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This is a list of the bird and mammal species and subspecies described as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. It contains species and subspecies not only in the U.S. and its territories, but also those only found in other parts of the world. It does not include endangered fish, amphibians, reptiles, plants, or invertebrates.
List of threatened and endangered arthropods, including insects, arachnids, and crustaceans under the United States Endangered Species Act as of October 2013. [1] Key to Listing Status codes: [2] E - Endangered. An animal or plant species in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range. T - Threatened. An animal or ...
Pennsylvania has 41 native species of amphibians, with 23 salamanders and newts, and 18 species of frogs and toads. Of these species, 13 are of special concern, 2 are threatened, 6 are endangered, and 1 species is extirpated.
The federal Endangered Species Act was enacted on Dec. 28, 1973. Fifty years later, Pa. wildlife experts discuss the successes and challenges. ... Their status on the Pennsylvania list was changed ...
The USFWS operates the Clark R. Bavin National Fish and Wildlife Forensic Laboratory, the only forensics laboratory in the world devoted to wildlife law enforcement. By treaty, it also is the official crime laboratory for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the Wildlife Group of Interpol.
The Endangered Species Act, enacted in 1973, establishes protections for fish, wildlife and plants that are listed as threatened or endangered. ... It would also provide some limited financial ...
A listing priority number is a United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) way of designating the relative priority of candidate species that the FWS believes should be listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, but due to funding concerns, cannot be listed immediately.
The other requests the USFWS to exercise management options on remnant wolf populations in other areas of the U.S. by designating the species there as threatened or endangered.