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Box score: listings and recovery plans as of July 1, 2006.


BOX SCORE
Listings and Recovery Plans as of July 1, 2006

                          ENDANGERED

GROUP                 U.S.       FOREIGN

MAMMALS                68          256
BIRDS                  76          175
REPTILES               14          65
AMPHIBIANS             13           8
FISHES                 76          11
SNAILS                 24           1
CLAMS                  62           2
CRUSTACEANS            19           0
INSECTS                47           4
ARACHNIDS              12           0
ANIMAL SUBTOTAL        410         522
FLOWERING PLANTS       570          1
CONIFERS                2           0
FERNS AND OTHERS       26           0
PLANT SUBTOTAL         598          1
GRAND TOTAL           1,008        523

                          THREATENED

GROUP                 U.S.       FOREIGN

MAMMALS                13          20
BIRDS                  15           6
REPTILES               23          16
AMPHIBIANS             10           1
FISHES                 61           1
SNAILS                 12           0
CLAMS                   8           0
CRUSTACEANS             3           0
INSECTS                10           0
ARACHNIDS               0           0
ANIMAL SUBTOTAL        156         44
FLOWERING PLANTS       143          0
CONIFERS                1           2
FERNS AND OTHERS        2           0
PLANT SUBTOTAL         146          2
GRAND TOTAL            302         46

                                  U.S.
                      TOTAL     SPECIES
GROUP               LISTINGS    W/ PLANS

MAMMALS                357         55
BIRDS                  272         80
REPTILES               118         33
AMPHIBIANS             32          16
FISHES                 149         98
SNAILS                 37          29
CLAMS                  72          69
CRUSTACEANS            22          18
INSECTS                61          32
ARACHNIDS              12           6
ANIMAL SUBTOTAL       1,132        436
FLOWERING PLANTS       714         599
CONIFERS                5           3
FERNS AND OTHERS       28          28
PLANT SUBTOTAL         747         630
GRAND TOTAL          1,879 *      1,066

TOTAL U.S. ENDANGERED: 1,008 (410 animals, 598 plants)

TOTAL U.S. THREATENED: 302 (156 animals, 146 plants)

TOTAL U.S. LISTED: 1,310 (566 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.

** Eleven U.S. animal species and five foreign species have dual
status.
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Article Type:Statistical table
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Date:Jul 1, 2006
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