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SPECIES AT RISK IN ATLANTIC CANADA - Identification & Information Guide
Title Description    
Introduction Introduction, ISBN 4.40 MB Download
Table of Contents Table of Contents 440 KB Download
Status Status Information for Atlantic Canada 1.90 MB Download
Species Identification Species Indentification and Information Card 2.00 MB Download
Acknowledgements Groups, Individuals, Organizations & Acronyms 426 KB Download
Complete Guide Species At Risk In Atlantic Canada - Identification & Information Guide   Download
 
MAMMALS
Title Genus Species
Canada Lynx Lynx canadensis 2.50 MB Download
American Marten Martes americana (NS and NL Populations) 2.83 MB Download
Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus 2.16 MB Download
Northern Myotis Myotis septentrionalis 3.26 MB Download
Tri-colored Bat Perimyotis subflavus 2.32 MB Download
Woodland Caribou Rangifer tarandus caribou (Boreal Population) 3.10 MB Download
Polar Bear Ursus maritimus (Davis Strait Population) 2.25 MB Download
 
BIRDS - Coastal
Title Genus Species
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 1.38 MB Download
Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica 1.38 MB Download
Red Knot Calidris canutus rufa 1.08 MB Download
Piping Plover Charadrius melodus melodus 1.12 MB Download
Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis 3.17 MB Download
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus anatum 1.71 MB Download
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 2.60 MB Download
Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis 2.45 MB Download
Ivory Gull Pagophila ebumea 1.79 MB Download
Ipswich Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis princeps 1.59 MB Download
Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii 1.54 MB Download
 
BIRDS - Inland
Title Genus Species
Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus 2.92 MB Download
Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis 1.50 MB Download
Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli 3.00 MB Download
Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 1.98 MB Download
Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor 1.40 MB Download
Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi 2.93 MB Download
Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus 1.46 MB Download
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra percna 1.40 MB Download
 
REPTILES
Title Genus Species
Snapping Turtle Chelydra serpentina 2.82 MB Download
Blanding's turtle Emydoidea blandingii 3.26 MB Download
Wood turtle Glyptemys insculpta 3.22 MB Download
Eastern Ribbonsnake Thamnophis sauritus 3.05 MB Download
 
FISH
Title Genus Species
Shortnose Sturgeon Acipenser brevirostrum 2.90 MB Download
Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus 3.12 MB Download
Atlantic Whitefish Coregonus huntsmani 2.88 MB Download
Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus 3.25 MB Download
Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar 3.16 MB Download
 
LICHENS
Title Genus Species
Blue Felt Lichen Degelia plumbea 2.00 MB Download
Voles Ear Lichen Erioderma mollissimum 1.89 MB Download
Boreal Felt Lichen Erioderma pedicellatum 3.60 MB Download
Frosted Glass-whiskers Sclerophora peronella 3.29 MB Download
 
MOSSES
Title Genus Species
Porsilds Bryum Haplodontium macrocarpum 3.27 MB Download
 
INSECTS
Title Genus Species
Cobblestone Tiger Beetle Cicindela marginipennis 3.00 MB Download
Maritime Ringlet Coenonympha nipisiquit 1.39 MB Download
Monarch Butterfly Danaus plexippus 3.00 MB Download
Pygmy Snaketail Ophiogomphus howei 3.05 MB Download
 
MOLLUSKS
Title Genus Species
Brook Floater Alasmidonta varicosa 2.69 MB Download
Yellow Lampmussel Lampsilis cariosa 2.77 MB Download
 
PLANTS
Title Genus Species
Prototype Quillwort Isoetes prototypus 3.21 MB Download
Butternut Juglans cinerea 3.18 MB Download
Beach Pinweed Lechea maritima var. subcylindrica 1.89 MB Download
Furbish's Lousewort Pedicularis furbishiae 2.76 MB Download
Van Brunt's Jacobs-ladder Polemonium vanbruntiae 3.26 MB Download
Anticosti Aster Symphyotrichum anticostense 1.76 MB Download
Gulf of St. Lawrence Aster Symphyotrichum laurentianum 1.78 MB Download
Bathurst Aster Symphyotrichum subulatum 1.73 MB Download
 
PLANTS - Arctic / Alpine
Title Genus Species
Fernald's Braya Braya fernaldii 2.94 MB Download
Long's Braya Braya longii 3.09 MB Download
Eastern Mountain Avens Geum peckii 2.87 MB Download
Mountain Holly Fern Polystichum scopulinum 1.86 MB Download
Barrens Willow Salix jejuna 3.05 MB Download
 
PLANTS - Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora
Title Genus Species
Eastern Baccharis Baccharis halimifolia 2.68 MB Download
Sweet Pepperbush Clethra alnifolia 1.72 MB Download
Pink Coreopsis Coreopsis rosea 3.09 MB Download
Thread-leaved Sundew Drosera filiformis 3.37 MB Download
Tubercled Spike-rush Eleocharis tuberculosa 3.20 MB Download
Water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 1.07 MB Download
New Jersey Rush Juncus caesariensis 2.65 MB Download
Redroot Lachnanthes caroliniana 3.48 MB Download
Eastern Lilaeopsis Lilaeopsis chinensis 3.28 MB Download
Golden Crest Lophiola aurea 1.10 MB Download
Spotted Pondweed Potamogeton pulcher 2.61 MB Download
Plymouth Gentian Sabatia kennedyana 3.12 MB Download
Long's Bulrush Scirpus longii 3.95 MB Download