Canadian Wildlife Species at Risk 2016: chapter 8

Table 7. Wildlife species assessed and designated in a "risk category" (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern) (724 wildlife species), with range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean), and date of assessment. For Extirpated wildlife species, the historical range of occurrence and the approximate date of disappearance from Canada are shown. Mammals (16), Birds (32), Reptiles (10), Amphibians (6), Fishes (40), Arthropods (8), Molluscs (5), Vascular Plants (47), Mosses (3), Lichens (5) Total: THREATENED CATEGORY (172)

Taxon	Assessment Details	Common Name	Scientific Name	Population Name	Range of Occurrence	Assessment Date
Mammals	↔	Bat, Pallid	Antrozous pallidus	-	BC	November 2010
Mammals	↔	Bison, Plains	Bison bison bison	-	BC AB SK	November 2013
Mammals	↔	Caribou	Rangifer tarandus	Boreal population	YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NL	November 2014
Mammals	↓	Caribou, Peary	Rangifer tarandus pearyi	-	NT NU	November 2015
Mammals	↔	Ermine haidarum subspecies	Mustela erminea haidarum	-	BC	May 2015
Mammals	↔	Fox, Gray	Urocyon cinereoargenteus	-	ON	November 2015
Mammals	↓	Fox, Swift	Vulpes velox	-	AB SK	November 2009
Mammals	↓	Marten, American	Martes americana atrata	Newfoundland population	NL	April 2007
Mammals	↑	Prairie Dog, Black-tailed	Cynomys ludovicianus	-	SK	November 2011
Mammals	↔	Seal, Northern Fur	Callorhinus ursinus	-	BC Pacific Ocean	November 2010
Mammals	↻	Whale, Beluga	Delphinapterus leucas	Cumberland Sound population	NU Arctic Ocean	May 2004
Mammals	↻	Whale, Fin	Balaenoptera physalus	Pacific population	Pacific Ocean	May 2005
Mammals	↔	Whale, Killer	Orcinus orca	Northeast Pacific transient population	Pacific Ocean	November 2008
Mammals	↔	Whale, Killer	Orcinus orca	Northeast Pacific northern resident population	Pacific Ocean	November 2008
Mammals	↑	Whale, Killer	Orcinus orca	Northeast Pacific offshore population	Pacific Ocean	November 2008
Mammals	↻	Wolf, Eastern	Canis sp. cf. lycaon	-	ON QC	May 2015
Birds	↔	Albatross, Short-tailed	Phoebastria albatrus	-	BC Pacific Ocean	November 2013
Birds	↔	Bittern, Least	Ixobrychus exilis	-	MB ON QC NB NS	April 2009
Birds	(no symbol)	Bobolink	Dolichonyx oryzivorus	-	BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL	April 2010
Birds	↓	Crossbill percna subspecies, Red	Loxia curvirostra percna	-	QC NL	April 2016
Birds	(no symbol)	Flycatcher, Olive-sided	Contopus cooperi	-	YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL	November 2007
Birds	↔	Goshawk laingi subspecies, Northern	Accipiter gentilis laingi	-	BC	May 2013
Birds	↔	Gull, Ross's	Rhodostethia rosea	-	NU MB	April 2007
Birds	↑	Hawk, Ferruginous	Buteo regalis	-	AB SK MB	April 2008
Birds	(no symbol)	Knot roselaari type, Red	Calidris canutus roselaari type	-	YT NT BC	April 2007
Birds	(no symbol)	Longspur, Chestnut-collared	Calcarius ornatus	-	AB SK MB	November 2009
Birds	↑	Longspur, McCown's	Rhynchophanes mccownii	-	AB SK	April 2016
Birds	(no symbol)	Meadowlark, Eastern	Sturnella magna	-	ON QC NB NS	May 2011
Birds	↔	Murrelet, Marbled	Brachyramphus marmoratus	-	BC	May 2012
Birds	(no symbol)	Nighthawk, Common	Chordeiles minor	-	YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL	April 2007
Birds	(no symbol)	Owl brooksi subspecies, Northern Saw-whet	Aegolius acadicus brooksi	-	BC	April 2006
Birds	↑	Owl, Barn	Tyto alba	Western population	BC	November 2010
Birds	↔	Pipit, Sprague's	Anthus spragueii	-	AB SK MB	April 2010
Birds	↑	Screech-owl kennicottii subspecies, Western	Megascops kennicottii kennicottii	-	BC	May 2012
Birds	↓	Screech-owl macfarlanei subspecies, Western	Megascops kennicottii macfarlanei	-	BC	May 2012
Birds	(no symbol)	Shearwater, Pink-footed	Puffinus creatopus	-	BC	May 2004
Birds	↔	Shrike Prairie subspecies, Loggerhead	Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides	-	AB SK MB	May 2014
Birds	(no symbol)	Swallow, Bank	Riparia riparia	-	YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL	May 2013
Birds	(no symbol)	Swallow, Barn	Hirundo rustica	-	YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL	May 2011
Birds	(no symbol)	Swift, Chimney	Chaetura pelagica	-	SK MB ON QC NB NS NL	April 2007
Birds	↑	Thrush, Bicknell's	Catharus bicknelli	-	QC NB NS	November 2009
Birds	(no symbol)	Thrush, Wood	Hylocichla mustelina	-	ON QC NB NS	November 2012
Birds	(no symbol)	Warbler, Canada	Cardellina canadensis	-	YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS	April 2008
Birds	(no symbol)	Warbler, Golden-winged	Vermivora chrysoptera	-	MB ON QC	April 2006
Birds	↑	Waterthrush, Louisiana	Parkesia motacilla	-	ON QC	November 2015
Birds	(no symbol)	Whip-poor-will, Eastern	Antrostomus vociferus	-	SK MB ON QC NB NS	April 2009
Birds	↑	Woodpecker, Lewis's	Melanerpes lewis	-	BC	April 2010
Birds	↑	Woodpecker, Red-headed	Melanerpes erythrocephalus	-	SK MB ON QC	April 2007
Reptiles	↔	Gophersnake, Great Basin	Pituophis catenifer deserticola	-	BC	May 2013
Reptiles	↻	Massasauga	Sistrurus catenatus	Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population	ON	November 2012
Reptiles	↔	Racer, Eastern Yellow-bellied	Coluber constrictor flaviventris	-	AB SK	November 2015
Reptiles	↑	Racer, Western Yellow-bellied	Coluber constrictor mormon	-	BC	November 2015
Reptiles	↻	Ratsnake, Gray	Pantherophis spiloides	Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population	ON	April 2007
Reptiles	↔	Rattlesnake, Western	Crotalus oreganus	-	BC	May 2015
Reptiles	↔	Ribbonsnake, Eastern	Thamnophis sauritus	Atlantic population	NS	November 2012
Reptiles	↔	Snake, Eastern Hog-nosed	Heterodon platirhinos	-	ON	November 2007
Reptiles	(no symbol)	Turtle, Blanding's	Emydoidea blandingii	Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population	ON QC	May 2005
Reptiles	↑	Turtle, Wood	Glyptemys insculpta	-	ON QC NB NS	November 2007
Amphibians	↓	Frog, Rocky Mountain Tailed	Ascaphus montanus	-	BC	November 2013
Amphibians	↻	Frog, Western Chorus	Pseudacris triseriata	Great Lakes / St. Lawrence - Canadian Shield population	ON QC	April 2008
Amphibians	↻	Salamander, Allegheny Mountain Dusky	Desmognathus ochrophaeus	Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population	QC	April 2007
Amphibians	↔	Salamander, Coastal Giant	Dicamptodon tenebrosus	-	BC	May 2014
Amphibians	↻	Salamander, Spring	Gyrinophilus porphyriticus	Adirondack / Appalachian population	QC	May 2011
Amphibians	↔	Spadefoot, Great Basin	Spea intermontana	-	BC	April 2007
Fishes	↔	Cisco, Shortjaw	Coregonus zenithicus	-	NT AB SK MB ON	May 2003
Fishes	↑	Dace, Umatilla	Rhinichthys umatilla	-	BC	April 2010
Fishes	↔	Darter, Channel	Percina copelandi	-	ON QC	May 2002
Fishes	↻	Darter, Eastern Sand	Ammocrypta pellucida	Ontario populations	ON	November 2009
Fishes	↻	Darter, Eastern Sand	Ammocrypta pellucida	Quebec populations	QC	November 2009
Fishes	↑	Eel, American	Anguilla rostrata	-	ON QC NB PE NS NL Atlantic Ocean	May 2012
Fishes	(no symbol)	Hake,White	Urophycis tenuis	Atlantic and Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence population	Atlantic Ocean	November 2013
Fishes	↔	Lamprey, Vancouver	Entosphenus macrostomus	-	BC	November 2008
Fishes	(no symbol)	Mako, Shortfin	Isurus oxyrinchus	Atlantic population	Atlantic Ocean	April 2006
Fishes	(no symbol)	Minnow, Plains	Hybognathus placitus	-	SK	May 2012
Fishes	↑	Minnow, Pugnose	Opsopoeodus emiliae	-	ON	May 2012
Fishes	(no symbol)	Plaice, American	Hippoglossoides platessoides	Newfoundland and Labrador population	Atlantic Ocean	April 2009
Fishes	(no symbol)	Plaice, American	Hippoglossoides platessoides	Maritime population	Atlantic Ocean	April 2009
Fishes	(no symbol)	Redfish, Acadian	Sebastes fasciatus	Atlantic population	Atlantic Ocean	April 2010
Fishes	(no symbol)	Redfish, Deepwater	Sebastes mentella	Northern population	Atlantic Ocean	April 2010
Fishes	↔	Redhorse, Black	Moxostoma duquesnei	-	ON	May 2015
Fishes	(no symbol)	Rockfish, Canary	Sebastes pinniger	-	Pacific Ocean	November 2007
Fishes	(no symbol)	Rockfish, Quillback	Sebastes maliger	-	Pacific Ocean	November 2009
Fishes	(no symbol)	Rockfish, Yellowmouth	Sebastes reedi	-	Pacific Ocean	April 2010
Fishes	(no symbol)	Salmon, Atlantic	Salmo salar	South Newfoundland population	NL Atlantic Ocean	November 2010
Fishes	↓	Salmon, Chinook	Oncorhynchus tshawytscha	Okanagan population	BC Pacific Ocean	April 2006
Fishes	↔	Sculpin, Coastrange	Cottus aleuticus	Cultus population	BC	April 2010
Fishes	(no symbol)	Sculpin, Rocky Mountain	Cottus sp.	Eastslope populations	AB	May 2005
Fishes	↔	Shiner, Carmine	Notropis percobromus	-	MB	April 2006
Fishes	↓	Shiner, Pugnose	Notropis anogenus	-	ON	May 2013
Fishes	↑	Shiner, Silver	Notropis photogenis	-	ON	May 2011
Fishes	↔	Smelt, Rainbow	Osmerus mordax	Lake Utopia small-bodied population	NB	November 2008
Fishes	(no symbol)	Smelt, Rainbow	Osmerus mordax	Lake Utopia large-bodied population	NB	November 2008
Fishes	(no symbol)	Stickleback, Little Quarry Lake Benthic Threespine	Gasterosteus aculeatus	-	BC	November 2015
Fishes	(no symbol)	Stickleback, Little Quarry Lake Limnetic Threespine	Gasterosteus aculeatus	-	BC	November 2015
Fishes	(no symbol)	Sturgeon, Atlantic	Acipenser oxyrinchus	St. Lawrence populations	QC Atlantic Ocean	May 2011
Fishes	(no symbol)	Sturgeon, Atlantic	Acipenser oxyrinchus	Maritimes populations	NB NS Atlantic Ocean	May 2011
Fishes	↑	Sturgeon, Lake	Acipenser fulvescens	Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations	ON QC	November 2006
Fishes	↻	Sturgeon, White	Acipenser transmontanus	Lower Fraser River population	BC	November 2012
Fishes	↻	Sucker, Mountain	Catostomus platyrhynchus	Milk River populations	AB SK	November 2010
Fishes	↓	Sucker, Salish	Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus	-	BC	November 2012
Fishes	(no symbol)	Trout, Bull	Salvelinus confluentus	Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations	AB	November 2012
Fishes	↔	Trout, Westslope Cutthroat	Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi	Alberta population	AB	November 2006
Fishes	↔	Wolffish, Northern	Anarhichas denticulatus	-	Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean	November 2012
Fishes	↔	Wolffish, Spotted	Anarhichas minor	-	Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean	November 2012
Arthropods	(no symbol)	Bumble Bee occidentalis subspecies, Western	Bombus occidentalis occidentalis	-	BC AB SK	May 2014
Arthropods	(no symbol)	Flower Moth, Verna's	Schinia verna	-	AB SK MB	May 2005
Arthropods	(no symbol)	Grasshopper, Lake Huron	Trimerotropis huroniana	-	ON	November 2015
Arthropods	↔	Skipper vestris subspecies, Dun	Euphyes vestris vestris	-	BC	May 2013
Arthropods	(no symbol)	Sweat Bee, Sable Island	Lasioglossum sablense	-	NS	November 2014
Arthropods	(no symbol)	Tiger Beetle, Audouin’s Night-stalking	Omus audouini	-	BC	November 2013
Arthropods	(no symbol)	Tiger Beetle, Gibson's Big Sand	Cicindela formosa gibsoni	-	AB SK	November 2012
Arthropods	(no symbol)	Tiger Moth, Island	Grammia complicata	-	BC	May 2013
Molluscs	↔	Jumping-slug, Dromedary	Hemphillia dromedarius	-	BC	May 2014
Molluscs	(no symbol)	Mapleleaf	Quadrula quadrula	Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence population	ON	April 2006
Molluscs	(no symbol)	Mud-piddock, Atlantic	Barnea truncata	-	Atlantic Ocean	November 2009
Molluscs	↓	Taildropper, Blue-grey	Prophysaon coeruleum	-	BC	April 2016
Molluscs	(no symbol)	Wartyback, Threehorn	Obliquaria reflexa	-	ON	May 2013
Vascular Plants	(no symbol)	Arnica, Griscom's	Arnica griscomii ssp. griscomii	-	QC NL	November 2014
Vascular Plants	↑	Ash, Blue	Fraxinus quadrangulata	-	ON	November 2014
Vascular Plants	↔	Aster, Anticosti	Symphyotrichum anticostense	-	QC NB	May 2000
Vascular Plants	↑	Aster, Gulf of St. Lawrence	Symphyotrichum laurentianum	-	QC NB PE	May 2004
Vascular Plants	↑	Aster, Western Silvery	Symphyotrichum sericeum	-	MB ON	May 2000
Vascular Plants	↔	Aster, White Wood	Eurybia divaricata	-	ON QC	November 2002
Vascular Plants	↑	Aster, Willowleaf	Symphyotrichum praealtum	-	ON	May 2003
Vascular Plants	(no symbol)	Baccharis, Eastern	Baccharis halimifolia	-	NS	November 2011
Vascular Plants	↑	Bartonia, Branched	Bartonia paniculata ssp. paniculata	-	ON	November 2003
Vascular Plants	↔	Blazing Star, Dense	Liatris spicata	-	ON	April 2010
Vascular Plants	↔	Coffee-tree, Kentucky	Gymnocladus dioicus	-	ON	November 2000
Vascular Plants	↓	Cryptantha, Tiny	Cryptantha minima	-	AB SK	May 2012
Vascular Plants	(no symbol)	Daisy, Lakeside	Tetraneuris herbacea	-	ON	May 2002
Vascular Plants	↔	Deerberry	Vaccinium stamineum	-	ON	November 2000
Vascular Plants	(no symbol)	Desert-parsley, Gray's	Lomatium grayi	-	BC	November 2008
Vascular Plants	(no symbol)	Fern, Lemmon's Holly	Polystichum lemmonii	-	BC	May 2003
Vascular Plants	(no symbol)	Fern, Mountain Holly	Polystichum scopulinum	-	BC QC NL	May 2005
Vascular Plants	↑	Gentian, Victorin's	Gentianopsis virgata ssp. victorinii	-	QC	May 2004
Vascular Plants	↻	Goldenrod, Showy	Solidago speciosa	Boreal population	ON	November 2010
Vascular Plants	↔	Goldenseal	Hydrastis canadensis	-	ON	May 2000
Vascular Plants	↑	Goosefoot, Smooth	Chenopodium subglabrum	-	AB SK MB	April 2006
Vascular Plants	↔	Greenbrier, Round-leaved	Smilax rotundifolia	Great Lakes Plains population	ON	November 2007
Vascular Plants	↑	Hackberry, Dwarf	Celtis tenuifolia	-	ON	November 2003
Vascular Plants	↑	Hyacinth, Wild	Camassia scilloides	-	ON	May 2002
Vascular Plants	↔	Jacob's-ladder, Van Brunt's	Polemonium vanbruntiae	-	QC	November 2002
Vascular Plants	↓	Lady's-slipper, Small White	Cypripedium candidum	-	MB ON	November 2014
Vascular Plants	↑	Locoweed, Hare-footed	Oxytropis lagopus	-	AB	May 2014
Vascular Plants	↑	Meadowfoam, Macoun's	Limnanthes macounii	-	BC	November 2004
Vascular Plants	↔	Mosquito-fern, Mexican	Azolla mexicana	-	BC	November 2008
Vascular Plants	↓	Mouse-ear-cress, Slender	Halimolobos virgata	-	AB SK	May 2000
Vascular Plants	(no symbol)	Paintbrush, Cliff	Castilleja rupicola	-	BC	May 2005
Vascular Plants	(no symbol)	Pea, Silky Beach	Lathyrus littoralis	-	BC	May 2013
Vascular Plants	↑	Pepperbush, Sweet	Clethra alnifolia	-	NS	May 2014
Vascular Plants	(no symbol)	Phlox, Showy	Phlox speciosa ssp. occidentalis	-	BC	November 2004
Vascular Plants	(no symbol)	Popcornflower, Slender	Plagiobothrys tenellus	-	BC	November 2008
Vascular Plants	↑	Quillwort, Bolander's	Isoetes bolanderi	-	AB	April 2006
Vascular Plants	↑	Rue-anemone, False	Enemion biternatum	-	ON	May 2005
Vascular Plants	↓	Sanicle, Bear's-foot	Sanicula arctopoides	-	BC	November 2015
Vascular Plants	(no symbol)	Sanicle, Purple	Sanicula bipinnatifida	-	BC	May 2001
Vascular Plants	↔	Soapweed	Yucca glauca	-	AB SK	May 2013
Vascular Plants	↔	Spiderwort, Western	Tradescantia occidentalis	-	AB SK MB	November 2002
Vascular Plants	(no symbol)	Thistle, Hill's	Cirsium hillii	-	ON	November 2004
Vascular Plants	↻	Toothcup	Rotala ramosior	Great Lakes Plains population	ON	November 2014
Vascular Plants	↓	Twayblade, Purple	Liparis liliifolia	-	ON QC	November 2010
Vascular Plants	↔	Water-willow, American	Justicia americana	-	ON QC	May 2000
Vascular Plants	(no symbol)	Willow, Green-scaled	Salix chlorolepis	-	QC	April 2006
Vascular Plants	↓	Woodsia, Blunt-lobed	Woodsia obtusa	-	ON QC	April 2007
Mosses	(no symbol)	Bryum, Porsild's	Haplodontium macrocarpum	-	NU BC AB NL	November 2003
Mosses	(no symbol)	Moss, Alkaline Wing-nerved	Pterygoneurum kozlovii	-	BC SK	November 2004
Mosses	↔	Moss, Haller's Apple	Bartramia halleriana	-	BC AB	November 2011
Lichens	(no symbol)	Lichen, Black-foam	Anzia colpodes	-	ON QC NB NS	May 2015
Lichens	(no symbol)	Lichen, Crumpled Tarpaper	Collema coniophilum	-	BC	November 2010
Lichens	↑	Lichen, Seaside Bone	Hypogymnia heterophylla	-	BC	April 2008
Lichens	(no symbol)	Lichen, Wrinkled Shingle	Pannaria lurida	-	NB PE NS NL	April 2016
Lichens	(no symbol)	Waterfan, Eastern	Peltigera hydrothyria	-	QC NB NS	November 2013