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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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Date:Apr 1, 2004
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