Table 3.62
Wildlife species extinct and extirpated from Canada, 2008
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Species | Group | Date of extinction 1 or extirpation 2 | Probable cause(s) of extinction 1 or extirpation 2 |
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Extinct 1 | |||
Benthic Hadley Lake stickleback | fishes (freshwater) | 1999 | introduced predators |
Limnetic Hadley Lake stickleback | fishes (freshwater) | 1999 | introduced predators |
Banff longnose dace | fishes (freshwater) | 1986 | introduced predators; habitat alteration |
Blue walleye | fishes (freshwater) | 1965 | commercial fishing; introduced predators |
Lake Ontario kiyi | fishes (freshwater) | 1964 | commercial fishing; introduced predators |
Deepwater cisco | fishes (freshwater) | 1952 | commercial fishing; introduced predators |
Eelgrass limpet | molluscs | 1929 | loss of food source |
Caribou (dawsoni subspecies) | mammals (terrestrial) | 1920s | unknown |
Passenger pigeon | birds | 1914 | hunting and predation |
Sea mink | mammals (marine) | 1894 | trapping |
Labrador duck | birds | 1875 | hunting; habitat alteration |
Macoun's shining moss | mosses | after 1864 | habitat alteration |
Great auk | birds | 1844 | hunting |
Extirpated 2 | |||
Karner blue | arthropods | 1991 | loss of food source; habitat alteration |
Frosted elfin | arthropods | 1988 | successional change |
Greater prairie-chicken | birds | after 1987 | habitat alteration |
Black-footed ferret | mammals (terrestrial) | 1974 | loss of food source |
Striped bass (St. Lawrence Estuary population) | fishes (freshwater) | after 1968 | illegal fishing |
Dwarf wedgemussel | molluscs | 1968 | habitat alteration |
Greater sage grouse (phaios subspecies) | birds | 1960s | hunting; habitat alteration |
Pacific pond turtle | reptiles | after 1959 | commercial harvesting; habitat alteration |
Gravel chub | fishes (freshwater) | after 1958 | habitat alteration |
Pacific gophersnake | reptiles | after 1957 | habitat alteration |
Spring blue-eyed Mary | plants | after 1954 | habitat alteration |
Timber rattlesnake | reptiles | 1941 | hunting; habitat alteration |
Oregon lupine | plants | after 1929 | habitat alteration |
Paddlefish | fishes (freshwater) | 1917 | habitat alteration; over-fishing |
Tiger salamander (Great Lakes population) | amphibians | 1915 | habitat alteration |
Island marble | arthropods | before 1910 | loss of food source; habitat alteration |
Puget Oregonian snail | molluscs | after 1905 | unknown |
Pygmy short-horned lizard | reptiles | after 1898 | habitat alteration |
Atlantic salmon (Lake Ontario population) | fishes (freshwater) | after 1898 | habitat destruction and over-exploitation by a food and commercial fishery |
Illinois tick-trefoil | plants | after 1888 | habitat alteration |
Grizzly bear (Prairie population) | mammals (terrestrial) | 1880s | hunting |
Incurved grizzled moss | mosses | 1828 | unknown |
Grey whale (Atlantic population) | mammals (marine) | 1800s | hunting |
A wildlife species that no longer exists.
A wildlife species that no longer exists in
the wild in Canada, but exists elsewhere.
Source(s):
Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada, 2008,
Canadian Wildlife Species at Risk, www.cosewic.gc.ca/eng/sct0/rpt/dsp_booklet_e.htm (accessed
January 29, 2009).
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