian population) |
| Eastern Ratsnake (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) | Gray Ratsnake (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) |
| Eastern Short-horned Lizard | Greater Short-horned Lizard |
| Eastern Spiny Softshell Turtle | Spiny Softshell |
| Eastern Yellow-breasted Chat | Yellow-breasted Chat virens subspecies |
| "Eastslope" Sculpin (St. Mary and Milk River populations) | Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Eastslope populations) |
| Elaphe gloydi (Carolinian population) | Pantherophis gloydi (Carolinian population) |
| Elaphe gloydi (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) | Pantherophis gloydi (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) |
| Elaphe obsoleta (Carolinian population) | Pantherophis spiloides (Carolinian population) |
| Elaphe obsoleta (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) | Pantherophis spiloides (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) |
| Elaphe spiloides (Carolinian population) | Pantherophis spiloides (Carolinian population) |
| Elaphe spiloides (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) | Pantherophis spiloides (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) |
| Elgaria coerulea principis | Elgaria coerulea |
| Emydoidea blandingi | Emydoidea blandingii (Nova Scotia population) |
| Emydoidea blandingii (Great Lakes population) | Emydoidea blandingii (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) |
| Enos Lake Benthic Stickleback | Enos Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback |
| Enos Lake Limnetic Stickleback | Enos Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback |
| Epeoloides pilosula | Epeoloides pilosulus |
| Erigeron philadelphicus ssp. provancheri | Erigeron philadelphicus var. provancheri |
| Ermine (Queen Charlotte Islands population) | Ermine haidarum subspecies |
| Eschrichtius robustus (Northeast Pacific population) | Eschrichtius robustus (Eastern North Pacific population) |
| Eumeces fasciatus (Carolinian population) | Plestiodon fasciatus (Carolinian population) |
| Eumeces fasciatus (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) | Plestiodon fasciatus (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population) |
| Eumeces septentrionalis | Plestiodon septentrionalis |
| Eumeces septentrionalis septentrionalis | Plestiodon septentrionalis |
| Eumeces skiltonianus | Plestiodon skiltonianus |
| Euphyes vestris | Euphyes vestris vestris |
| Euphyes vestris (Western population) | Euphyes vestris vestris |
| Felt-leaf Willow | Blanket-leaved Willow |
| Few-flowered Club-rush | Bashful Bulrush |
| Flexuous Golden Stubble | Flexuous Golden Stubble Lichen |
| Flooded Jellyskin Lichen | Flooded Jellyskin |
| Frosted Glass-whiskers (British Columbia population) | Frosted Glass-whiskers (Pacific population) |
| Frosted Glass-whiskers (Nova Scotia population) | Frosted Glass-whiskers (Atlantic population) |
| Frosted Glass-whiskers (British Columbia population) | Frosted Glass-whiskers (Pacific population) |
| Frosted Glass-whiskers (Nova Scotia population) | Frosted Glass-whiskers (Atlantic population) |
| Frosted Glass-whiskers Lichen (Nova Scotia population) | Frosted Glass-whiskers (Atlantic population) |
| Fundulus diaphanus (Mainland population) | Fundulus diaphanus (Mainland populations) |
| Fundulus diaphanus (Newfoundland population) | Fundulus diaphanus (Newfoundland populations) |
| Gasterosteus sp. | Gasterosteus aculeatus |
| Gentiana victorinii | Gentianopsis virgata ssp. victorinii |
| Gentianopsis procera macounii var. victorinii | Gentianopsis virgata ssp. victorinii |
| Gentianopsis victorinii | Gentianopsis virgata ssp. victorinii |
| Ghost Antler | Ghost Antler Lichen |
| Giant Stickleback | Giant Threespine Stickleback |
| Goat's-rue | Virginia Goat's-rue |
| Golden Crest | Goldencrest |
| Grasshopper Sparrow (Eastern) | Grasshopper Sparrow, pratensis subspecies |
| Great Basin Gopher Snake | Great Basin Gophersnake |
| Great Basin Spadefoot Toad | Great Basin Spadefoot |
| Great White Shark (Atlantic population) | White Shark (Atlantic population) |
| Great White Shark (Pacific population) | White Shark (Pacific population) |
| Greater Sandhill Crane | Sandhill Crane tabida subspecies |
| Grey Whale (Northeast Pacific population) | Grey Whale (Eastern North Pacific population) |
| Grey Wolf | Arctic Grey Wolf |
| Grey Wolf | Eastern Wolf |
| Grey Wolf | Northern Grey Wolf |
| Grey Wolf | Southern Grey Wolf |
| Gymnocladus dioica | Gymnocladus dioicus |
| Hadley Lake Benthic Stickleback | Hadley Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback |
| Hadley Lake Limnetic Stickleback | Hadley Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback |
| Haplopappus macleanii | Stenotus borealis |
| Harbour Seal | Harbour Seal Atlantic and Eastern Arctic subspecies |
| Harbour Seal | Harbour Seal Pacific subspecies |
| Harbour Seal (Lac des Loups Marins landlocked population) | Harbour Seal Lacs des Loups Marins subspecies |
| Harbour Seal Atlantic subspecies | Harbour Seal Atlantic and Eastern Arctic subspecies |
| Hubb's Beaked Whale | Hubbs' Beaked Whale |
| Hybognathus placitis | Hybognathus placitus |
| Hymenoxys herbacea | Tetraneuris herbacea |
| Hyperoodon ampullatus | Hyperoodon ampullatus (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population) |
| Hyperoodon ampullatus (Davis Strait population) | Hyperoodon ampullatus (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population) |
| Hyperoodon ampullatus (Gully population) | Hyperoodon ampullatus (Scotian Shelf population) |
| Hypsiglena torquata | Hypsiglena chlorophaea |
| Icteria virens auricollis (British Columbia population) | Icteria virens auricollis (Southern Mountain population) |
| Icteria virens virens (Eastern population) | Icteria virens virens |
| Incisalia irus | Callophrys irus |
| "Ipswich" Savannah Sparrow | Savannah Sparrow princeps subspecies |
| Island Marble insulanus subspecies | Island Marble |
| Isoëtes bolanderi | Isoetes bolanderi |
| Isoëtes engelmannii | Isoetes engelmannii |
| Isopyrum biternatum | Enemion biternatum |
| Kananaskis Whitlow-grass | Long-stalked Whitlow-grass |
| Killer Whale (Northern Resident population) | Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific northern resident population) |
| Killer Whale (Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic populations) | Killer Whale (Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic population) |
| Killer Whale (Offshore population) | Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific offshore population) |
| Killer Whale (Southern Resident population) | Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific southern resident population) |
| Killer Whale (West Coast Transient population) | Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific transient population) |
| Lachnanthes caroliana | Lachnanthes caroliniana |
| Lake Erie Water Snake | Lake Erie Watersnake |
| Lake Lamprey | Vancouver Lamprey |
| Lake Simcoe Whitefish | Lake Whitefish (Lake Simcoe population) |
| Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes and Western St. Lawrence populations) | Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) |
| Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes and Western St. Lawrence River populations) | Lake Sturgeon (Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations) |
| Lake Sturgeon (Rainy River - Lake of the Woods populations) | Lake Sturgeon (Lake of the Woods - Rainy River populations) |
| Lake Sturgeon (Red-Assiniboine rivers - Lake Winnipeg populations) | Lake Sturgeon (Red-Assiniboine Rivers - Lake Winnipeg populations) |
| Lake Utopia Dwarf Smelt | Rainbow Smelt (Lake Utopia small-bodied population) |
| Lake Winnipeg Physa Snail | Lake Winnipeg Physa |
| Lampetra alaskensis | Lethenteron alaskense |
| Lampetra macrostoma | Entosphenus macrostomus |
| Lampetra richardsoni | Lampetra richardsoni (Morrison Creek population) |
| Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides (Prairie population) | Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides |
| Leucoraja ocellata (Georges Bank-Western Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy population) | Leucoraja ocellata (Western Scotian Shelf - Georges Bank population) |
| Lewis’ Woodpecker | Lewis's Woodpecker |
| Lilaeopsis | Eastern Lilaeopsis |
| Limnetic Hadley Lake Stickleback | Hadley Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback |
| Limnetic Texada Island Stickleback | Paxton Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback |
| Little Brown Bat | Little Brown Myotis |
| Loggerhead Shrike (Prairie population) | Loggerhead Shrike Prairie subspecies |
| Loggerhead Shrike excubitorides subspecies | Loggerhead Shrike Prairie subspecies |
| Long-tailed Weasel (Prairie population) | Prairie Long-tailed Weasel |
| Longfin Smelt | Longfin Smelt (Pygmy populations) |
| Lottia alveus | Lottia alveus alveus |
| Lupinus lepidus var. lepidus | Lupinus lepidus |
| Lynx | Canada Lynx |
| MacLean's Goldenweed | Northern Mock Goldenweed |
| Malacoraja senta (Nose of the Grand Banks Population) | Malacoraja senta (Nose of the Grand Bank population) |
| Mapleleaf Mussel (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence population) | Mapleleaf (Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence population) |
| Mapleleaf Mussel (Saskatchewan - Nelson population) | Mapleleaf (Saskatchewan - Nelson population) |
| Marah oreganus | Marah oregana |
| Martes americana atrata | Martes americana atrata (Newfoundland population) |
| Mexican Mosquito Fern | Mexican Mosquito-fern |
| Mielichhoferia macrocarpa | Haplodontium macrocarpum |
| Milksnake | Eastern Milksnake |
| Mira River Whitefish | Lake Whitefish (Mira River population) |
| Misty Lake Lentic Stickleback | Misty Lake Lentic Threespine Stickleback |
| Misty Lake Lotic Stickleback | Misty Lake Lotic Threespine Stickleback |
| Morone saxatilis (St. Lawrence Estuary population) | Morone saxatilis (St. Lawrence River population) |
| Morrison Creek Lamprey | Western Brook Lamprey (Morrison Creek population) |
| Mudpuppy Mussel | Salamander Mussel |
| Mustela erminea haidarum (Queen Charlotte Islands population) | Mustela erminea haidarum |
| Mustela frenata longicauda (Prairie population) | Mustela frenata longicauda |
| Newfoundland Marten | American Marten (Newfoundland population) |
| Night Snake | Desert Nightsnake |
| Nightsnake | Desert Nightsnake |
| North Sea Beaked Whale | Sowerby's Beaked Whale |
| Northern Bottlenose Whale | Northern Bottlenose Whale (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population) |
| Northern Bottlenose Whale (Davis Strait population) | Northern Bottlenose Whale (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population) |
| Northern Bottlenose Whale (Gully population) | Northern Bottlenose Whale (Scotian Shelf population) |
| Northern Cricket Frog | Blanchard's Cricket Frog |
| Northern Goshawk | Northern Goshawk atricapillus subspecies |
| Northern Leopard Frog (Prairie population) | Northern Leopard Frog (Western Boreal/Prairie populations) |
| Northern Leopard Frog (Southern Mountain population) | Northern Leopard Frog (Rocky Mountain population) |
| Northern Prairie Skink | Prairie Skink |
| Northern Ribbonsnake (Atlantic population) | Eastern Ribbonsnake (Atlantic population) |
| Northern Ribbonsnake (Great Lakes population) | Eastern Ribbonsnake (Great Lakes population) |
| Northern Spotted Owl | Spotted Owl caurina subspecies |
| Northwestern Alligator Lizard | Northern Alligator Lizard |
| Nothern Long-eared Bat | Northern Myotis |
| Notropis rubellus (Eastern population) | Notropis rubellus |
| Notropis rubellus (Manitoba population) | Notropis percobromus |
| Nuttall's Cottontail (British Columbia population) | Nuttall's Cottontail nuttallii subspecies |
| Nuttall's Cottontail (Prairie population) | Nuttall's Cottontail pinetis subspecies |
| Nyctea scandiaca | Bubo scandiaca |
| Oldgrowth Specklebelly | Oldgrowth Specklebelly Lichen |
| Oncorhynchus nerka (Cultus Lake population) | Oncorhynchus nerka (Cultus population) |
| Oncorhynchus nerka (Sakinaw Lake population) | Oncorhynchus nerka (Sakinaw population) |
| Orcinus orca (Northern Resident population) | Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific northern resident population) |
| Orcinus orca (Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic populations) | Orcinus orca (Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic population) |
| Orcinus orca (Offshore population) | Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific offshore population) |
| Orcinus orca (Southern Resident population) | Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific southern resident population) |
| Orcinus orca (West Coast Transient population) | Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific transient population) |
| Osmerus sp. | Osmerus mordax (Lake Utopia small-bodied population) |
| Osmerus spectrum | Osmerus mordax (Lake Utopia small-bodied population) |
| Ostrea conchaphila | Ostrea lurida |
| Otus asio | Megascops asio |
| Otus kennicottii kennicottii | Megascops kennicottii kennicottii |
| Otus kennicottii macfarlanei | Megascops kennicottii macfarlanei |
| Pacific Giant Salamander | Coastal Giant Salamander |
| Pacific Gopher Snake | Pacific Gophersnake |
| Pacific Great Blue Heron | Great Blue Heron fannini subspecies |
| Panax quinquefolium | Panax quinquefolius |
| Paxton Lake Benthic Stickleback | Paxton Lake Benthic Threespine Stickleback |
| Paxton Lake Limnetic Stickleback | Paxton Lake Limnetic Threespine Stickleback |
| Peale's Peregrine Falcon | Peregrine Falcon pealei subspecies |
| Phoca vitulina mellonae (Lac des Loups Marins landlocked population) | Phoca vitulina mellonae |
| Phrynosoma douglasii (British Columbia population) | Phrynosoma douglasii |
| Phrynosoma douglassii brevirostre | Phrynosoma hernandesi |
| Phrynosoma douglassii douglassii (British Columbia population) | Phrynosoma douglasii |
| Pighead Prickleback | Blackline Prickleback |
| Pigmy Short-horned Lizard | Pygmy Short-horned Lizard |
| Pigmy Short-horned Lizard (British Columbia population) | Pygmy Short-horned Lizard |
| Pink Rush | Rush Pink |
| Pipistrellus subflavus | Perimyotis subflavus |
| Plains Spadefoot Toad | Plains Spadefoot |
| Polemonium van-bruntiae | Polemonium vanbruntiae |
| Porbeagle Shark | Porbeagle |
| Prairie Loggerhead Shrike | Loggerhead Shrike Prairie subspecies |
| Psilocarphus brevissimus | Psilocarphus brevissimus (Southern Mountain population) |
| Psilocarphus elatior (Pacific population) | Psilocarphus elatior |
| Puget Oregonian Snail | Puget Oregonian |
| Pygmy Longfin Smelt | Longfin Smelt (Pygmy populations) |
| Pygmy Short-horned Lizard (British Columbia population) | Pygmy Short-horned Lizard |
| Queen Charlotte Goshawk | Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies |
| Queen Snake | Queensnake |
| Rainbow Mussel | Rainbow |
| Rana pipiens (Eastern population) | Lithobates pipiens (Eastern populations) |
| Rana pipiens (Rocky Mountain population) | Lithobates pipiens (Rocky Mountain population) |
| Rana pipiens (Southern Mountain population) | Lithobates pipiens (Rocky Mountain population) |
| Rana pipiens (Western Boreal/Prairie populations) | Lithobates pipiens (Western Boreal/Prairie populations) |
| Rana pipiens (Prairie population) | Lithobates pipiens (Western Boreal/Prairie populations) |
| Rangifer tarandus caribou (Atlantic-Gaspésie population) | Rangifer tarandus (Atlantic-Gaspésie population) |
| Rangifer tarandus caribou (Boreal population) | Rangifer tarandus (Boreal population) |
| Rangifer tarandus caribou (Newfoundland population) | Rangifer tarandus (Newfoundland population) |
| Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus (Dolphin and Union population) | Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus |
| Rangifer tarandus dawsoni (Queen Charlotte Islands population) | Rangifer tarandus dawsoni |
| Ranunculus alismaefolius var. alismaefolius | Ranunculus alismifolius |
| Ranunculus alismifolius var. alismifolius | Ranunculus alismifolius |
| Red Oak Stubble | Red Oak Stubble Lichen |
| Red-legged Frog | Northern Red-legged Frog |
| Reithrodontomys megalotis dychei (Prairie population) | Reithrodontomys megalotis dychei |
| Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis (British Columbia population) | Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis |
| Rhinichthys sp. | Rhinichthys cataractae ssp. |
| Rhinichthys cataractae | Rhinichthys cataractae ssp. |
| Rhynochophanes mccownii | Rhynchophanes mccownii |
| Rocky Mountain Sculpin (St. Mary and Milk River populations) | Rocky Mountain Sculpin (Eastslope populations) |
| Ross’ Gull | Ross's Gull |
| Rosyface Shiner (Eastern population) | Rosyface Shiner |
| Rosyface Shiner (Manitoba population) | Carmine Shiner |
| Rubber Boa | Northern Rubber Boa |
| Sage Grouse (British Columbia population) | Greater Sage-Grouse phaios subspecies |
| Sage Grouse (Prairie population) | Greater Sage-Grouse urophasianus subspecies |
| Salish Sucker (Chehalis populations) | Salish Sucker |
| Salix chlorolepsis | Salix chlorolepis |
| Salmo salar (Inner Bay of Fundy populations) | Salmo salar (Inner Bay of Fundy population) |
| Sand Verbena | Small-flowered Sand-verbena |
| Sand Verbena Moth | Sand-verbena Moth |
| Sander vitreum glaucus | Sander vitreus glaucus |
| Satyrium behrii columbia | Satyrium behrii |
| Scirpus verecundus | Trichophorum planifolium |
| Sclerophora peronella (British Columbia population) | Sclerophora peronella (Pacific population) |
| Sclerophora peronella (Nova Scotia population) | Sclerophora peronella (Atlantic population) |
| Seaside Bone | Seaside Bone Lichen |
| Seaside Centipede | Seaside Centipede Lichen |
| Sebastes aleutianus type I | Sebastes sp. type I |
| Sebastes aleutianus type II | Sebastes sp. type II |
| Seiurus motacilla | Parkesia motacilla |
| Simpsonais ambigua | Simpsonaias ambigua |
| Slender Wooly-heads | Slender Woolly-heads |
| Smallmouth Salamander | Small-mouthed Salamander |
| Smooth Skate (Nose of the Grand Banks Population) | Smooth Skate (Nose of the Grand Bank population) |
| Sockeye Salmon (Cultus Lake population) | Sockeye Salmon (Cultus population) |
| Sockeye Salmon (Sakinaw Lake population) | Sockeye Salmon (Sakinaw population) |
| Soupfin Shark | Tope |
| Speotyto cunicularia | Athene cunicularia |
| Spiny Softshell Turtle | Spiny Softshell |
| Spirinchus sp. | Spirinchus thaleichthys (Pygmy populations) |
| Spotted Owl | Spotted Owl caurina subspecies |
| Stinkpot | Eastern Musk Turtle |
| Stizostedion vitreum glaucum | Sander vitreus glaucus |
| Streaked Horned Lark | Horned Lark strigata subspecies |
| Striped Bass (St. Lawrence Estuary population) | Striped Bass (St. Lawrence River population) |
| Striped Wolffish | Atlantic Wolffish |
| Strix occidentalis | Strix occidentalis caurina |
| Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii (British Columbia population) | Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii |
| Sylvilagus nuttallii pinetis (Prairie population) | Sylvilagus nuttallii pinetis |
| Symphyotrichum subulatum | Symphyotrichum subulatum (Bathurst population) |
| Tailed Frog (Pacific Coast population) | Coastal Tailed Frog |
| Tailed Frog (Southern Mountain population) | Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog |
| Tall Woolly-heads (Pacific population) | Tall Woolly-heads |
| Terrapene carolina carolina | Terrapene carolina |
| Tiny Cryptanthe | Tiny Cryptantha |
| Triphysaria versicolor ssp. versicolor | Triphysaria versicolor |
| Van Brunt’s Jacob’s Ladder | Van Brunt's Jacob's-ladder |
| Vananda Creek Benthic Stickleback | Vananda Creek Benthic Threespine Stickleback |
| Vananda Creek Limnetic Stickleback | Vananda Creek Limnetic Threespine Stickleback |
| Virgulus sericeus | Symphyotrichum sericeum |
| Vole Ears | Vole Ears Lichen |
| Water-pennywort | Water Pennywort |
| Western Blue-flag | Western Blue Flag |
| Western Brook Lamprey | Western Brook Lamprey (Morrison Creek population) |
| Western Bumble Bee Northern population | Western Bumble Bee mckayi subspecies |
| Western Bumble Bee Southern population | Western Bumble Bee occidentalis subspecies |
| Western Harvest Mouse (British Columbia population) | Western Harvest Mouse megalotis subspecies |
| Western Harvest Mouse (Prairie population) | Western Harvest Mouse dychei subspecies |
| Western Prairie Fringed Orchid | Western Prairie Fringed-orchid |
| Western Silver-leaved Aster | Western Silvery Aster |
| Western Yellow-breasted Chat (British Columbia population) | Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Southern Mountain population) |
| Western Yellow-breasted Chat (Prairie population) | Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Prairie population) |
| Whip-poor-will | Eastern Whip-poor-will |
| Willow Aster | Willowleaf Aster |
| Wilsonia canadensis | Cardellina canadensis |
| Wilsonia citrina | Setophaga citrina |
| Winter Skate (Georges Bank-Western Scotian Shelf-Bay of Fundy population) | Winter Skate (Western Scotian Shelf - Georges Bank population) |
| Winter Skate (Western Scotian Shelf-Georges Bank population) | Winter Skate (Western Scotian Shelf - Georges Bank population) |
| Woodland Caribou (Atlantic-Gaspésie population) | Caribou (Atlantic-Gaspésie population) |
| Woodland Caribou (Boreal population) | Caribou (Boreal population) |
| Woodland Caribou (Newfoundland population) | Caribou (Newfoundland population) |
| Woodland Caribou (Queen Charlotte Islands population) | Caribou dawsoni subspecies |
| Woodland Caribou Dawson's subspecies | Caribou dawsoni subspecies |
| Yellow Montane Violet | Yellow Montane Violet praemorsa subspecies |
| Yellow-breasted Chat (British Columbia population) | Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Southern Mountain population) |
| Yellow-breasted Chat (Eastern population) | Yellow-breasted Chat virens subspecies |
| Yellow-breasted Chat (Prairie population) | Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Prairie population) |
| Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (British Columbia population) | Yellow-breasted Chat auricollis subspecies (Southern Mountain population) |
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) was created in 1977 as a result of a recommendation at the Federal-Provincial Wildlife Conference held in 1976.
It arose from the need for a single, official, scientifically sound, national classification of wildlife species at risk. In 1978, COSEWIC designated its first wildlife species and produced its first list of Canadian wildlife species at risk.
In 2002, COSEWIC celebrated 25 years of science-based assessment of the status of wildlife species at risk in Canada.
On June 5th 2003, the Species at Risk Act (SARA) was proclaimed. SARA establishes COSEWIC as an advisory body, ensuring that wildlife species will continue to be assessed using the best available scientific, community, and Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge.
The Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge (ATK) Subcommittee held its inaugural meeting in February 2006. The ATK Subcommittee has developed the COSEWIC ATK Process and Protocols Guidelines for COSEWIC, and is currently implementing them in order to integrate ATK into the wildlife species assessment process.
Even after over thirty-five years of existence, COSEWIC continues to evolve and to fine-tune its operations in an effort to do its job in the best possible manner.
The Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada, provides full administrative and financial support to the COSEWIC Secretariat.