Summary of COSEWIC Wildlife Species Assessments, November 2024

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

Status Common name (population) Scientific name Range of occurrence
Endangered Circular-leaved Peat Moss Sphagnum cyclophyllum NS
Endangered Northern Bottlenose Whale (Scotian Shelf population) Hyperoodon ampullatus NL, NS, Atlantic Ocean
Endangered Short-billed Dowitcher caurinus subspecies Limnodromus griseus caurinus BC, YT
Endangered Short-fruited Rush Juncus brachycarpus ON
Endangered Valley Grasshopper Oedaleonotus enigma BC
Threatened Black-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus SK
Threatened Butler's Gartersnake Thamnophis butleri ON
Threatened Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis AB, BC
Threatened Short-billed Dowitcher hendersoni/griseus Limnodromus griseus hendersoni/griseus AB, MB, NL, NT, ON, QC, SK
Special Concern Least Bittern Botaurus exilis MB, NB, NS, ON, PE, QC, SK
Special Concern Lilliput Toxolasma parvum ON
Special Concern Northern Bottlenose Whale (Davis Strait-Baffin Bay-Labrador Sea population) Hyperoodon ampullatus NL, NU, Atlantic Ocean

Meeting date: November 28, 2024

About us

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