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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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Publication:Endangered Species Update
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Date:Jan 1, 2003
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