Box score: listings and recovery plans as of December 31, 2003.
BOX SCORE
Listings and Recovery Plans as of December 31, 2003
ENDANGERED THREATENED
TOTAL U.S.
U.S. FOREIGN U.S. FOREIGN LISTINGS SPECIES
GROUP W/ PLANS
MAMMALS 65 251 9 17 342 55
BIRDS 78 175 14 6 273 77
REPTILES 14 64 22 15 115 33
AMPHIBIANS 12 8 9 1 30 14
FISHES 71 11 43 0 125 95
SNAILS 21 1 11 0 33 23
CLAMS 62 2 8 0 72 64
CRUSTACEANS 18 0 3 0 21 13
INSECTS 35 4 9 0 48 31
ARACHNIDS 12 0 0 0 12 5
ANIMAL SUBTOTAL 388 516 128 39 1,071 410
FLOWERING PLANTS 569 1 144 0 714 577
CONIFERS 2 0 1 2 5 2
FERNS AND OTHERS 26 0 2 0 28 28
PLANT SUBTOTAL 597 1 147 2 747 607
GRAND TOTAL 985 517 275 41 1,818 * 1,017
TOTAL U.S. ENDANGERED: 985 (388 animals, 597 plants)
TOTAL U.S. THREATENED: 275 (128 animals, 147 plants)
TOTAL U.S. LISTED: 1,260 (516 animals **, 744 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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