Summary of COSEWIC Wildlife Species Assessments, May 2025

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Wildlife species are sorted according to current status and then by common name 1.

Status Common name (population) Scientific name Range of occurrence
Endangered Big-tooth Whitelip Neohelix dentifera ON, QC
Endangered Cupped Fringe Lichen Heterodermia hypoleuca ON, QC, NB
Endangered Pugnose Minnow Opsopoeodus emiliae ON
Endangered Roell's Brotherella Moss Brotherella roellii BC
Endangered Sunflower Sea Star Pycnopodia helianthoides BC, Pacific Ocean
Threatened Bull Trout (Saskatchewan - Nelson Rivers population) Salvelinus confluentus AB
Threatened Eastern Massasauga Sistrurus catenatus ON
Threatened Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus YT, NT, NU, BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL
Special Concern Bull Trout (Pacific population) Salvelinus confluentus BC
Special Concern Bull Trout (South Coast British Columbia population) Salvelinus confluentus BC
Special Concern Bull Trout (Western Arctic population) Salvelinus confluentus YT, NT, BC, AB
Special Concern Greenland Shark Somniosus microcephalus NU, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL, Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean
Data Deficient Bull Trout (Upper Yukon Watershed population) Salvelinus confluentus YT, BC
Data Deficient Macropis Cuckoo Bee Epeoloides pilosulus AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NB, NS

(1) The assessment on Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) was deferred to incorporate additional information in the status report.
Meeting date: May 8, 2025

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The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) is an independent advisory panel to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada that meets twice a year to assess the status of wildlife species at risk of extinction. Members are wildlife biology experts from academia, government, non-governmental organizations and the private sector responsible for designating wildlife species in danger of disappearing from Canada.

COSEWIC secretariat

Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment and Climate Change Canada
351 St. Joseph Blvd
Gatineau QC K1A 0H3

Email: cosewic-cosepac@ec.gc.ca