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Box score: listings and recovery plans as of February 29, 2004.


BOX SCORE
Listings and Recovery Plans as of February 29, 2004

                           ENDANGERED             THREATENED

GROUP                 U.S.         FOREIGN     U.S.       FOREIGN

MAMMALS                65           251          9           17
BIRDS                  76           175         14            6
REPTILES               14            64         22           15
AMPHIBIANS             12             8          9            1
FISHES                 71            11         43            0
SNAILS                 21             1         11            0
CLAMS                  62             2          8            0
CRUSTACEANS            18             0          3            0
INSECTS                35             4          9            0
ARACHNIDS              12             0          0            0
ANIMAL SUBTOTAL       386           516        128           39
FLOWERING PLANTS      569             1        144            0
CONIFERS                2             0          1            2
FERNS AND OTHERS       24             0          2            0
PLANT SUBTOTAL        597             1        147            2
GRAND TOTAL           883           517        275           41

                      TOTAL      U.S. SPECIES
GROUP               LISTINGS       W/PLANS

MAMMALS                342             55
BIRDS                  271             76
REPTILES               115             33
AMPHIBIANS              30             14
FISHES                 125             95
SNAILS                  33             23
CLAMS                   72             64
CRUSTACEANS             21             13
INSECTS                 48             31
ARACHNIDS               12              5
ANIMAL SUBTOTAL      1,069            409
FLOWERING PLANTS       714            577
CONIFERS                 5              2
FERNS AND OTHERS        26             26
PLANT SUBTOTAL         747            607
GRAND TOTAL          1,816 *        1,016

TOTAL U.S. ENDANGERED: 983 (386 animals, 597 plants)
TOTAL U.S. THREATENED: 275 (128 animals, 147 plants)
TOTAL U.S. LISTED: 1,258 (514 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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Publication:Endangered Species Update
Article Type:Illustration
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Jan 1, 2005
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