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Species1 extinct or at risk

2002
Mammals, land and sea
Extinct2 Extirpated3 Endangered4 Threatened5
 
Caribou dawsoni subspecies Atlantic Walrus (Northwest Atlantic population) American Badger jacksoni subspecies Beluga Whale (Eastern Hudson Bay population)
Sea Mink Black-footed Ferret American Badger jeffersonii subspecies Ermine haidarum subspecies
  Grey Whale (Atlantic population) American Marten (Newfoundland population) Grey Fox
  Grizzly Bear (Prairie population) Beluga Whale (St. Lawrence River, Ungava Bay and Southeast Baffin Island - Cumberland Sound populations) Harbour Porpoise (Northwest Atlantic population)
    Blue Whale (Atlantic and Pacific populations) Humpback Whale (North Pacific population)
    Bowhead Whale (Eastern and Western Arctic populations) Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific "northern resident and transient" populations)
    Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific southern resident population) Pacific Water Shrew
    Northern Bottlenose Whale (Scotian Shelf population) Pallid Bat
    Peary Caribou (Banks Island and High Arctic populations) Peary Caribou (Low Arctic population)
    Right Whale Sea Otter
    Swift Fox Townsend's Mole
    Vancouver Island Marmot Wood Bison
    Wolverine (Eastern population) Woodland Caribou (Southern Mountain and Boreal populations)
    Woodland Caribou (Atlantic-Gaspésie population  
 
1. Species: Any indigenous species, subspecies, variety or geographically defined population of wild flora and fauna.
2. A species that no longer exists.
3. A species no longer existing in the wild in Canada, but occurring elsewhere.
4. A species facing imminent extirpation or extinction.
5. A species likely to become endangered if limiting factors are not reversed.
Source: Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC).
Last modified: August 12, 2003.


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