Canadian wildlife species at risk October 2017: chapter 3

Summary tables

Wildlife species designated in the "risk" and the Extinct categories, as well as the Not at Risk and Data Deficient categories

Table 1a. Summary of COSEWIC’s assessment results for the “risk” categories (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern) (735 wildlife species) and for the Extinct category (16 wildlife species). The results are up to and including the April 2017 meeting.
Taxon	Extinct	Extirpated	Endangered	Threatened	Special concern	Totals
Mammals	4	2	27	17	32	82
Birds	3	2	30	32	25	92
Reptiles	0	5	19	10	12	46
Amphibians	0	2	12	6	9	29
Fishes	7	2	59	39	55	162
Arthropods	0	4	42	8	12	66
Molluscs	1	2	19	5	13	40
Vascular Plants	0	3	100	47	46	196
Mosses	1	1	7	3	5	17
Lichens	0	0	6	5	10	21
Totals	16	23	321	172	219	751

Table 1b. Summary of COSEWIC’s assessment results for the “risk” categories (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern) (733 wildlife species) and for the Extinct category (15 wildlife species). The results are up to and including the November 2016 meeting.
Taxon	Extinct	Extirpated	Endangered	Threatened	Special concern	Totals
Mammals	3	2	26	17	31	79
Birds	3	2	30	31	24	90
Reptiles	0	5	19	10	11	45
Amphibians	0	2	12	6	9	29
Fishes	7	2	61	41	54	165
Arthropods	0	4	42	8	12	66
Molluscs	1	2	19	5	12	39
Vascular Plants	0	3	101	47	46	197
Mosses	1	1	8	3	4	17
Lichens	0	0	6	5	10	21
Totals	15	23	324	173	213	748

Table 2a. Summary of COSEWIC’s assessment results for the Not at Risk category. The results are up to and including the April 2017 meeting.
Taxon	Not at Risk
Mammals	43
Birds	36
Reptiles	5
Amphibians	15
Fishes	55
Arthropods	2
Molluscs	3
Vascular Plants	23
Mosses	3
Lichens	1
Totals	186

Table 2b. Summary of COSEWIC’s assessment results for the Not at Risk category. The results are up to and including the November 2016 meeting.
Taxon	Not at Risk
Mammals	43
Birds	36
Reptiles	5
Amphibians	15
Fishes	53
Arthropods	2
Molluscs	2
Vascular Plants	22
Mosses	3
Lichens	1
Totals	182

Table 3a. Summary of COSEWIC’s assessment results for the Data Deficient category. The results are up to and including the April 2017 meeting.
Taxon	Not at Risk
Mammals	8
Birds	2
Reptiles	0
Amphibians	0
Fishes	30
Arthropods	4
Molluscs	5
Vascular Plants	5
Mosses	1
Lichens	3
Totals	58

Table 3b. Summary of COSEWIC’s assessment results for the Data Deficient category. The results are up to and including the November 2016 meeting.
Taxon	Not at Risk
Mammals	8
Birds	2
Reptiles	1
Amphibians	0
Fishes	29
Arthropods	3
Molluscs	5
Vascular Plants	5
Mosses	1
Lichens	3
Totals	57

Results from the April 2017 and November 2016 COSEWIC meetings (Tables 4-5)

Table 4a. April 2017 results by category and taxon.
Taxon	Extinct	Extirpated	Endangered	Threatened	Special concern	Not at Risk	Data Deficient	Totals
Mammals	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	5
Birds	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	4
Reptiles	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Amphibians	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fishes	0	0	4	1	4	3	1	13
Arthropods	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Molluscs	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3
Vascular Plants	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	5
Mosses	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Lichens	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	1	0	9	3	13	5	2	33

Table 4b. November 2016 results by category and taxon.
Taxon	Extinct	Extirpated	Endangered	Threatened	Special concern	Not at Risk	Data Deficient	Totals
Mammals	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	3
Birds	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3
Reptiles	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	5
Amphibians	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fishes	0	0	3	3	3	4	3	16
Arthropods	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	5
Molluscs	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
Vascular Plants	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3
Mosses	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Lichens	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Totals	0	0	13	6	11	6	4	40

Table 5a. April 2017 results by category and type of change.
Type of change	Extinct	Extirpated	Endangered	Threatened	Special concern	Not at Risk	Data deficient	Totals
New	0	0	2	1	1	1	1	6
In a higher risk category ↑	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
In a lower risk category ↓	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	5
Changed ☼	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
No Change ↔	0	0	5	1	4	0	0	10
Reassigned ↻	1	0	1	0	3	3	1	9
No longer at risk √	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Totals	1	0	9	3	13	5	2	33

Table 5b. November 2016 results by category and type of change.
Type of change	Extinct	Extirpated	Endangered	Threatened	Special concern	Not at Risk	Data deficient	Totals
New	0	0	2	2	5	2	4	15
In a higher risk category ↑	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
In a lower risk category ↓	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4
Changed ☼	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
No Change ↔	0	0	6	1	4	1	0	12
Reassigned ↻	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3
No longer at risk √	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
Totals	0	0	13	6	11	6	4	40

Explanation of wildlife species status terminology and symbols
↑	Wildlife species placed in a higher risk category after review of classification on the date shown.
↓	Wildlife species placed in a lower risk category after review of classification on the date shown.
↔	Wildlife species stays in the same category after review of classification on the date shown.
☼	Wildlife species moved to the Data Deficient category from a risk category, or to a risk category from the Data Deficient category on the date shown.
↻	Wildlife species that has been assigned to a different designatable unit than previously on the date shown.
√	Wildlife species moved to the Not at Risk category from a risk category on the date shown.
(no symbol)	New wildlife species examined on the date shown.

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2018-01-07