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Categorized List of Species at Risk
made under Section 12 of the
Endangered Species Act
S.N.S. 1998, c. 11
N.S. Reg. 146/2017 (April 12, 2017)
Species Name
Scientific Name
Status
Year Added
Blanding’s turtle
Emydoidea blandingii
Endangered
2000
Eastern mountain avens
Geumpeckii
Endangered
2000
Harlequin duck
Historonicus historonicus
Endangered
2000
Pink coreopsis
Coreopsis rosea
Endangered
2000
Piping plover
Charadrius melodius
Endangered
2000
Roseate tern
Sterna dougallii
Endangered
2000
Thread-leaved sundew
Drosera filiformis
Endangered
2000
Sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
Vulnerable
2000
American marten (Cape Breton population)
Martes americana
Endangered
2001
Water pennywort
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Endangered
2001
Long’s bulrush
Scirpus longii
Vulnerable
2001
New Jersey rush
Juncus caesariensis
Vulnerable
2001
Atlantic whitefish
Coregonus huntsmani
Endangered
2002
Canada lynx
Lynx canadensis
Endangered
2002
Boreal felt lichen
Erioderma pedicellatum
Endangered
2003
Moose (mainland Nova Scotia population)
Alces alces americana
Endangered
2003
Eastern ribbonsnake
Thamnophis sauritus
Threatened
2003
Eelgrass limpet
Lottia alveus alveus
Extinct
2006
Great auk
Pinguinus impennis
Extinct
2006
Labrador duck
Camptorynchus labradonius
Extinct
2006
Passenger pigeon
Ectopistes migratorius
Extinct
2006
Sea mink
Mustela macrodon
Extinct
2006
Atlantic walrus
Odobenus rosmarus
Extirpated
2006
Eastern wolf
Canis lupis
Extirpated
2006
Woodland caribou
Rangifer tarandus
Extirpated
2006
Yellow lamp mussel
Lampsilis cariosa
Threatened
2006
Eastern lilaeopsis
Lilaeopsis chinensis
Vulnerable
2006
Eastern white cedar
Thuja occidentalis
Vulnerable
2006
Prototype quillwort
lsoetes prototypus
Vulnerable
2006
Chimney swift
Chaetura pelagica
Endangered
2007
Ram’s-head lady slipper
Cypripedium arietinum
Endangered
2007
Red knot
Calidris canutus rufa
Endangered
2007
Rockrose (Canada frostweed)
Helianthemum canadense
Endangered
2007
Common nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Threatened
2007
Peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus anatum
Vulnerable
2007
Barn swallow
Hirundo rustica
Endangered
2013
Bicknell’s thrush
Catharus bicknelli
Endangered
2013
Canada warbler
Cardellina canadensis
Endangered
2013
Hoary willow
Salix candida
Endangered
2013
Little brown myotis
Myotis lucifugus
Endangered
2013
Macropis cuckoo bee
Epeoloides pilosulus
Endangered
2013
Northern myotis
Myotis septentrionalis
Endangered
2013
Plymouth gentian
Sabatia kennedyana
Endangered
2013
Rusty blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Endangered
2013
Tri-colored bat
Perimyotis subjlavus
Endangered
2013
Vole ears
Erioderma mollissimum
Endangered
2013
Black ash
Fraxinus nigra
Threatened
2013
Brook floater
Alasmidonta varicosa
Threatened
2013
Eastern baccharis
Baccharis hamilifolia
Threatened
2013
Eastern whip-poor-will
Antrostomus vociferus
Threatened
2013
Olive-sided flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Threatened
2013
Wood turtle
Clemmys insculpta
Threatened
2013
Blue felt lichen
Degelia plumbea
Vulnerable
2013
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Vulnerable
2013
Eastern wood peewee
Contopus virens
Vulnerable
2013
Golden crest
Lophiola aurea
Vulnerable
2013
Redroot
Lachnanthes caroliana
Vulnerable
2013
Snapping turtle
Chelydra serpentina
Vulnerable
2013
Spotted pondweed
Potamogeton pulcher
Vulnerable
2013
Tubercled spikerush
Eleocharis tuberculosa
Vulnerable
2013
Bank swallow
Riparia riparia
Endangered
2017
Gypsy cuckoo bumble bee
Bombus bohemicus
Endangered
2017
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
Endangered
2017
Tall beakrush
Rhynchospora macrostachya
Endangered
2017
Transverse lady beetle
Coccinella transversoguttata
Endangered
2017
Evening Grosbeak
Coccothraustes vespertinus
Special concern
2017
Yellow-banded bumble bee
Bombus terricola
Special concern
2017
Black foam lichen
Anzia colpodes
Threatened
2017
Eastern water fan
Peltigera hydrothyria
Threatened
2017
Sable Island sweat bee
Lasioglossum sablense
Threatened
2017
Wrinkled shingle lichen
Pannaria lurida
Threatened
2017
Last updated: 10-12-2017