Box Score - endangered and threatened species - Brief Article - Illustration - Statistical Data Included

Endangered Species Bulletin, July, 2000

Listings and Recovery Plans as of August 31, 2000

                    ENDANGERED       THREATENED

GROUP              U.S.   FOREIGN   U.S.   FOREIGN

MAMMALS             63      252       9      16
BIRDS               78      175      15       6
REPTILES            14       64      22      15
AMPHIBIANS          10        8       8       1
FISHES              69       11      44       0
SNAILS              20        1      11       0
CLAMS               61        2       8       0
CRUSTACEANS         18        0       3       0
INSECTS             30        4       9       0
ARACHNIDS            6        0       0       0
ANIMAL SUBTOTAL    369      517     129      38
FLOWERING PLANTS   565        1     139       0
CONIFERS             2        0       1       2
FERNS AND OTHERS    26        0       2       0
PLANT SUBTOTAL     593        1     142       2
GRAND TOTAL        962      518     271      40

                    TOTAL     U.S. SPECIES
GROUP              LISTINGS    W/PLANS(**)

MAMMALS              340           47
BIRDS                274           76
REPTILES             115           30
AMPHIBIANS            27           12
FISHES               124           90
SNAILS                32           20
CLAMS                 71           45
CRUSTACEANS           21           12
INSECTS               43           28
ARACHNIDS              6            5
ANIMAL SUBTOTAL    1,053          365
FLOWERING PLANTS     705          528
CONIFERS               5            2
FERNS AND OTHERS      28           28
PLANT SUBTOTAL       738          558
GRAND TOTAL        1,791(*)       923

TOTAL U.S. ENDANGERED: 962 (369 animals, 593 plants)

TOTAL U.S. THREATENED: 271 (129 animals, 142 plants)

TOTAL U.S. LISTED: 1,233 (498 animals(***), 735 plants)

(*) Separate populations of a species listed both as Endangered and Threatened are tallied once, for the endangered population only. Those species are the argali, chimpanzee, leopard, Stellar sea lion, gray wolf, piping plover, roseate tern, green sea turtle, saltwater crocodile, and olive ridley sea turtle. For the purposes of the Endangered Species Act, the term "species" can mean a species, subspecies, or distinct vertebrate population. Several entries also represent entire genera or even families.

(**) There are 530 approved recovery plans. Some recovery plans cover more than one species, and a few species have separate plans covering different parts of their ranges. Recovery plans are drawn up only for listed species that occur in the United States.

(***) Nine animal species have dual status in the U.S.