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Canadian Wildlife Species at Risk 2016: chapter 9

Table 7 - Special Concern Category (209)

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 (31), Birds (23), Reptiles (11), Amphibians (9), Fishes (53), Arthropods (12), Molluscs (11), Vascular Plants (46), Mosses (4), Lichens (9) Total: SPECIAL CONCERN CATEGORY (209)
Taxon Assessment Details Common Name Scientific Name Population Name Range of Occurrence Assessment Date
Mammals ↑ Badger taxus subspecies, American Taxidea taxus taxus - AB SK MB ON November 2012
Mammals ↔ Bat, Spotted Euderma maculatum - BC November 2014
Mammals ↻ Bear, Grizzly Ursus arctos Western population YT NT NU BC AB SK MB May 2012
Mammals ↔ Bear, Polar Ursus maritimus - YT NT NU MB ON QC NL Arctic Ocean April 2008
Mammals ↔ Beaver, Mountain Aplodontia rufa - BC May 2012
Mammals ↓ Bison, Wood Bison bison athabascae - YT NT BC AB MB November 2013
Mammals ↑ Caribou Rangifer tarandus Newfoundland population NL November 2014
Mammals ↻ Caribou Rangifer tarandus Northern Mountain population YT NT BC May 2014
Mammals ↻ Caribou, Dolphin and Union Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus - NT NU May 2004
Mammals ↔ Cottontail nuttallii subspecies, Nuttall's Sylvilagus nuttallii nuttallii - BC April 2006
Mammals ↔ Mole, Eastern Scalopus aquaticus - ON November 2010
Mammals ↔ Mouse megalotis subspecies, Western Harvest Reithrodontomys megalotis megalotis - BC April 2007
Mammals ↑ Narwhal Monodon monoceros - Arctic Ocean November 2004
Mammals ↓ Otter, Sea Enhydra lutris - BC Pacific Ocean April 2007
Mammals (no symbol) Pika, Collared Ochotona collaris - YT NT BC November 2011
Mammals ↔ Porpoise, Harbour Phocoena phocoena vomerina Pacific Ocean population BC Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean April 2016
Mammals ↔ Porpoise, Harbour Phocoena phocoena Northwest Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean April 2006
Mammals ↔ Sea Lion, Steller Eumetopias jubatus - BC Pacific Ocean November 2013
Mammals ↔ Vole, Woodland Microtus pinetorum - ON QC November 2010
Mammals ↻ Walrus, Atlantic Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus - NU MB QC NB PE NS NL Arctic Ocean April 2006
Mammals ↻ Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Western Hudson Bay population NU MB ON Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean May 2004
Mammals ↔ Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Eastern High Arctic - Baffin Bay population NU Arctic Ocean May 2004
Mammals ↔ Whale, Bowhead Balaena mysticetus Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population Arctic Ocean April 2009
Mammals ↻ Whale, Bowhead Balaena mysticetus Eastern Canada-West Greenland population Arctic Ocean April 2009
Mammals ↻ Whale, Fin Balaenoptera physalus Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean May 2005
Mammals ↑ Whale, Grey Eschrichtius robustus Eastern North Pacific population Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean May 2004
Mammals ↓ Whale, Humpback Megaptera novaeangliae North Pacific population Pacific Ocean May 2011
Mammals ☼ Whale, Killer Orcinus orca Northwest Atlantic / Eastern Arctic population Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean November 2008
Mammals ↑ Whale, Northern Bottlenose Hyperoodon ampullatus Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population Atlantic Ocean May 2011
Mammals ↔ Whale, Sowerby's Beaked Mesoplodon bidens - Atlantic Ocean November 2006
Mammals ↻ Wolverine Gulo gulo - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NL May 2014
Birds (no symbol) Albatross, Black-footed Phoebastria nigripes - Pacific Ocean April 2007
Birds (no symbol) Auklet, Cassin's Ptychoramphus aleuticus - BC Pacific Ocean November 2014
Birds (no symbol) Blackbird, Rusty Euphagus carolinus - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 2006
Birds ↔ Curlew, Long-billed Numenius americanus - BC AB SK May 2011
Birds ↔ Duck, Harlequin Histrionicus histrionicus Eastern population NU QC NB NS NL November 2013
Birds ↻ Falcon anatum/tundrius, Peregrine Falco peregrinus anatum/tundrius - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS NL April 2007
Birds ↔ Falcon pealei subspecies, Peregrine Falco peregrinus pealei - BC April 2007
Birds ↔ Goldeneye, Barrow's Bucephala islandica Eastern population QC NB PE NS NL May 2011
Birds (no symbol) Grebe, Horned Podiceps auritus Western population YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON April 2009
Birds (no symbol) Grebe, Western Aechmophorus occidentalis - BC AB SK MB May 2014
Birds ↔ Heron fannini subspecies, Great Blue Ardea herodias fannini - BC April 2008
Birds (no symbol) Knot islandica subspecies, Red Calidris canutus islandica - NT NU April 2007
Birds ↔ Murrelet, Ancient Synthliboramphus antiquus - BC Pacific Ocean November 2014
Birds ↔ Owl, Flammulated Otus flammeolus - BC April 2010
Birds ↔ Owl, Short-eared Asio flammeus - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 2008
Birds (no symbol) Phalarope, Red-necked Phalaropus lobatus - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean November 2014
Birds (no symbol) Pigeon, Band-tailed Patagioenas fasciata - BC November 2008
Birds ↔ Rail, Yellow Coturnicops noveboracensis - NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB November 2009
Birds (no symbol) Sandpiper, Buff-breasted Tryngites subruficollis - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC May 2012
Birds (no symbol) Sparrow pratensis subspecies, Grasshopper Ammodramus savannarum pratensis - ON QC November 2013
Birds ↔ Sparrow princeps subspecies, Savannah Passerculus sandwichensis princeps - NS November 2009
Birds ↑ Sparrow, Baird's Ammodramus bairdii - AB SK MB May 2012
Birds (no symbol) Wood-pewee, Eastern Contopus virens - SK MB ON QC NB PE NS November 2012
Reptiles ↔ Boa, Northern Rubber Charina bottae - BC April 2016
Reptiles ↔ Milksnake, Eastern Lampropeltis triangulum - ON QC May 2014
Reptiles (no symbol) Rattlesnake, Prairie Crotalus viridis - AB SK May 2015
Reptiles ↔ Ribbonsnake, Eastern Thamnophis sauritus Great Lakes population ON QC November 2012
Reptiles ↻ Skink, Five-lined Plestiodon fasciatus Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population ON April 2007
Reptiles ↔ Skink, Western Plestiodon skiltonianus - BC November 2014
Reptiles ↓ Turtle, Eastern Musk Sternotherus odoratus - ON QC November 2012
Reptiles ↔ Turtle, Northern Map Graptemys geographica - ON QC November 2012
Reptiles (no symbol) Turtle, Snapping Chelydra serpentina - SK MB ON QC NB NS November 2008
Reptiles (no symbol) Turtle, Western Painted Chrysemys picta bellii Intermountain - Rocky Mountain population BC April 2006
Reptiles ↓ Watersnake, Lake Erie Nerodia sipedon insularum - ON November 2015
Amphibians ↔ Frog, Coastal Tailed Ascaphus truei - BC November 2011
Amphibians ↔ Frog, Northern Leopard Lithobates pipiens Western Boreal/Prairie populations NT AB SK MB April 2009
Amphibians ↔ Frog, Northern Red-legged Rana aurora - BC May 2015
Amphibians ↔ Salamander, Coeur d'Alene Plethodon idahoensis - BC November 2007
Amphibians (no symbol) Salamander, Wandering Aneides vagrans - BC May 2014
Amphibians ↻ Salamander, Western Tiger Ambystoma mavortium Prairie / Boreal population AB SK MB November 2012
Amphibians ↔ Toad, Great Plains Anaxyrus cognatus - AB SK MB April 2010
Amphibians ↻ Toad, Western Anaxyrus boreas Non-calling population YT NT BC AB November 2012
Amphibians ↻ Toad, Western Anaxyrus boreas Calling population BC AB November 2012
Fishes ↓ Bass, Striped Morone saxatilis Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population QC NB PE NS Atlantic Ocean November 2012
Fishes ↔ Buffalo, Bigmouth Ictiobus cyprinellus Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations SK MB April 2009
Fishes ☼ Cisco, Bering Coregonus laurettae - YT November 2004
Fishes ↻ Cod, Atlantic Gadus morhua Arctic Lakes population NU April 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Dogfish, North Pacific Spiny Squalus suckleyi - Pacific Ocean November 2011
Fishes (no symbol) Dogfish, Spiny Squalus acanthias Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Dolly Varden Salvelinus malma malma Western Arctic populations YT NT November 2010
Fishes ↓ Eulachon Thaleichthys pacificus Nass / Skeena Rivers population BC Pacific Ocean May 2013
Fishes (no symbol) Grenadier, Roughhead Macrourus berglax - Atlantic Ocean April 2007
Fishes ↔ Killifish, Banded Fundulus diaphanus Newfoundland populations NL May 2014
Fishes ↻ Kiyi, Upper Great Lakes Coregonus kiyi kiyi - ON May 2005
Fishes ↻ Lamprey, Northern Brook Ichthyomyzon fossor Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON QC April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Lamprey, Silver Ichthyomyzon unicuspis Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON QC May 2011
Fishes ↑ Minnow, Cutlip Exoglossum maxillingua - ON QC November 2013
Fishes ↔ Pickerel, Grass Esox americanus vermiculatus - ON QC November 2014
Fishes (no symbol) Redfish, Acadian Sebastes fasciatus Bonne Bay population Atlantic Ocean April 2010
Fishes ↔ Redhorse, River Moxostoma carinatum - ON QC November 2015
Fishes (no symbol) Rockfish type I, Rougheye Sebastes sp. type I - Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Rockfish type II, Rougheye Sebastes sp. type II - Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Rockfish, Darkblotched Sebastes crameri - Pacific Ocean November 2009
Fishes (no symbol) Rockfish, Yelloweye Sebastes ruberrimus Pacific Ocean outside waters population Pacific Ocean November 2008
Fishes (no symbol) Rockfish, Yelloweye Sebastes ruberrimus Pacific Ocean inside waters population Pacific Ocean November 2008
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Quebec Eastern North Shore population QC Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Quebec Western North Shore population QC Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Inner St. Lawrence population QC Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Gaspe-Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population QC NB PE NS Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes ↔ Sculpin, Columbia Cottus hubbsi - BC November 2010
Fishes ↻ Sculpin, Deepwater Myoxocephalus thompsonii Great Lakes - Western St. Lawrence populations ON QC April 2006
Fishes (no symbol) Sculpin, Rocky Mountain Cottus sp. Westslope populations BC April 2010
Fishes ↓ Sculpin, Shorthead Cottus confusus - BC November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Shark, Basking Cetorhinus maximus Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean November 2009
Fishes (no symbol) Shark, Blue Prionace glauca Atlantic population Atlantic Ocean April 2006
Fishes (no symbol) Shark, Bluntnose Sixgill Hexanchus griseus - Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes ↔ Shiner, Bridle Notropis bifrenatus - ON QC May 2013
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Smooth Malacoraja senta Laurentian-Scotian population QC NB PE NS Atlantic Ocean May 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Thorny Amblyraja radiata - NU QC NB PE NS NL Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean May 2012
Fishes ↔ Stickleback, Giant Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus - BC November 2013
Fishes ↔ Stickleback, Unarmoured Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus - BC November 2013
Fishes ↔ Sturgeon, Green Acipenser medirostris - BC Pacific Ocean November 2013
Fishes ↔ Sturgeon, Lake Acipenser fulvescens Lake of the Woods - Rainy River populations ON November 2006
Fishes ↔ Sturgeon, Lake Acipenser fulvescens Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations MB ON QC November 2006
Fishes ↔ Sturgeon, Shortnose Acipenser brevirostrum - NB NS May 2015
Fishes ↻ Sucker, Mountain Catostomus platyrhynchus Pacific populations BC November 2010
Fishes ↔ Sucker, Spotted Minytrema melanops - ON November 2014
Fishes ↻ Sunfish, Northern Lepomis peltastes Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON QC April 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Thornyhead, Longspine Sebastolobus altivelis - Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Tope Galeorhinus galeus - Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes ↔ Topminnow, Blackstripe Fundulus notatus - ON May 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Trout, Bull Salvelinus confluentus South Coast British Columbia populations BC November 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Trout, Bull Salvelinus confluentus Western Arctic populations YT NT BC AB November 2012
Fishes ↔ Trout, Westslope Cutthroat Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi British Columbia population BC November 2006
Fishes (no symbol) Whitefish, Squanga Coregonus sp. - YT April 1987
Fishes ↔ Wolffish, Atlantic Anarhichas lupus - Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean November 2012
Arthropods ↔ Admiral, Weidemeyer's Limenitis weidemeyerii - AB May 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Bumble Bee mckayi subspecies, Western Bombus occidentalis mckayi - YT NT BC May 2014
Arthropods (no symbol) Bumble Bee, Yellow-banded Bombus terricola - YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL May 2015
Arthropods (no symbol) Dancer, Vivid Argia vivida - BC AB May 2015
Arthropods (no symbol) Grasshopper, Greenish-white Hypochlora alba - AB SK MB November 2012
Arthropods ↓ Metalmark, Mormon Apodemia mormo Prairie population SK May 2014
Arthropods ↔ Monarch Danaus plexippus - BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS April 2010
Arthropods (no symbol) Moth, Pale Yellow Dune Copablepharon grandis - AB SK MB November 2007
Arthropods (no symbol) Skipper, Sonora Polites sonora - BC April 2006
Arthropods (no symbol) Snaketail, Pygmy Ophiogomphus howei - ON NB November 2008
Arthropods (no symbol) Spider, Georgia Basin Bog Gnaphosa snohomish - BC November 2012
Arthropods (no symbol) Tachinid Fly, Dune Germaria angustata - YT May 2011
Molluscs (no symbol) Floater, Brook Alasmidonta varicosa - NB NS April 2009
Molluscs ↔ Jumping-slug, Warty Hemphillia glandulosa - BC May 2013
Molluscs ↓ Lampmussel, Wavy-rayed Lampsilis fasciola - ON April 2010
Molluscs ↔ Lampmussel, Yellow Lampsilis cariosa - NB NS November 2013
Molluscs (no symbol) Mantleslug, Magnum Magnipelta mycophaga - BC May 2012
Molluscs ↔ Oyster, Olympia Ostrea lurida - BC Pacific Ocean May 2011
Molluscs ↓ Rainbow Villosa iris - ON November 2015
Molluscs (no symbol) Slug, Haida Gwaii Staala gwaii - BC May 2013
Molluscs (no symbol) Slug, Pygmy Kootenaia burkei - BC April 2016
Molluscs (no symbol) Slug, Sheathed Zacoleus idahoensis - BC April 2016
Molluscs (no symbol) Vertigo, Threaded Nearctula sp. - BC April 2010
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Aster, Bathurst Symphyotrichum subulatum Bathurst population NB April 1992
Vascular Plants ↓ Aster, Crooked-stem Symphyotrichum prenanthoides - ON November 2012
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Aster, Nahanni Symphyotrichum nahanniense - NT May 2014
Vascular Plants ↓ Aster, White-top Sericocarpus rigidus - BC April 2009
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Beggarticks, Vancouver Island Bidens amplissima - BC November 2001
Vascular Plants ↓ Blue Flag, Western Iris missouriensis - AB April 2010
Vascular Plants ↓ Buffalograss Bouteloua dactyloides - SK MB November 2011
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Bulrush, Long's Scirpus longii - NS April 1994
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Fern, Broad Beech Phegopteris hexagonoptera - ON QC April 1983
Vascular Plants ↔ Fern, Coastal Wood Dryopteris arguta - BC November 2001
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Fern, Hart's-tongue Asplenium scolopendrium - ON November 2000
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Fleabane, Provancher's Erigeron philadelphicus var. provancheri - QC April 1992
Vascular Plants ↓ Goldencrest Lophiola aurea - NS May 2012
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Goldenrod, Houghton's Solidago houghtonii - ON May 2005
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Goldenrod, Riddell's Solidago riddellii - MB ON November 2000
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Green Dragon Arisaema dracontium - ON QC April 1984
Vascular Plants ↔ Hairgrass, Mackenzie Deschampsia mackenzieana - NT SK November 2001
Vascular Plants ↓ Hoptree, Common Ptelea trifoliata - ON November 2015
Vascular Plants ↔ Indian-plantain, Tuberous Arnoglossum plantagineum - ON May 2002
Vascular Plants ↓ Iris, Dwarf Lake Iris lacustris - ON November 2010
Vascular Plants ↔ Lilaeopsis, Eastern Lilaeopsis chinensis - NS May 2004
Vascular Plants ↓ Lily, Lyall's Mariposa Calochortus lyallii - BC May 2011
Vascular Plants ↔ Milk-vetch, Fernald's Astragalus robbinsii var. fernaldii - QC NL November 2001
Vascular Plants ↔ Oak, Shumard Quercus shumardii - ON April 1999
Vascular Plants ↓ Pennywort, Water Hydrocotyle umbellata - NS May 2014
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Pinweed, Beach Lechea maritima - NB PE April 2008
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Podistera, Yukon Podistera yukonensis - YT November 2014
Vascular Plants ↔ Pondweed, Hill's Potamogeton hillii - ON May 2005
Vascular Plants ↓ Prairie-clover, Hairy Dalea villosa - SK MB November 2011
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Quillwort, Prototype Isoetes prototypus - NB NS May 2005
Vascular Plants ↓ Redroot Lachnanthes caroliniana - NS November 2009
Vascular Plants ↓ Rose, Climbing Prairie Rosa setigera - ON May 2003
Vascular Plants ↔ Rose-mallow, Swamp Hibiscus moscheutos - ON November 2004
Vascular Plants ↔ Rush, New Jersey Juncus caesariensis - NS May 2004
Vascular Plants ↓ Saxifrage, Spiked Micranthes spicata - YT May 2015
Vascular Plants ↓ Sedge, Baikal Carex sabulosa - YT April 2016
Vascular Plants ↓ Spike-rush, Tubercled Eleocharis tuberculosa - NS April 2010
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Tansy, Floccose Tanacetum huronense var. floccosum - SK May 2000
Vascular Plants ↓ Thistle, Pitcher's Cirsium pitcheri - ON November 2010
Vascular Plants ↔ Thrift, Athabasca Armeria maritima ssp. interior - SK May 2002
Vascular Plants ↔ Water-hemlock, Victorin's Cicuta maculata var. victorinii - QC May 2004
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Willow, Blanket-leaved Salix silicicola - NU SK May 2000
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Willow, Sand-dune Short-capsuled Salix brachycarpa var. psammophila - SK May 2000
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Willow, Turnor's Salix turnorii - SK May 2000
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Woolly-heads, Dwarf Psilocarphus brevissimus Prairie population AB SK April 2006
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Yarrow, Large-headed Woolly Achillea millefolium var. megacephala - - May 2000
Mosses ↔ Cord-moss, Banded Entosthodon fascicularis - BC May 2015
Mosses ↔ Moss, Columbian Carpet Bryoerythrophyllum columbianum - BC November 2014
Mosses ↔ Moss, Twisted Oak Syntrichia laevipila - BC November 2014
Mosses (no symbol) Tassel, Tiny Crossidium seriatum - BC November 2014
Lichens ↓ Flooded Jellyskin Leptogium rivulare - MB ON QC November 2015
Lichens ↔ Frosted Glass-whiskers Sclerophora peronella Atlantic population NS November 2014
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Blue Felt Degelia plumbea - NB NS NL November 2010
Lichens ↔ Lichen, Boreal Felt Erioderma pedicellatum Boreal population NL November 2014
Lichens ↔ Lichen, Cryptic Paw Nephroma occultum - BC April 2006
Lichens ↔ Lichen, Oldgrowth Specklebelly Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis - BC April 2010
Lichens (no symbol) Lichen, Peacock Vinyl Leptogium polycarpum - BC May 2011
Lichens (no symbol) Mountain Crab-eye Acroscyphus sphaerophoroides - BC April 2016
Lichens (no symbol) Waterfan, Western Peltigera gowardii - BC November 2013

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