Box score.
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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