Minister's response to Species at Risk assessments submitted by COSEWIC in 2013

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Table 1: Terrestrial Species Recently Assessed by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada Eligible for Addition to Schedule 1 or Reclassification
Threat Taxon Species Scientific Name Range Consultation Path
Endangered Vascular Plants Hairy Braya Braya pilosa NT Normal
Endangered Arthropods Mottled Duskywing (Boreal population) Erynnis martialis MB Normal
Endangered Arthropods Mottled Duskywing (Great Lakes Plains population) Erynnis martialis ON QC Normal
Endangered Arthropods Riverine Clubtail (Great Lakes Plains population) Stylurus amnicola ON Normal
Threatened Vascular Plants Silky Beach Pea Lathyrus littoralis BC Normal
Threatened Vascular Plants Spiked Saxifrage Micranthes spicata YT None required. COSEWIC plans to reassess in near future.
Threatened Arthropods Gibson’s Big Sand Tiger Beetle Cicindela formosa gibsoni AB SK Normal
Threatened Arthropods Island Tiger Moth Grammia complicata BC Normal
Threatened Birds Bank Swallow Riparia riparia YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS PE NL Normal
Threatened Birds Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina ON QC NB NS Normal
Special concern Arthropods Georgia Basin Bog Spider Gnaphosa snohomish BC Normal
Special concern Arthropods Greenish-white Grasshopper Hypochlora alba AB SK MB Normal
Special concern Molluscs Haida Gwaii Slug Staala gwaii BC Normal
Special concern Amphibians Western Tiger Salamander (Prairie / Boreal population)1 Ambystoma mavortium AB SK MB Normal
Special concern Birds Eastern Wood-pewee Contopus virens SK MB ON QC NB NS PE Normal
Special concern Mammals American Badger taxus subspecies Taxidea taxus taxus AB SK MB ON Normal
Up-lists from threatened to endangered Vascular Plants Fernald’s Braya Braya fernaldii NL Normal
Up-lists from threatened to endangered Vascular Plants Plymouth Gentian Sabatia kennedyana NS Normal
Up-lists from threatened to endangered Reptiles Massasauga (Carolinian population)2 Sistrurus catenatus ON Normal
Down-lists from threatened to special concern Vascular Plants Crooked-stem Aster Symphyotrichum prenanthoides ON Normal
Down-lists from threatened to special concern Reptiles Eastern Musk Turtle Sternotherus odoratus ON QC Normal

1 The Tiger Salamander was formerly considered by COSEWIC as three populations. In November 2012, COSEWIC split it into the Western Tiger Salamander and the Eastern Tiger Salamander, each with two populations. The two populations of the Western Tiger Salamander were assessed in November 2012. The assessment of one of the two populations of the Eastern Tiger Salamander was deferred; therefore, the report for the Eastern Tiger Salamander will be presented to the Minister at a later time.

2 Currently listed on Schedule 1 as a single species. Re-assessed in November 2012 and split into two populations.

Table 2: Terrestrial Species Recently Reassessed by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (No Consultations – Species Status Confirmation)
Threat Taxon Species Scientific Name Range Consultation Path
Extirpated Molluscs Puget Oregonian Cryptomastix devia BC None; status confirmation
Endangered Vascular Plants Pink Coreopsis Coreopsis rosea NS None; status confirmation
Endangered Vascular Plants Slender Bush-clover Lespedeza virginica ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Arthropods Five-spotted Bogus Yucca Moth Prodoxus quinquepunctellus AB None; status confirmation
Endangered Arthropods Non-pollinating Yucca Moth Tegeticula corruptrix AB None; status confirmation
Endangered Arthropods Yucca Moth Tegeticula yuccasella AB None; status confirmation
Endangered Molluscs Oregon Forestsnail Allogona townsendiana BC None; status confirmation
Endangered Amphibians Western Tiger Salamander (Southern Mountain population) 1 Ambystoma mavortium BC None; status confirmation
Endangered Birds Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Mammals American Badger jacksoni subspecies Taxidea taxus jacksoni ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Mammals American Badger jeffersonii subspecies (Eastern population)2 Taxidea taxus jeffersonii BC None; status confirmation
Endangered Mammals American Badger jeffersonii subspecies (Western population)2 Taxidea taxus jeffersonii BC None; status confirmation
Threatened Vascular Plants Soapweed Yucca glauca AB SK None; status confirmation
Threatened Arthropods Dun Skipper vestris subspecies Euphyes vestris vestris BC None; status confirmation
Threatened Reptiles Eastern Ribbonsnake (Atlantic population) Thamnophis sauritus NS None; status confirmation
Threatened Reptiles Great Basin Gophersnake Pituophis catenifer deserticola BC None; status confirmation
Threatened Reptiles Massasauga (Great Lakes / St. Lawrence population)3 Sistrurus catenatus ON None; status confirmation
Threatened Birds Northern Goshawk laingi subspecies Accipiter gentilis laingi BC None; status confirmation
Special concern Molluscs Warty Jumping-slug Hemphillia glandulosa BC None; status confirmation
Special concern Amphibians Western Toad (Calling population)3 Anaxyrus boreas BC AB None; status confirmation
Special concern Amphibians Western Toad (Non-calling population)3 Anaxyrus boreas YT NT BC AB None; status confirmation
Special concern Reptiles Eastern Ribbonsnake (Great Lakes population) Thamnophis sauritus ON QC None; status confirmation
Special concern Reptiles Northern Map Turtle Graptemys geographica ON QC None; status confirmation

1 The Tiger Salamander was formerly considered by COSEWIC as three populations. In November 2012, COSEWIC split it into the Western Tiger Salamander and the Eastern Tiger Salamander, each with two populations. The two populations of the Western Tiger Salamander were assessed in November 2012. The assessment of one of the two populations of the Eastern Tiger Salamander was deferred; therefore, the report for the Eastern Tiger Salamander will be presented to the Minister at a later time.

2 Currently listed on Schedule 1 as a single subspecies. Subspecies re-assessed in November 2012 and split into two populations.

3 Currently listed on Schedule 1 as a single species. Re-assessed in November 2012 and split into two populations.

Table 3: Aquatic species recently assessed or reassessed by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada with consultation conducted by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (eligible for addition to Schedule 1 or reclassification)
Threat Taxon Species Scientific Name Range Consultation Path
Endangered Fishes Cusk Brosme brosme Atlantic Ocean Extended
Endangered Molluscs Lilliput Toxolasma parvum ON Extended
Endangered Fishes Striped Bass (Bay of Fundy population) Morone saxatilis NB NS Atlantic Ocean Extended
Endangered Fishes White Sturgeon (Upper Fraser River population)1 Acipenser transmontanus BC Extended
Threatened Fishes Bull Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers populations) Salvelinus confluentus AB Extended
Threatened Molluscs Threehorn Wartyback Obliquaria reflexa ON Extended
Threatened Fishes White Sturgeon (Lower Fraser River population) Acipenser transmontanus BC Extended
Special concern Fishes Bull Trout (South Coast British Columbia populations) Salvelinus confluentus BC Extended
Special concern Fishes Bull Trout (Western Arctic populations) Salvelinus confluentus YT NT BC AB Extended
Special concern Fishes Eulachon (Nass / Skeena Rivers population) Thaleichthys pacificus BC Pacific Ocean Extended
Special concern Fishes Striped Bass (Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence population) Morone saxatilis QC NB PE NS Atlantic Ocean Extended
Down-lists from extirpated to endangered Fishes Striped Bass (St. Lawrence River population)2 Morone saxatilis QC Atlantic Ocean Normal
Down-lists from extirpated to endangered Fishes Pugnose Shiner Notropis anogenus ON Normal
Down-lists from extirpated to endangered Fishes Salish Sucker Catostomus sp. cf. catostomus BC Extended

1 A wildlife species of this name is currently listed on Schedule 1. This newly-assessed unit now includes two population units that were not included in the earlier entity.

2 The wildlife species was reclassified to Endangered from Extirpated because of a successful reintroduction.

Table 4: Aquatic species recently reassessed by Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (species status confirmation)
Threat Taxon Common Name (population) Scientific Name Range Consultation Path
Endangered Molluscs Kidneyshell Ptychobranchus fasciolaris ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Molluscs Round Hickorynut Obovaria subrotunda ON None; status confirmation
Endangered Mammals Sei Whale (Pacific population) Balaenoptera borealis Atlantic Ocean None; status confirmation
Endangered Fishes White Sturgeon (Upper Columbia River population) Acipenser transmontanus BC None; status confirmation
Endangered Fishes White Sturgeon (Upper Kootenay River population) Acipenser transmontanus BC None; status confirmation
Threatened Fishes Northern Wolffish Anarhichas denticulatus Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean None; status confirmation
Threatened Fishes Spotted Wolffish Anarhichas minor Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean None; status confirmation
Special concern Fishes Atlantic Wolffish Anarhichas lupus Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean None; status confirmation
Special concern Fishes Bridle Shiner Notropis bifrenatus ON QC None; status confirmation

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