Box score – endangered species population numbers
Listings and Recovery Plans as of March 31, 2003
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 57 1 144 0
CONIFERS 2 0 1 2
FERNS AND OTHERS 26 0 2 0
PLANT SUBTOTAL 598 1 147 2
GRAND TOTAL 986 517 276 41
TOTAL U.S. SPECIES
GROUP LISTINGS W/ PLANS
MAMMALS 342 52
BIRDS 273 77
REPTILES 115 32
AMPHIBIANS 30 14
FISHES 126 96
SNAILS 33 22
CLAMS 72 57
CRUSTACEANS 21 13
INSECTS 48 29
ARACHNIDS 12 5
ANIMAL SUBTOTAL 1,072 397
FLOWERING PLANTS 715 572
CONIFERS 5 2
FERNS AND OTHERS 28 28
PLANT SUBTOTAL 748 602
GRAND TOTAL 1,820 * 999
TOTAL U.S. ENDANGERED: 986 (388 animals, 598 plants)
TOTAL U.S. THREATENED: 276 (129 animals, 147 plants)
TOTAL U.S. LISTED: 1,262 (517 animals **, 745 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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