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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 ...
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.
An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. [1] As of 2021, of the 120,372 species currently tracked by the IUCN, there are 8,404 species that are considered to be critically ...
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.
IUCN Red List status Notes; Tinian monarch Monarcha takatsukasae: On the USFWS endangered species list since 1970 but delisted in 2004 due to recovery of population. [203] In 2013, the Center for Biological Diversity petitioned for the species to again be listed as endangered, but the USFWS determined that protected status was not warranted. [204]
The treaty regulates wildlife commerce to assure the survival of threatened species. The specimens in the repository were seized in customs searches at U.S. ports of entry or being trafficked across state lines. The facility develops educational programs about wildlife trade, endangered species, and conservation laws. [2]
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