Legally Listed Species in the Maritimes Provinces - October 2007						Occurrence1 by Province / Ocean
	Common Name	Species	Population	COSEWIC Status	NB Provincial Status	NS Provincial Status	NB	NS	PE	Atlantic Ocean
Mammals (Terrestrial)
	Sea Mink	Mustela macrodon		Extinct		Extinct	x	x		x
	Woodland Caribou	Rangifer tarandus caribou	Atlantic-Gaspésie	Endangered		Extirpated	x	x	x
	Cougar	Puma concolor couguar	Eastern	Data Deficient	Endangered		x	x2
	Canada Lynx	Lynx canadensis		Not at Risk	Regionally Endangered	Endangered	x	x
	Gray Wolf	Canis lupis		Not at Risk		Extirpated	x	x	x
	American Marten	Martes americana	Cape Breton Island			Endangered		x
	Moose	Alces alces americana	Nova Scotia Mainland			Endangered		x
Mammals (Marine)
	Grey Whale	Eschrichtius robustus	Atlantic	Extirpated						x
	Blue Whale	Balaenoptera musculus	Atlantic	Endangered						x
	North Atlantic Right Whale	Eubalaena glacialis	Atlantic	Endangered						x
	Northern Bottlenose Whale	Hyperoodon ampullatus	Scotian Shelf	Endangered						x
	Atlantic Walrus	Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus		Special Concern		Extirpated	x	x	x	x
	Fin Whale	Balaenoptera physalus	Atlantic	Special Concern						x
	Harbour Porpoise	Phocoena phocoena	Northwest Atlantic	Special Concern						x
	Sowerby's Beaked Whale	Mesoplodon bidens		Special Concern						x
Birds
	Eskimo Curlew	Numenius borealis		Endangered			x	x	x
	Piping Plover melodus subspecies	Charadrius melodus melodus		Endangered	Endangered	Endangered	x	x	x
	Red Knot rufa subspecies	Calidris canutus rufa		Endangered			x	x	x
	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii		Endangered		Endangered	x	x
	Great Auk	Pinguinus impennis		Extinct		Extinct	x	x
	Labrador Duck	Camptorhynchus labradorius		Extinct		Extinct	x	x
	Passenger Pigeon	Ectopistes migratorius		Extinct		Extinct	x	x	x
	Chimney Swift	Chaetura pelagica		Threatened			x	x	x
	Common Nighthawk	Chordeiles minor		Threatened			x	x	x
	Least Bittern	Ixobrychus exilis		Threatened			x
	Peregrine Falcon anatum/tundrius subspecies	Falco peregrinus anatum/tundrius		Threatened	Endangered	Threatened	x	x
	Barrow's Goldeneye	Bucephala islandica	Eastern	Special Concern			x	x	x
	Bicknell's Thrush	Catharus bicknelli		Special Concern		Vulnerable	x	x
	Harlequin Duck	Histrionicus histrionicus	Eastern	Special Concern	Endangered	Endangered	x	x
	Rusty Blackbird	Euphagus carolinus		Special Concern			x	x	x
	Savannah Sparrow princeps subspecies	Passerculus sandwichensis princeps		Special Concern				x
	Short-eared Owl	Asio flammeus		Special Concern			x	x	x
	Yellow Rail	Coturnicops noveboracensis		Special Concern			x
	Bald Eagle	Haliaeetus leucocephalus		Not at Risk	Regionally Endangered		x	x	x
Reptile
	Leatherback Seaturtle	Dermochelys coriacea		Endangered	Endangered					x
	Blanding's Turtle	Emydoidea blandingii	Nova Scotia	Endangered		Endangered		x
	Eastern Ribbonsnake	Thamnophis sauritus	Atlantic	Threatened		Threatened		x
	Wood Turtle	Glyptemys insculpta		Special Concern		Vulnerable	x	x
Fish (Freshwater or Migratory)
	Atlantic Salmon	Salmo salar	Inner Bay of Fundy	Endangered			x	x		x
	Atlantic Whitefish	Coregonus huntsmani		Endangered		Endangered		x
	Lake Utopia Dwarf Smelt	Osmerus spectrum		Threatened			x
	Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis	Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence	Threatened			x	x	x	x
	Striped Bass	Morone saxatilis	Bay of Fundy	Threatened			x	x		x
	American Eel	Anguilla rostrata		Special Concern			x	x	x	x
	Redbreast Sunfish	Lepomis auritus		Special Concern			x
	Shortnose Sturgeon	Acipenser brevirostrum		Special Concern			x
Fish (Marine)
	Porbeagle	Lamna nasus		Endangered						x
	White Shark	Carcharodon carcharias	Atlantic	Endangered						x
	Winter Skate	Leucoraja ocellata	Southern Gulf	Endangered						x
	Cusk	Brosme brosme		Threatened						x
	Northern Wolffish	Anarhichas denticulatus		Threatened						x
	Shortfin Mako	Isurus oxyrinchus	Atlantic	Threatened						x
	Spotted Wolffish	Anarhichas minor		Threatened						x
	Winter Skate	Leucoraja ocellata	Eastern Scotian Shelf	Threatened						x
	Atlantic Cod	Gadus morhua	Maritimes	Special Concern						x
	Atlantic Wolffish	Anarhichas lupus		Special Concern						x
	Blue Shark	Prionace glauca	Atlantic	Special Concern						x
	Roughhead Grenadier	Macrourus berglax		Special Concern						x
	Winter Skate	Leucoraja ocellata	Georges Bank - Western Scotian Shelf - Bay of Fundy	Special Concern						x
Arthropods
	Maritime Ringlet	Coenonympha nipisiquit		Endangered	Endangered		x
	Monarch	Danaus plexippus		Special Concern			x	x	x
Molluscs
	Eelgrass Limpet	Lottia alveus alveus		Extinct		Extinct				x
	Dwarf Wedgemussel	Alasmidonta heterodon		Extirpated			x
	Yellow Lampmussel	Lampsilis cariosa		Special Concern		Vulnerable	x	x
Vascular Plants
	Butternut	Juglans cinerea		Endangered			x	x3	x3
	Eastern Mountain Avens	Geum peckii		Endangered		Endangered		x
	Furbish's Lousewort	Pedicularis furbishiae		Endangered	Endangered		x
	Pink Coreopsis	Coreopsis rosea		Endangered		Endangered		x
	Thread-leaved Sundew	Drosera filiformis		Endangered		Endangered		x
	Anticosti Aster	Symphyotrichum anticostense		Threatened	Endangered		x
	Golden Crest	Lophiola aurea		Threatened		Threatened		x
	Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster	Symphyotrichum laurentianum		Threatened	Endangered		x		x
	Plymouth Gentian	Sabatia kennedyana		Threatened		Endangered		x
	Redroot	Lachnanthes caroliana		Threatened		Threatened		x
	Tubercled Spike-rush	Eleocharis tuberculosa		Threatened		Threatened		x
	Water-pennywort	Hydrocotyle umbellata		Threatened		Endangered		x
	Bathurst Aster	Symphyotrichum subulatum	Bathurst	Special Concern	Endangered		x
	Eastern Lilaeopsis	Lilaeopsis chinensis		Special Concern		Vulnerable		x
	Long's Bulrush	Scirpus longii		Special Concern		Vulnerable		x
	Prototype Quillwort	Isoetes prototypus		Special Concern	Endangered	Vulnerable	x	x
	Sweet Pepperbush	Clethra alnifolia		Special Concern		Vulnerable		x
	Parker's Pipewort	Eriocaulon parkeri		Not at Risk	Endangered		x
	Canada Frostweed	Helianthemum canadense				Endangered		x
	Eastern White Cedar	Thuja occidentalis				Vulnerable	x2	x	x2
	New Jersey Rush	Juncus caesariensis				Vulnerable		x
	Pinedrops	Pterospora andromedea			Endangered		x
	Ram's-Head Lady-Slipper	Cypripedium arietinum				Endangered		x
	Southern Twayblade	Listera australis			Endangered		x	x2	x2
Lichens
	Boreal Felt Lichen	Erioderma pedicellatum	Atlantic	Endangered		Endangered	x	x
	Ghost Antler	Pseudevernia cladonia		Special Concern			x	x
	Frosted Glass-whiskers	Sclerophora peronella	Nova Scotia	Special Concern				x
1present or former regular occurrence, as opposed to occasional or accidental occurrence.
2native occurrence within jurisdiction, but not legally protected
3introduced occurrence within jurisdiction, not legally protected