Canadian Wildlife Species at Risk 2016: chapter 10

Table 8 - Not at Risk Category (177)

Table 8. Wildlife species assessed by COSEWIC and found to be in the Not at Risk category, with range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean) and date of last assessment (177 wildlife species). Note that wildlife species in the Not at Risk category will normally only be reassessed if new information suggests that the wildlife species is at risk (Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened or Special Concern), or Extinct. Mammals (43), Birds (36), Reptiles (5), Amphibians (15), Fishes (49), Arthropods (1), Molluscs (2), Vascular Plants (22), Mosses(3), Lichens (1) Total: NOT AT RISK CATEGORY (177)
Taxon Assessment Details Common Name Scientific Name Population Name Range of Occurrence Assessment Date
Mammals Bear, American Black Ursus americanus - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS NL April 1999
Mammals Cottontail pinetis subspecies, Nuttall's Sylvilagus nuttallii pinetis - AB SK April 1994
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Atlantic White-sided Lagenorhynchus acutus - Atlantic Ocean April 1991
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Bottlenose Tursiops truncatus - Atlantic Ocean April 1993
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Common Delphinus delphis - Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1991
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Northern Right Whale Lissodelphis borealis - Pacific Ocean April 1990
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Pacific White-sided Lagenorhynchus obliquidens - Pacific Ocean April 1990
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Risso's Grampus griseus - Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1990
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, Striped Stenella coeruleoalba - Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1993
Mammals (no symbol) Dolphin, White-beaked Lagenorhynchus albirostris - Atlantic Ocean April 1998
Mammals Gopher, Plains Pocket Geomys bursarius - MB April 1998
Mammals Lynx, Canada Lynx canadensis - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS NL May 2001
Mammals (no symbol) Porpoise, Dall's Phocoenoides dalli - Pacific Ocean April 1989
Mammals (no symbol) Sea Lion, California Zalophus californianus - BC Pacific Ocean April 1987
Mammals Seal Altantic and Eastern Arctic subspecies, Harbour Phoca vitulina concolor - NU MB ON QC NB PE NS NL Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean November 2007
Mammals (no symbol) Seal Pacific subspecies, Harbour Phoca vitulina richardsi - BC Pacific Ocean April 1999
Mammals (no symbol) Seal, Grey Halichoerus grypus - QC NB PE NS NL Atlantic Ocean April 1999
Mammals (no symbol) Seal, Hooded Cystophora cristata - Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1986
Mammals (no symbol) Seal, Northern Elephant Mirounga angustirostris - BC Pacific Ocean April 1986
Mammals (no symbol) Seal, Ringed Phoca hispida - Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1989
Mammals Shrew, Gaspé Sorex gaspensis - QC NB NS April 2006
Mammals (no symbol) Squirrel, Cascade Mantled Ground Spermophilus saturatus - BC April 1992
Mammals (no symbol) Squirrel, Fox Sciurus niger - MB ON April 1979
Mammals Squirrel, Southern Flying Glaucomys volans Great Lakes Plains population ON QC April 2006
Mammals Squirrel, Southern Flying Glaucomys volans Atlantic (Nova Scotia) population NS April 2006
Mammals Weasel, Prairie Long-tailed Mustela frenata longicauda - AB SK MB April 1993
Mammals (no symbol) Whale North Atlantic subspecies, Common Minke Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata - Atlantic Ocean April 2006
Mammals (no symbol) Whale North Pacific subspecies, Common Minke Balaenoptera acutorostrata scammonii - Pacific Ocean April 2006
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Baird's Beaked Berardius bairdii - Pacific Ocean April 1992
Mammals Whale, Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Eastern Beaufort Sea population NT Arctic Ocean May 2004
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Blainville's Beaked Mesoplodon densirostris - Atlantic Ocean April 1989
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Cuvier's Beaked Ziphius cavirostris - Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1990
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, False Killer Pseudorca crassidens - Pacific Ocean April 1990
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Hubbs' Beaked Mesoplodon carlhubbsi - Pacific Ocean April 1989
Mammals Whale, Humpback Megaptera novaeangliae Western North Atlantic population Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean May 2003
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Long-finned Pilot Globicephala melas - Atlantic Ocean April 1994
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Pygmy Sperm Kogia breviceps - Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1994
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Short-finned Pilot Globicephala macrorhynchus - Pacific Ocean April 1993
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Sperm Physeter macrocephalus - Pacific Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1996
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, Stejneger's Beaked Mesoplodon stejneri - Pacific Ocean April 1989
Mammals (no symbol) Whale, True's Beaked Mesoplodon mirus - Atlantic Ocean April 1989
Mammals (no symbol) Wolf, Northern Grey Canis lupus occidentalis - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NL April 1999
Mammals (no symbol) Wolf, Southern Grey Canis lupus nubilus - BC April 1999
Birds Bluebird, Eastern Sialia sialis - AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS April 1996
Birds Chat auricollis subspecies, Yellow-breasted Icteria virens auricollis Prairie population AB SK November 2011
Birds (no symbol) Coot, American Fulica americana - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS April 1991
Birds (no symbol) Cormorant, Double-crested Phalocrocorax auritus - YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1978
Birds (no symbol) Crane tabida subspecies, Sandhill Grus canadensis tabida - BC MB ON April 1979
Birds (no symbol) Eagle, Bald Haliaeetus leucocephalus - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1984
Birds Eagle, Golden Aquila chrysaetos - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NL April 1996
Birds Falcon, Prairie Falco mexicanus - BC AB SK April 1996
Birds (no symbol) Flycatcher, Grey Empidonax wrightii - BC April 1992
Birds (no symbol) Goshawk atricapillus subspecies, Northern Accipiter gentilis atricapillus - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1995
Birds (no symbol) Grebe, Red-necked Podiceps grisegena - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NS NL April 1982
Birds Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus - YT NT NU BC AB SK ON QC PE NS NL April 1987
Birds (no symbol) Harrier, Northern Circus cyaneus - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1993
Birds Hawk, Cooper's Accipiter cooperii - BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS April 1996
Birds Hawk, Red-shouldered Buteo lineatus - ON QC NB April 2006
Birds (no symbol) Hawk, Red-tailed Buteo jamaicensis - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1995
Birds (no symbol) Hawk, Rough-legged Buteo lagopus - YT NT NU BC MB ON QC NL April 1995
Birds Hawk, Sharp-shinned Accipiter striatus - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1997
Birds (no symbol) Loon, Common Gavia immer - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1997
Birds (no symbol) Loon, Yellow-billed Gavia adamsii - YT NT NU BC AB MB QC April 1997
Birds (no symbol) Merlin Falco columbarius - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1985
Birds (no symbol) Owl, Boreal Aegolius funereus - YT NT NU BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1995
Birds Owl, Great Grey Strix nebulosa - YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC April 1996
Birds (no symbol) Owl, Northern Hawk Surnia ulula - YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NL April 1992
Birds (no symbol) Owl, Snowy Bubo scandiaca - YT NT NU MB QC NL April 1995
Birds Pelican, American White Pelecanus erythrorhynchos - BC AB SK MB ON April 1987
Birds (no symbol) Screech-owl, Eastern Megascops asio - SK MB ON QC NB April 1986
Birds (no symbol) Sparrow, Nelson's Sharp-tailed Ammodramus nelsoni - BC AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS April 1998
Birds Swan, Trumpeter Cygnus buccinator - YT NT BC AB SK ON April 1996
Birds Tern, Black Chlidonias niger - NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NB NS April 1996
Birds Tern, Caspian Sterna caspia - NT BC AB SK MB ON QC NL April 1999
Birds (no symbol) Tern, Common Sterna hirundo - NT AB SK MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1998
Birds Warbler, Hooded Setophaga citrina - ON May 2012
Birds Warbler, Prairie Setophaga discolor - ON April 1999
Birds (no symbol) Wren, Canyon Catherpes mexicanus - BC April 1992
Birds (no symbol) Wren, Sedge Cistothorus platensis - AB SK MB ON QC NB April 1993
Reptiles (no symbol) Brownsnake, DeKay's Storeria dekayi - ON QC May 2002
Reptiles (no symbol) Gartersnake, Northwestern Thamnophis ordinoides - BC May 2003
Reptiles (no symbol) Lizard, Northern Alligator Elgaria coerulea - BC May 2002
Reptiles (no symbol) Turtle, Western Painted Chrysemys picta bellii Prairie / Western Boreal - Canadian Shield population AB SK MB ON April 2006
Reptiles (no symbol) Watersnake, Northern Nerodia sipedon sipedon - ON QC May 2002
Amphibians (no symbol) Unisexual Ambystoma Ambystoma (2) laterale - jeffersonianum Blue-spotted Salamander dependent population ON QC NB NS April 2016
Amphibians (no symbol) Ensatina Ensatina eschscholtzii - BC April 1999
Amphibians (no symbol) Frog, Columbia Spotted Rana luteiventris - YT BC AB May 2000
Amphibians Frog, Northern Leopard Lithobates pipiens Eastern populations MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 2009
Amphibians (no symbol) Frog, Pickerel Rana palustris - ON QC NB NS April 1999
Amphibians Frog, Western Chorus Pseudacris triseriata Carolinian population ON April 2008
Amphibians (no symbol) Mudpuppy Necturus maculosus - MB ON QC May 2000
Amphibians (no symbol) Salamander, Four-toed Hemidactylium scutatum - ON QC NB NS April 1999
Amphibians (no symbol) Salamander, Long-toed Ambystoma macrodactylum - BC AB April 2006
Amphibians Salamander, Northern Dusky Desmognathus fuscus Quebec / New Brunswick population QC NB May 2012
Amphibians (no symbol) Salamander, Northwestern Ambystoma gracile - BC April 1999
Amphibians (no symbol) Salamander, Western Red-backed Plethodon vehiculum - BC November 2001
Amphibians (no symbol) Spadefoot, Plains Spea bombifrons - AB SK MB May 2003
Amphibians (no symbol) Toad, Canadian Bufo hemiophrys - NT AB SK MB May 2003
Amphibians (no symbol) Treefrog, Cope's Grey Hyla chrysoscelis - MB April 1999
Fishes (no symbol) Bloater Coregonus hoyi - ON April 1988
Fishes Buffalo, Bigmouth Ictiobus cyprinellus Great Lakes - Upper St. Lawrence populations ON April 2008
Fishes Chiselmouth Acrocheilus alutaceus - BC May 2003
Fishes (no symbol) Chub, Hornyhead Nocomis biguttatus - MB ON April 1988
Fishes (no symbol) Chub, River Nocomis micropogon - ON April 1988
Fishes Chub, Silver Macrhybopsis storeriana Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations MB May 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Dace, Leopard Rhinichthys falcatus - BC April 1990
Fishes Darter, Greenside Etheostoma blennioides - ON November 2006
Fishes (no symbol) Darter, Least Etheostoma microperca - ON April 1989
Fishes Darter, River Percina shumardi Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations SK MB ON April 2016
Fishes Darter, River Percina shumardi Southern Hudson Bay - James Bay populations MB ON April 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Darter, Tessellated Etheostoma olmstedi - ON QC April 1993
Fishes (no symbol) Halibut, Atlantic Hippoglossus hippoglossus - Atlantic Ocean November 2011
Fishes (no symbol) Herring, Blueback Alosa aestivalis - NB NS Atlantic Ocean April 1980
Fishes (no symbol) Killifish, Banded Fundulus diaphanus Mainland populations MB ON QC NB PE NS NL April 1989
Fishes Madtom, Brindled Noturus miurus - ON May 2001
Fishes (no symbol) Minnow, Bluntnose Pimephales notatus - MB ON QC April 1998
Fishes (no symbol) Minnow, Eastern Silvery Hybognathus regius - ON QC April 1997
Fishes (no symbol) Pickerel, Chain Esox niger - QC NB NS April 1997
Fishes (no symbol) Pickerel, Redfin Esox americanus americanus - QC April 1998
Fishes (no symbol) Redhorse, Golden Moxostoma erythrurum - MB ON April 1989
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Northwest Newfoundland population NL Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Labrador population QC NL Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Northeast Newfoundland population NL Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Southwest Newfoundland population QC NL Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes Sardine, Pacific Sardinops sagax - Pacific Ocean May 2002
Fishes (no symbol) Sculpin, Deepwater Myoxocephalus thompsonii Western populations NT AB SK MB ON April 2006
Fishes (no symbol) Sculpin, Fourhorn Myoxocephalus quadricornis Salt water form Pacific Ocean Arctic Ocean Atlantic Ocean April 1989
Fishes (no symbol) Sculpin, Spoonhead Cottus ricei - YT NT BC AB SK MB ON QC April 1989
Fishes Shiner, Bigmouth Notropis dorsalis - MB November 2003
Fishes (no symbol) Shiner, Blackchin Notropis heterodon - MB ON QC April 1994
Fishes (no symbol) Shiner, Ghost Notropis buchanani - ON April 1993
Fishes (no symbol) Shiner, Redfin Lythrurus umbratilis - ON April 1988
Fishes (no symbol) Shiner, Rosyface Notropis rubellus - ON QC April 1994
Fishes (no symbol) Shiner, Striped Luxilus chrysocephalus - ON April 1993
Fishes (no symbol) Shiner, Weed Notropis texanus - MB April 1999
Fishes (no symbol) Silverside, Brook Labidesthes sicculus - ON QC April 1989
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Barndoor Dipturus laevis - Atlantic Ocean November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Big Raja binoculata - Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Longnose Raja rhina - Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes (no symbol) Skate, Sandpaper Bathyraja interrupta - Pacific Ocean April 2007
Fishes Skate, Winter Leucoraja ocellata Western Scotian Shelf - Georges Bank population Atlantic Ocean May 2015
Fishes Stoneroller, Central Campostoma anomalum - ON April 1998
Fishes Sucker, Mountain Catostomus platyrhynchus Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations AB SK November 2010
Fishes (no symbol) Sunfish, Green Lepomis cyanellus - ON April 1987
Fishes Sunfish, Northern Lepomis peltastes Saskatchewan - Nelson River populations ON April 2016
Fishes (no symbol) Trout, Bull Salvelinus confluentus Pacific populations BC November 2012
Fishes (no symbol) Wolf-eel Anarrhichthys ocellatus - Pacific Ocean May 2003
Fishes (no symbol) Y-Prickleback Allolumpenus hypochromus - Pacific Ocean April 1991
Arthropods (no symbol) Spider, Northwestern Cellar Psilochorus hesperus - BC May 2014
Molluscs (no symbol) Capshell, Rocky Mountain Acroloxus coloradensis Western population BC AB November 2001
Molluscs (no symbol) Crater, Spike-lip Appalachina sayana - ON QC NB NS November 2003
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Aster, Short's Symphyotrichum shortii - ON April 1999
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Aster, Yukon Symphyotrichum yukonense - YT NT April 1996
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Brickellia, Large-flowered Brickellia grandiflora - BC AB April 1996
Vascular Plants Corydalis, Scouler's Corydalis scouleri - BC November 2006
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Fameflower Talinum sediforme - BC April 1990
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Fleabane, Dwarf Erigeron radicatus - AB SK April 1996
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Goldenweed, Northern Mock Stenotus borealis - YT April 1997
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Greenbrier, Round-leaved Smilax rotundifolia Atlantic population NS November 2007
Vascular Plants Helleborine, Giant Epipactis gigantea - BC November 2015
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Mermaid, False Floerkea proserpinacoides - ON QC NS April 1984
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Phlox, Blue Phlox alyssifolia - AB SK April 1996
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Pink, Rush Stephanomeria runcinata - AB SK April 1996
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Pipewort, Parker's Eriocaulon parkeri - QC NB April 2007
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Rhododendron, Pacific Rhododendron macrophyllum - BC April 1997
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Sagebrush, Wood's Artemisia rupestris ssp. woodii - YT April 1997
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Sedge, Nebraska Carex nebrascensis - AB April 1995
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Stickseed, Okanogan Hackelia ciliata - BC November 2007
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Stitchwort, Sand Stellaria arenicola - AB SK April 1992
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Stitchwort, Serpentine Minuartia marcescens - QC NL April 2006
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Wallflower, Narrow-leaved Erysimum angustatum - YT April 1993
Vascular Plants Willow, Tyrrell's Salix tyrrellii - NT NU SK April 1999
Vascular Plants (no symbol) Woolly-heads, Slender Psilocarphus tenellus var. tenellus - BC April 1996
Mosses (no symbol) Moss, Delicate Luster Isopterygium tenerum - NS April 2006
Mosses (no symbol) Moss, Porter's Twisted Tortula porteri - ON April 2016
Mosses Moss, Pygmy Pocket Fissidens exilis - BC ON QC NS April 2016
Lichens Lichen, Ghost Antler Pseudevernia cladonia - QC NB NS November 2011

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