NWT SPECIES ON THE COSEWIC LIST
FACT
SHEETS
The status of these species was determined by the
Committee
On the Status of Endangered Species in Canada (COSEWIC).
For
more information on status assessment go directly to the
COSEWIC website
or view the
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) here. To
assess species at risk, COSEWIC evaluates the best available information
relevant to assessing a species' risk of extinction or extirpation, which
it may obtain from any credible source of knowledge of the species and its
habitat. The evaluation process is independent, open and
transparent.
Some species in the NWT are legally listed under the Species at Risk
Act, federal legislation for the protection of species at risk in
Canada. For
more information on SARA go directly to the
SARA Registry
website.
A guide to NWT species legally listed under
the federal Species at Risk Act and those assessed by COSEWIC and under
consideration for listing is available below.
As of November 2007 the following NWT species were assessed by COSEWIC
as being at some level of risk. The date of latest COSEWIC assessment is
provided for each species.
MAMMALS
Endangered
Peary
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus pearyi) - 2004
Threatened
Wood
Bison (Bison bison athabascae) - 2000
Woodland
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou): Boreal population
- 2002
Special
Concern
Grizzly
Bear
(Ursus arctos) - 2002
Polar
Bear (Ursus maritimus)
- 2008
Woodland
Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou): Northern Mountain population
- 2002
Wolverine
(Gulo gulo): Western population - 2003
Dolphin-Union Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus x
pearyi) - 2004
BIRDS
Endangered
Eskimo Curlew
(Numenius borealis) - 2000
Whooping
Crane
(Grus americana) - 2000
Ivory Gull
(Pagophila eburnea)
– 2006
Red Knot (Calidris canutus rufa): Rufa subspecies - 2007
Threatened
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) - 2007
Olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus cooperi) - 2007
Canada Warbler (Wilsonia canadensis) - 2008
Special
Concern
Short-eared
Owl (Asio flammeus) -
2008
Yellow
Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis)
- 2001
Rusty Blackbird
(Euphagus carolinus) -
2006
Peregrine Falcon
(Falco peregrinus anatum-tundrius complex) -
2007
Red Knot
(Calidris canutus islandica): Islandica subspecies
- 2007
AMPHIBIANS
Special
Concern
Northern
Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens): Prairie and Western Boreal
Populations - 2002
Western
Toad (Anaxyrus boreas) - 2002
FISH
AND MARINE MAMMALS
Threatened
Northern
Wolffish (Anarhichas denticulatus) - 2001
Shortjaw
Cisco
(Coregonus zenithicus) - 2003
Special
Concern
Grey Whale (Eschrichtius
robustus): Northeast Pacific Population - 2004
Bowhead
whale (Balaena mysticetus): Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort Sea population
2005
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