Box score.
BOX SCORE
Listings and Recovery Plans as of August 31, 2002
ENDANGERED THREATENED
GROUP U.S. FOREIGN U.S. FOREIGN
MAMMALS 65 251 9 17
BIRDS 78 175 14 6
REPTILES 14 64 22 15
AMPHIBIANS 12 8 9 1
FISHES 71 11 44 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 388 516 129 39
FLOWERING PLANTS 569 1 144 0
CONIFERS 2 0 1 2
FERNS AND OTHERS 26 0 2 0
PLANT SUBTOTAL 597 1 147 2
GRAND TOTAL 985 517 276 41
TOTAL U.S. SPECIES
GROUP LISTINGS W/PLANS
MAMMALS 342 53
BIRDS 273 75
REPTILES 115 32
AMPHIBIANS 30 13
FISHES 126 94
SNAILS 33 21
CLAMS 72 56
CRUSTACEANS 21 12
INSECTS 48 29
ARACHNIDS 12 5
ANIMAL SUBTOTAL 1,072 390
FLOWERING PLANTS 714 566
CONIFERS 5 2
FERNS AND OTHERS 28 28
PLANT SUBTOTAL 747 596
GRAND TOTAL 1,819 * 986
TOTAL U.S. ENDANGERED: 985 (388 animals, 597 plants)
TOTAL U.S. THREATENED: 276 (129 animals, 147 plants)
TOTAL U.S. LISTED: 1,261 (517 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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