Box score: listings and recovery plans as of August 5, 2005.
BOX SCORE
Listings and Recovery Plans as of August 5, 2005
ENDANGERED THREATENED
TOTAL
GROUP U.S. FOREIGN U.S. FOREIGN LISTINGS
MAMMALS 68 251 10 20 349
BIRDS 77 175 13 6 271
REPTILES 14 64 22 16 116
AMPHIBIANS 11 8 10 1 30
FISHES 71 11 43 1 126
SNAILS 21 1 11 0 33
CLAMS 62 2 8 0 72
CRUSTACEANS 18 0 3 0 21
INSECTS 35 4 9 0 48
ARACHNIDS 12 0 0 0 12
ANIMAL SUBTOTAL 389 516 129 44 1,078
FLOWERING PLANTS 571 1 144 0 716
CONIFERS 2 0 1 2 5
FERNS AND OTHERS 26 0 2 0 28
PLANT SUBTOTAL 599 1 147 2 749
GRAND TOTAL 988 517 276 46 1,827 *
U.S. SPECIES
GROUP W/ PLANS
MAMMALS 55
BIRDS 78
REPTILES 33
AMPHIBIANS 15
FISHES 95
SNAILS 22
CLAMS 69
CRUSTACEANS 13
INSECTS 31
ARACHNIDS 5
ANIMAL SUBTOTAL 416
FLOWERING PLANTS 584
CONIFERS 3
FERNS AND OTHERS 28
PLANT SUBTOTAL 615
GRAND TOTAL 1,031
TOTAL U.S. ENDANGERED: 988 (389 animals, 599 plants)
TOTAL U.S. THREATENED: 276 (129 animals, 147 plants)
TOTAL U.S. LISTED: 1,264 (518 animals **, 746 plants)
* Separate populations of a species listed both as Endangered and
Threatened are tallied once, for the endangered population only.
Those species are the argali, chimpanzee, leopard, Stellar sea-lion,
gray wolf, piping plover, roseate tern, green sea turtle, saltwater
crocodile, and olive ridley sea turtle. For the purposes of the
Endangered Species Act, the term "species" can mean a species,
subspecies, or distinct vertebrate population. Several entries also
represent entire genera or even families. ** Nine animal species have
dual status in the U.S.
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