| Legally Listed Species in the Maritimes Provinces - December 2006 | 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 | x | |||
| 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 | |||||
| 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 | |||||
| Northern Bottlenose Whale | Hyperoodon ampullatus | Scotian Shelf | Special Concern | x | |||||
| Sowerby's Beaked Whale | Mesoplodon bidens | Special Concern | x | ||||||
| Birds | |||||||||
| Labrador Duck | Camptorhynchus labradorius | Extinct | Extinct | x | x | ||||
| Great Auk | Pinguinus impennis | Extinct | Extinct | x | x | ||||
| Passenger Pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius | Extinct | Extinct | x | x | x | |||
| Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Endangered | x | x | x | ||||
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus melodus | Endangered | Endangered | Endangered | x | x | x | ||
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Endangered | Endangered | x | x | ||||
| Anatum Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus anatum | Threatened | Endangered | Threatened | x | x | |||
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | Threatened | x | ||||||
| Barrow's Goldeneye | Bucephala islandica | Eastern | Special Concern | x | x | x | |||
| Bicknell's Thrush | Catharus bicknelli | Special Concern | Vulnerable | x | x | ||||
| Rusty Blackbird | Euphagus carolinus | Special Concern | x | x | x | ||||
| Savannah Sparrow princeps subspecies (Ipswich Sparrow) | Passerculus sandwichensis princeps | Special Concern | x | ||||||
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Special Concern | x | x | x | ||||
| Yellow Rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis | Special Concern | x | ||||||
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | Eastern | Special Concern | Endangered | Endangered | x | x | ||
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Not at Risk | Regionally Endangered | x | x | x | |||
| Reptile | |||||||||
| Blanding's Turtle | Emydoidea blandingii | Nova Scotia | Endangered | Endangered | x | ||||
| Leatherback Seaturtle | Dermochelys coriacea | 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 | |||||
| Striped Bass | Morone saxatilis | Bay of Fundy | Threatened | x | x | x | |||
| Striped Bass | Morone saxatilis | Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence | Threatened | x | x | x | x | ||
| Lake Utopia Dwarf Smelt | Osmerus spp. | Threatened | 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 Shark | 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 | Threatened | x | ||||||
| Spotted Wolffish | Anarhichas minor | Threatened | x | ||||||
| Winter Skate | Leucoraja ocellata | Eastern Scotian Shelf | Threatened | x | |||||
| Atlantic Cod | Gadus morhua | Maritime | Special Concern | x | |||||
| Atlantic Wolffish | Anarhichas lupus | Special Concern | x | ||||||
| Blue Shark | Prionace glauca | Atlantic | Special Concern | x | |||||
| Winter Skate | Leucoraja ocellata | Georges Bank / Bay of Fundy | Special Concern | x | |||||
| Arthropods | |||||||||
| Maritime Ringlet Butterfly | Coenonympha nipisiquit | Endangered | Endangered | x | |||||
| Monarch Butterfly | 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 | Threatened | x | x | ||||
| Vascular Plants | |||||||||
| Butternut | Juglans cinerea | Endangered | x | ||||||
| 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 obtusifolius | Special Concern | Endangered | x | |||||
| Eastern Lilaeopsis | Lilaeopsis chinensis | Special Concern | Vulnerable | x | |||||
| Long's Bulrush | Scirpus longii Fern. | Special Concern | Vulnerable | x | |||||
| New Jersey Rush | Juncus caesariensis | Special Concern | Vulnerable | x | |||||
| Prototype Quillwort | Isoetes prototypus | Special Concern | Endangered | Vulnerable | x | x | |||
| Sweet Pepperbush | Clethra alnifolia | Special Concern | Vulnerable | x | |||||
| Eastern White Cedar | Thuja occidentalis | Vulnerable | x | x | x | ||||
| Parker's Pipewort | Eriocaulon parkeri | Endangered | x | ||||||
| Pinedrops | Pterospora andromedea | Endangered | x | ||||||
| Southern Twayblade | Listera australis | Endangered | x | x | x | ||||
| Lichens | |||||||||
| Boreal Felt Lichen | Erioderma pedicellatum | Atlantic | Endangered | Endangered | x | x | |||
| Frosted Glass-whiskers | Sclerophora peronella | Nova Scotia | Special Concern | x | |||||
| Ghost Antler Lichen | Pseudevernia cladonia | Special Concern | x | x | |||||
| 1present or former regular occurrence, as opposed to occasional or accidental occurrence. | |||||||||