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BOX SCORE
Listings and Recovery Plans as of November 1, 2004

                     ENDANGERED       THREATENED                 U.S.
                                                      TOTAL     SPECIES
GROUP              U.S.   FOREIGN   U.S.   FOREIGN   LISTINGS   W/PLANS

MAMMALS             69      251       9       17        346         55
BIRDS               77      175      13        6        271         76
REPTILES            14       64      22       15        115         33
AMPHIBIANS          11        8      10        1         30         15
FISHES              71       11      43        1        126         95
SNAILS              21        1      11        0         33         23
CLAMS               62        2       8        0         72         69
CRUSTACEANS         18        0       3        0         21         13
INSECTS             35        4       9        0         48         31
ARACHNIDS           12        0       0        0         12          5

ANIMAL SUBTOTAL    390      516     128       39      1,074        415

FLOWERING PLANTS   571        1     144        0        716        579
CONIFERS             2        0       1        2          5          2
FERNS AND OTHERS    26        0       2        0         28         28
PLANT SUBTOTAL     599        1     147        2        749        609

GRAND TOTAL        989      517     275       42      1,823 *    1,024

TOTAL U.S. ENDANGERED: 989 (390 animals, 599 plants)

TOTAL U.S. THREATENED: 275 (128 animals, 147 plants)

TOTAL U.S. LISTED: 1,264 (518 animals **, 746 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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Date:Jul 1, 2005
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