2002 |
Mammals, land and sea |
Extinct2 |
Extirpated3 |
Endangered4 |
Threatened5 |
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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 |
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Grey Whale (Atlantic population) |
American Marten (Newfoundland population) |
Grey Fox |
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Grizzly Bear (Prairie population) |
Beluga Whale (St. Lawrence River, Ungava Bay and Southeast Baffin Island - Cumberland Sound populations) |
Harbour Porpoise (Northwest Atlantic population) |
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Blue Whale (Atlantic and Pacific populations) |
Humpback Whale (North Pacific population) |
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Bowhead Whale (Eastern and Western Arctic populations) |
Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific "northern resident and transient" populations) |
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Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific southern resident population) |
Pacific Water Shrew |
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Northern Bottlenose Whale (Scotian Shelf population) |
Pallid Bat |
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Peary Caribou (Banks Island and High Arctic populations) |
Peary Caribou (Low Arctic population) |
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Right Whale |
Sea Otter |
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Swift Fox |
Townsend's Mole |
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Vancouver Island Marmot |
Wood Bison |
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Wolverine (Eastern population) |
Woodland Caribou (Southern Mountain and Boreal populations) |
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Woodland Caribou (Atlantic-Gaspésie population |
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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. |