Table 4.5 — Numbers of endangered, threatened and sensitive-to-management species and 

 subspecies in the United States, by category and section, January 1979 



Category 



Total 

 US 



North- 

 east 



North 

 Central 



South- 

 east 



South 

 Central 



Great 



Plains 



Rocky 

 Mountains 



Pacific 

 Coast 



Alaska 



Pacific 

 Islands 



Caribbean 

 Islands 



Federally-listed endangered and threatened species' 



Amphibians 



7 











1 



3 











2 











1 



Birds 



70 



3 



4 



9 



10 



3 



6 



12 



4 



40 



7 



Fish 



41 



4 



3 



4 



14 







16 



8 















Mammals 



25 



4 



4 



7 



7 



2 



8 



7 







3 



1 



Reptiles 



18 











5 



2 







1 



4 











10 



Invertebrates 



39 



4 



9 



14 



20 







1 



6 















Total 



200 



15 



20 



40 



56 



5 



32 



39 



4 



43 



19 



Additional State-listed endangered and threatened species 



Amphibians 



60 



9 



16 



12 



11 



9 



15 



6 











3 



Birds 



36 



2 



34 



77 



48 



25 



80 



5 



1 



23 



57 



Fish 



222 



11 



103 



58 



46 



18 



42 



6 















Mammals 



9 



2 



19 



28 



6 



22 



43 



6 



5 



1 



2 



Reptiles 



88 



8 



33 



12 



11 



12 



31 



2 











10 



Invertebrates 



115 







2 



20 



94 























4 



Total 



820 



32 



207 



207 



216 



86 



211 



25 



6 



24 



76 







Additional Forest Service-desig 



nated sensitive species 









Amphibians 



73 



7 



8 



49 



45 







5 



35 



4 











Birds 



305 



109 



112 



212 



180 



45 



156 



197 



43 



36 



1 



Fish 



261 



41 



32 



206 



220 



14 



55 



29 



8 



5 







Mammals 



97 



25 



26 



46 



68 



17 



43 



38 



29 



6 



1 



Reptiles 



66 



4 



14 



53 



34 







7 



42 















Invertebrates 



58 



5 







5 



5 







1 







32 



1 



9 



Total 



860 



191 



192 



571 



552 



76 



267 



341 



116 



48 



11 



Cumulative total 



Amphibians 



140 



16 



24 



62 



59 



9 



20 



43 



4 







4 



Birds 



611 



114 



150 



298 



238 



73 



242 



214 



48 



99 



65 



Fish 



524 



56 



138 



268 



280 



32 



113 



43 



8 



5 







Mammals 



221 



31 



49 



81 



81 



41 



94 



51 



34 



10 



4 



Reptiles 



172 



12 



47 



70 



47 



12 



39 



48 











20 



Invertebrates 



212 



5 



11 



39 



119 







2 



6 



32 



1 



13 



Total 



1880 



234 



419 



818 



824 



167 



510 



405 



126 



115 



106 



' This tabulation agrees with that published in the Federal Register (Vol. 44. No. 

 12. 1/17/79). except that eight whales have been omitted. 



Source: Schweitzer. D. L.,.C. T. Cushwa. and T. W. Hoekstra. The 1979 

 National assessment of wildlife and fish: a progress report, op cit. See source 

 note table 4,1, 



m 



mm 



The Endangered Species Act is evidence of national demand for 

 preservation of all species of wildlife and fish. 



The people especially concerned about ecological 

 values have been quite effective since about the mid- 

 1960's in stimulating the passage of Federal laws. 

 Whether this trend will continue is open to debate. 

 For example, there has been growing support to pro- 

 vide in law and by appropriations a greater recogni- 

 tion of the values of nongame wildlife. On the other 

 hand, the original absolute requirements of the 

 Endangered Species Act have been modified to per- 

 mit conflicting resource values to be realized where 

 that course of action is judged to be in the best inter- 

 est of the Nation. As a generalization, however, 

 developments in this country suggest that public con- 

 cerns about ecological values are likely to continue to 

 be significant. 



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