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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. 21/2015 (March 26, 2013)
Species Name
Status
American marten
(Cape Breton population)
Martes americana
Endangered
Atlantic walrus
Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus
Extirpated
Atlantic whitefish
Coregonus huntsmani
Endangered
Barn swallow
Hirundo rustica
Endangered
Black ash
Fraxinus nigra
Threatened
Bicknell’s thrush
Catharus bicknelli
Endangered
Blanding’s turtle
Emydoidea blandingii
Endangered
Blue felt lichen
Degelia plumbea
Vulnerable
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Vulnerable
Boreal felt lichen
Erioderma pedicellatum
Endangered
Brook floater
Alasmidonta varicosa
Threatened
Canada lynx
Lynx canadensis
Endangered
Canada warbler
Cardellina canadensis
Endangered
Chimney swift
Chaetura pelagica
Endangered
Common nighthawk
Chordeiles minor
Threatened
Eastern baccharis
Baccharis hamilifolia
Threatened
Eastern lilaeopsis
Lilaeopsis chinensis
Vulnerable
Eastern mountain avens
Geum peckii
Endangered
Eastern ribbonsnake
Thamnophis sauritus
Threatened
Eastern whip-poor-will
Antrostomus vociferus
Threatened
Eastern white cedar
Thuja occidentalis
Vulnerable
Eastern wolf
Canis lupis
Extirpated
Eastern wood peewee
Contopus virens
Vulnerable
Eelgrass limpet
Lottia alveus alveus
Extinct
Golden crest
Lophiola aurea
Vulnerable
Great auk
Pinguinus impennis
Extinct
Harlequin duck
Historonicus historonicus
Endangered
Hoary willow
Salix candida
Endangered
Labrador duck
Camptorynchus labradonius
Extinct
Little brown myotis
Myotis lucifugus
Endangered
Long’s bulrush
Scirpus longii
Vulnerable
Macropis cuckoo bee
Epeoloides pilosulus
Endangered
Moose (mainland Nova Scotia population)
Alces alces americana
Endangered
New Jersey rush
Juncus caesariensis
Vulnerable
Northern myotis
Myotis septentrionalis
Endangered
Olive-sided flycatcher
Contopus cooperi
Threatened
Passenger pigeon
Ectopistes migratorius
Extinct
Peregrine falcon
Falco peregrinus anatum
Vulnerable
Pink coreopsis
Coreopsis rosea
Endangered
Piping plover
Charadrius melodius
Endangered
Plymouth gentian
Sabatia kennedyana
Endangered
Prototype quillwort
Isoetes prototypus
Vulnerable
Ram’s-head lady slipper
Cypripedium arietinum
Endangered
Red knot
Calidris canutus rufa
Endangered
Redroot
Lachnanthes caroliana
Vulnerable
Rockrose (Canada frostweed)
Helianthemum canadense
Endangered
Roseate tern
Sterna dougallii
Endangered
Rusty blackbird
Euphagus carolinus
Endangered
Sea mink
Mustela macrodon
Extinct
Snapping turtle
Chelydra serpentina
Vulnerable
Spotted pondweed
Potamogeton pulcher
Vulnerable
Sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia
Vulnerable
Thread-leaved sundew
Drosera filiformis
Endangered
Tri-colored bat
Perimyotis subflavus
Endangered
Tubercled spikerush
Eleocharis tuberculosa
Vulnerable
Vole ears
Erioderma mollissimum
Endangered
Water pennywort
Hydrocotyle umbellata
Endangered
Wood turtle
Clemmys insculpta
Threatened
Woodland caribou
Rangifer tarandus
Extirpated
Yellow lamp mussel
Lampsilis cariosa
Threatened
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