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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

 

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