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Endangered Species Survey

                                        

Apache Trout

Arizona Cliff Rose

Blunt-nosed Leopard Lizard

                                        

California Condor

                                        

Giant Carrion Beetle

Giant Panda

                                                         

      

Hawaiian Crow

Oahu Tree Snail

Pitcher’s Thistle

Red-footed Tortoise

Salt Marsh Harvest Mouse

                                        

Schaus Swallowtail Butterfly

Texas Blind Salamander

                                        

Wyoming Toad

                                        

U.S. Statistics

524 U.S. species of animals are listed.745 U.S. species of plants are listed.15 U.S. species of animals are currently proposed for listing.0 U.S. species of plants are currently proposed for listing.

138 species of animals are candidate species. 145 species of plants are candidate species.

Facts:

¼ of the world’s plants are threatened with extinction by 2010

38% of amphibians in the U.S. are endangered

¾ of all bird species are declining; 11% are threatened with extinction

Almost all species of wild cats and bears are declining in numbers

Facts:

1/3 of North American freshwater fish are rare or endangered; 33% of all fish species are threatened with extinction

About 100 species of invertebrates are lost each day due to deforestation; ½ of the freshwater snails in southeastern U.S. are now extinct or threatened; 50% of crayfish and 56% of mussel species are endangered in the U.S.

Facts:

25% of all mammal species are threatened with extinction

2/3 of all primate species are threatened Over 40% of all reptile species are

threatened (20% with extinction)

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Listings by State and Territory