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Canadian wildlife species at risk October 2017: chapter 5

Table 6 - Extinct category (16)

Table 6. Wildlife species assessed and designated Extinct, with range of occurrence (by province, territory or ocean) and date of last assessment. The historical range of occurrence and the approximate date of disappearance are shown (16 wildlife species). Mammals (4), Birds (3), Reptiles (0), Amphibians (0), Fishes (7), Arthropods (0), Molluscs (1), Vascular Plants (0), Mosses (1), Lichens (0) Total: EXTINCT CATEGORY (16)
Taxon Assessment Details Common Name Scientific Name Population Name Historical Range of Occurrence Extinction Date Assessment Date
Mammals ↻ Bear, Grizzly Ursus arctos Ungava population QC NL - May 2012
Mammals ↔ Caribou dawsoni subspecies Rangifer tarandus dawsoni - BC 1920s May 2000
Mammals ↔ Mink, Sea Mustela macrodon - NB NS Atlantic Ocean 1894 May 2000
Mammals ↻ Walrus, Atlantic Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus Nova Scotia - Newfoundland - Gulf of St Lawrence population QC NB PE NS NL Atlantic Ocean - April 2017
Birds ↔ Auk, Great Pinguinus impennis - QC NB NS NL 1844 May 2000
Birds ↔ Duck, Labrador Camptorhynchus labradorius - QC NB NS NL 1875 May 2000
Birds ↔ Pigeon, Passenger Ectopistes migratorius - SK MB ON QC NB PE NS 1914 May 2000
Reptiles - - - - - - -
Amphibians - - - - - - -
Fishes ↔ Cisco, Deepwater Coregonus johannae - ON 1952 May 2000
Fishes ↔ Dace, Banff Longnose Rhinichthys cataractae smithi - AB 1986 May 2000
Fishes ↻ Kiyi, Lake Ontario Coregonus kiyi orientalis - ON 1964 May 2005
Fishes ↑ Salmon, Atlantic Salmo salar Lake Ontario population ON Atlantic Ocean Last reported in 1898 November 2010
Fishes ↔ Stickleback, Hadley Lake Benthic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus - BC 1999 May 2000
Fishes ↔ Stickleback, Hadley Lake Limnetic Threespine Gasterosteus aculeatus - BC 1999 May 2000
Fishes ↔ Walleye, Blue Sander vitreus glaucus - ON 1965 May 2000
Arthropods - - - - - - -
Molluscs ↔ Limpet, Eelgrass Lottia alveus alveus - Atlantic Ocean 1929 May 2000
Vascular Plants (no symbol) - - - - - -
Mosses (no symbol) Moss, Macoun's Shining Neomacounia nitida - ON not observed since 1864 November 2002
Lichens - - - - - - -

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