Minister's response to species at risk assessments submitted by COSEWIC in 2014

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**Table 1: Terrestrial species (25) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and eligible for an amendment to Schedule 1 or reclassification**
Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Species eligible for addition to Schedule 1 (16)
Endangered (4)
Vascular Plants	Tweedy's Lewisia	Lewisiopsis tweedyi	BC	Normal
Arthropods	Oregon Branded Skipper	Hesperia colorado oregonia	BC	Normal
Arthropods	Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee	Bombus bohemicus	YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL	Normal
Amphibians	Eastern Tiger Salamander (Prairie population)	Ambystoma tigrinum	MB	Normal
Threatened (5)
Lichens	Eastern Waterfan	Peltigera hydrothyria	QC NB NS	Normal
Arthropods	Audouin’s Night-stalking Tiger Beetle	Omus audouini	BC	Normal
Arthropods	Western Bumble Bee occidentalis subspecies	Bombus occidentalis occidentalis	BC AB SK	Normal
Mammals	Plains Bison	Bison bison bison	BC AB SK	Extended
Vascular Plants	Hare-footed Locoweed	Oxytropis lagopus	AB	Normal
Special Concern (7)
Lichens	Western Waterfan	Peltigera gowardii	BC	Normal
Vascular Plants	Nahanni Aster	Symphyotrichum nahanniense	NT	Normal
Arthropods	Western Bumble Bee mckayi subspecies	Bombus occidentalis mckayi	YT NT BC	Normal
Amphibians	Wandering Salamander	Aneides vagrans	BC	Normal
Birds	Grasshopper Sparrow, pratensis subspecies	Ammodramus savannarum pratensis	ON QC	Normal
Birds	Western Grebe	Aechmophorus occidentalis	BC AB SK MB	Normal
Mammals	Wolverine^{Note1of Table 1}	Gulo gulo	YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NL	Extended
Reclassifications: Up-list (4)
From Threatened to Endangered (3)
Arthropods	Dakota Skipper	Hesperia dacotae	SK MB	Normal
Mammals	Caribou (Central Mountain population) ^{Note2of Table 1}	Rangifer tarandus	BC AB	Extended
Mammals	Caribou (Southern Mountain population) ^{Note2of Table 1}	Rangifer tarandus	BC	Extended
From Special Concern to Threatened (1)
Vascular Plants	Sweet Pepperbush	Clethra alnifolia	NS	Normal
Reclassifications: Down-list (5)
From Endangered to Threatened (1)
Amphibians	Rocky Mountain Tailed Frog	Ascaphus montanus	BC	Normal
From Threatened to Special Concern (4)
Vascular Plants	Water Pennywort	Hydrocotyle umbellata	NS	Normal
Arthropods	Mormon Metalmark (Prairie population)	Apodemia mormo	SK	Normal
Mammals	Caribou (Northern Mountain population) ^{Note2of Table 1}	Rangifer tarandus	YT NT BC	Extended
Mammals	Wood Bison	Bison bison athabascae	YT NT BC AB MB	Extended

Notes of Table B

Footnote 1

The Wolverine was formerly considered by COSEWIC as 2 populations (Western and Eastern populations).The Eastern population is currently listed as Endangered on Schedule 1. The Western population is not listed under Schedule 1 of SARA. In May 2014, COSEWIC considered Western and Eastern populations as a single population and designated it Special Concern. If Schedule 1 is amended to reflect this change the former Eastern population would be down-listed from Endangered to Special Concern, and the Western population would be added to Schedule 1 as Special Concern.

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Footnote 2

2. The three Caribou populations included in the present consultation document (Northern Mountain, Central Mountain and Southern Mountain populations) were recently restructured by COSEWIC. In this restructuration, nine subpopulations formerly included in the Southern Mountain population, currently listed Threatened, are now included in the Northern Mountain population, currently listed Special Concern. Although COSEWIC’s last assessment for the Northern Mountain population is also Special Concern, this reclassification would mean a down-listing of these nine subpopulations from Threatened to Special Concern. Please refer to the status history sections of the COSEWIC assessment summaries, reproduced in this document, for details on the restructuration of these three populations of Caribou (formerly called Woodland Caribou).

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Table 2: Terrestrial species (16) recently reassessed by COSEWIC (no consultations – species status confirmation)

Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Status Confirmations (16)
Extirpated (1)
Amphibians	Eastern Tiger Salamander (Carolinian population)	Ambystoma tigrinum	ON	None; status confirmation
Endangered (9)
Arthropods	Mormon Metalmark (Southern Mountain population)	Apodemia mormo	BC	None; status confirmation
Arthropods	Sand-verbena Moth	Copablepharon fuscum	BC	None; status confirmation
Amphibians	Small-mouthed Salamander	Ambystoma texanum	ON	None; status confirmation
Birds	Loggerhead Shrike Eastern subspecies	Lanius ludovicianus ssp.	ON QC	None; status confirmation
Birds	Piping Plover circumcinctus subspecies	Charadrius melodus circumcinctus	AB SK MB ON	None; status confirmation
Birds	Piping Plover melodus subspecies	Charadrius melodus melodus	QC NB PE NS NL	None; status confirmation
Mammals	Little Brown Myotis	Myotis lucifugus	YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL	None; status confirmation
Mammals	Northern Myotis	Myotis septentrionalis	YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL	None; status confirmation
Mammals	Tri-colored Bat	Perimyotis subflavus	ON QC NB NS	None; status confirmation
Threatened (4)
Amphibians	Coastal Giant Salamander	Dicamptodon tenebrosus	BC	None; status confirmation
Birds	Loggerhead Shrike Prairie subspecies	Lanius ludovicianus excubitorides	AB SK MB	None; status confirmation
Birds	Short-tailed Albatross	Phoebastria albatrus	BC Pacific Ocean	None; status confirmation
Molluscs	Dromedary Jumping-slug	Hemphillia dromedarius	BC	None; status confirmation
Special Concern (2)
Birds	Harlequin Duck (Eastern population)	Histrionicus histrionicus	NU QC NB NS NL	None; status confirmation
Reptiles	Eastern Milksnake	Lampropeltis triangulum	ON QC	None; status confirmation

Table 3: Aquatic species (8) assessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada with consultation to be conducted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (eligible for addition to Schedule 1)
Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Species eligible for addition to Schedule 1 (8)
Endangered (4)
Fishes (marine)	Bocaccio	Sebastes paucispinis	Pacific Ocean	Extended
Fishes (marine)	White Hake (Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population)	Urophycis tenuis	Atlantic Ocean	Extended
Fishes (marine)	Porbeagle	Lamna nasus	Atlantic Ocean	Extended
Fishes (freshwater)	Rainbow Trout (Athabasca River populations)	Oncorhynchus mykiss	AB	Extended
Threatened (1)
Fishes (marine)	White Hake (Atlantic and Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence population)	Urophycis tenuis	Atlantic Ocean	Extended
Special Concern (3)
Fishes (freshwater)	Unarmoured Threespine Stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus	BC	Extended
Fishes (freshwater)	Giant Threespine Stickleback	Gasterosteus aculeatus	BC	Extended
Fishes (freshwater)	Cutlip Minnow	Exoglossum maxillingua	ON QC	Normal

**Table 4: Aquatic species (7) recently reassessed by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (species status confirmation)**
Taxon	Species	Scientific Name	Range	Consultation Path
Status Confirmations (7)
Endangered (3)
Mammals (marine)	North Atlantic Right Whale	Eubalaena glacialis	Atlantic Ocean	None; status confirmation
Fishes (freshwater)	Copper Redhorse	Moxostoma hubbsi	QC	None; status confirmation
Molluscs	Round Pigtoe	Pleurobema sintoxia	ON	None; status confirmation
Special Concern (4)
Fishes (freshwater)	Green Sturgeon	Acipenser medirostris	BC Pacific Ocean	None; status confirmation
Mammals (marine)	Steller Sea Lion	Eumetopias jubatus	BC Pacific Ocean	None; status confirmation
Molluscs	Yellow Lampmussel	Lampsilis cariosa	NB NS	None; status confirmation
Fishes (freshwater)	Banded Killifish (Newfoundland populations)	Fundulus diaphanus	NL	None; status confirmation

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