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Box score: listings and recovery plans as of April 14, 2003.


BOX SCORE
Listing and Recovery Plans as of April 14, 2003

                       ENDAGERED        THREATENED      TOTAL
GROUP                U.S.   FOREIGN   U.S.   FOREIGN   LISTINGS

  MAMMALS            65       251       9      17        342
  BIRDS              78       175      14       6        273
  REPTILES           14        64      22      15        115
  AMPHIBIANS         12         8       9       1         30
  FISHES             71        11      44       0        126
  SNAILS             21         1      11       0         33
  CLAMS              62         2       8       0         72
  CRUSTACEANS        18         0      83       0         21
  INSECTS            35         4       9       0         48
  ARACHNIDS          12         0       0       0         12

ANIMAL SUBTOTAL      388      516     129      39       1,072

  FLOWERING PLANTS   570        1     144       0         715
  CONIFERS           2          0       1       2           5
  FERNS AND OTHERS   26         0       2       0          28

PLANT SUBTOTAL       598        1     147       2         748

GRAND TOTAL          986      517     276      41       1,820 *

                     U.S. SPIECES
GROUP                  W/ PLANS

  MAMMALS                 52
  BIRDS                   77
  REPTILES                32
  AMPHIBIANS              14
  FISHES                  96
  SNAILS                  22
  CLAMS                   57
  CRUSTACEANS             13
  INSECTS                 29
  ARACHNIDS                5

ANIMAL SUBTOTAL          397

  FLOWERING PLANTS       572
  CONIFERS                 2
  FERNS AND OTHERS        28

PLANT SUBTOTAL           602

GRAND TOTAL              999

TOTAL U.S. ENDANGERED: 986 (388 animals, 598 plants) TOTAL U.S.
THREATENED: 276 (129 animals, 147 plants) TOTAL U.S. LISTED:
1,262 (517 animals", 745 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 turtke, saltwater, crocodile, and olive ridley sea turtle. For the
purposes of the Engdangered Species Act, the term "species" can mean
a species, subspieces, 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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