Listings and recovery plans as of December 31, 2001 – Box Score – Brief Article – Statistical Data Included
BOX SCORE
Listings and Recovery Plans as of December 31, 2001
ENDANGERED THREATENED
GROUP U.S. FOREIGN U.S. FOREIGN
MAMMALS 64 251 9 17
BIRDS 78 175 14 6
REPTILES 14 64 22 15
AMPHIBIANS 11 8 8 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 386 516 128 39
FLOWERING PLANTS 567 1 142 0
CONIFERS 2 0 1 2
FERNS AND OTHERS 26 0 2 0
PLANT SUBTOTAL 595 1 145 2
GRAND TOTAL 981 517 273 41
TOTAL U.S. SPECIES
GROUP LISTINGS W/ PLANS **
MAMMALS 341 50
BIRDS 273 75
REPTILES 115 31
AMPHIBIANS 28 12
FISHES 126 95
SNAILS 33 27
CLAMS 72 56
CRUSTACEANS 21 12
INSECTS 48 29
ARACHNIDS 12 5
ANIMAL SUBTOTAL 1,069 392
FLOWERING PLANTS 710 555
CONIFERS 5 2
FERNS AND OTHERS 28 28
PLANT SUBTOTAL 743 585
GRAND TOTAL 1,812 * 977
TOTAL U.S. ENDANGERED: 981 (386 animals, 595 plants)
TOTAL U.S. THREATENED: 273 (128 animals, 145 plants)
TOTAL U.S. LISTED: 1,254 (514 animals ***, 740 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.
** There are 530 approved recovery plans. Some recovery plans cover
more than one species, and a few species have separate plans
covering different parts of their ranges. Recovery plans are drawn up
only for listed species that occur in the United States.
*** Nine animal species have dual status in the U.S.
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