Canada Extinct and Endangered Species

As of January 26th, 2015, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ for CANADA lists 8 extinct species since the beginning of IUCN recordkeeping, 9 critically endangered species, and 27 endangered species. Canada's extinct species on the IUCN List are as follows: Blackfin Cisco, Deepwater Cisco, Great Auk, Labrador Duck, Longjaw Cisco, Neomacounia nitida moss, Passenger Pigeon (famous bird that is extinct since the early 1900s), and Rocky Mountain Locust. Critically endangered species include the American Burying Beetle, Bocaccio Rockfish, Eskimo Curlew, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, and Vancouver Island Marmot.

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