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.