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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