Endangered Mammals of Canada

According to the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, there are currently 543 plant and animal species at risk in Canada. The following information is from the Species At Risk Act (SARA) dated 2006-05-08.

Endangered

• American Badger jacksoni and jeffersonii subspecies
• Beluga Whale (Ungava Bay, Eastern Hudson Bay populations)
• Blue Whale (Atlantic and Pacific populations)
• Harbour Seal Lacs des Loups Marins subspecies
• Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific southern resident population)
• North Atlantic Right Whale
• North Pacific Right Whale
• Northern Bottlenose Whale (Scotian Shelf population)
• Ord’s Kangaroo Rat
• Pacific Water Shrew
• Peary Caribou
• Sei Whale (Pacific population)
• Swift Fox
• Townsend’s Mole
• Vancouver Island Marmot
• Western Harvest Mouse dychei subspecies
• Wolverine (Eastern population)
• Woodland Caribou (Atlantic-Gaspesie population)

Threatened

• American Marten (Newfoundland population)
• Beluga Whale (Cumberland Sound, St Lawrence Estuary populations)
• Bowhead Whale (Hudson Bay-Foxe Basin, Davis Strait populations)
• Ermine haidarum subspecies
• Fin Whale (Pacific population)
• Grey Fox
• Humpback Whale (North Pacific population)
• Killer Whale (Northeast Pacific population)
• Northern Fur Seal
• Pallid Bat
• Plains Bison
• Woodland Caribou (Boreal, Southern Manitoba populations)

Special Concern

• Atlantic Walrus
• Barren Ground Caribou (Dolphin, Union populations)
• Beluga Whale (Western Hudson Bay, Eastern High Arctic populations)
• Black-tailed Prairie Dog
• Bowhead Whale (Bering-Chukchi-Beaufort population)
• Eastern Mole
• Eastern Wolf
• Fin Whale (Atlantic population)
• Grey Whale (Eastern North Pacific population)
• Grizzly Bear (Northwestern population)
• Harbour Porpoise (Pacific and NW Atlantic population)
• Killer Whale (NE Pacific offshore population)
• Mountain Beaver
• Narwhal
• Nuttall’s Cottontail nuttallii subspecies
• Polar Bear
• Sea Otter
• Sowerby’s Beaked Whale
• Spotted Bat
• Steller Sea Lion
• Western Harvest Mouse megalotis subspecies
• Wolverine (Western population)
• Woodland Caribou (Northern Mountain population)
• Woodland Vole