Taxa extirpated from British Columbia, and those not recorded in the province in 50+ years. Project
Species currently or formerly considered 'extirpated' by various authorities but have been rediscovered in the province:
Animals:
- Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) (post-whaling era recovery)
- North Pacific Right Whale (Eubalaena japonica) (post-whaling era recovery)
- Short-tailed Albatross - 50 yr absence, recovery of breeding colonies
- Northwestern Long-tailed Weasel (Mustela frenata altifrontalis)
- Washington Southern Red-backed Vole (Myodes gapperi occidentalis)
- Wallis' Tiger Beetle (Cicindela parowana wallisi, only ssp. in Canada) [Link 1, Link 2]
- Nevada Water Mite (Thermacarus nevadensis)
- Glossy Valvata (Valvata humeralis)
- Threeridge Valvata (Valvata tricarinata)
- Swamp Fingernailclam (Musculium partumeium)
- Herrington Fingernailclam (Sphaerium occidentale)
- Shortface Lanx (Fisherola nuttallii)
- Coulee Cricket (Peranabrus scabricollis)
- Undulant-Winged Grasshopper (Circotettix undulatus)
- Mormon Cricket (Anabrus simplex)
- Nevada Red-winged Grasshopper (Cratypedes lateritius)
- Meadow Purple-striped (Snakeweed) Grasshopper (Hesperotettix viridis)
- Huron Short-winged Locust (Melanoplus huroni)
- Dawson's Spur-throat Grasshopper (Melanoplus dawsoni)
- Ashy Pebblesnail (Fluminicola fuscus)
- Dusky Fossaria (Galba dalli)
Plants:
- Pink Sand Verbena (Abronia umbellata acutalata, only ssp. in Canada) (rediscovered 2000, reintroduced in several areas via captive breeding program) [Link]
- Short-flowered Evening Primrose (Taraxia breviflora) [Link]
- Crawe's Sedge (Carex crawei)
- Fringed Pinesap (Pleuricospora fimbriolata)
- Saltwater Cress (Eutrema salsugineum)
- Prairie Buttercup (Ranunculus rhomboideus)
- California Shield Fern (Polystichum californicum)
- Conifer Broomrape (Aphyllon pinorum)
- Canadian Ricegrass (Piptatheropsis canadensis)
- Siberian Polypody (Polypodium sibiricum)
- Pygmy Willowherb (Epilobium campestre)
- Delicate Earth-Moss (Pseudephemerum nitidum)
- Naked Flag-Moss (Discelium nudum)
- Different-nerve (Blackened) Sedge (Carex heteroneura var. epapillosa)
- Dwarf Spikerush (Eleocharis coloradoensis)
- Awnless (Beardless) Wildrye (Elymus curvatus)
- Rock Whitlow-Grass (Draba glabella)
- Rabbitbrush Goldenweed (Ericameria bloomeri)
- Arctic Daisy (Arctanthemum arcticum)
- Blepharostoma arachnoideum (a liverwort)
Fungi:
- Psathyrella quercicola (a brittlestem)
- Troubled Pixie-Cup (Cladonia dimorpha)
Reintroduced:
- Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) (extirpated 1930; reintroduced 1969)
- Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) (extirpated 1979; reintroduced 1983)
- Floating Marsh Pennywort (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides) - Extirpated 1939, unintentional reintroduction via horticulture outside of original range
- Bluehead Gilia (Gilia capitata) - Extirpated 1981, unintentional reintroduction via horticulture outside of original range
- Agastache foeniculum -- Unlikely it ever occured in the province naturally, recently has naturalized from urban gardens.
Extirpated Populations:
- Western Meadowlark (Georgia Straight Depression)
- Lewis's Woodpecker (Georgia Straight Depression)
- Hadley Lake Limnetic & Benthic Sticklebacks
- Dragon Lake Whitefish (Coregonus sp.) - extinct before it could be described
- South Purcell Mountain Caribou
Extirpated Exotics: Successfully breeding introduced species, present for 10+ years, that are since extirpated.
- Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) - Haida Gwaii 1918 - late 1940s [Source]
- Mountain Quail (Oreortyx pictus) - Vancouver Island ~1860s - ~1980
- Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) - Okanagan Valley 1900-1948 [Source]
- Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) - Vancouver 1890s - 2003
- Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar) - 1911 - ? [Source]
- Tomato Looper (Chrysodeixis chalcites) - ? - ? [Source]
- Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea operculella) ? - ? (pest in 1950s-60s) [Source]
- Eastern Oyster Drill (Urosalpinx cinerea) - 1906 - ? (1990s?)
- Oval-leaved Milkweed (Asclepias ovalifolia)
Extinct and Extirpated Species in British Columbia
Rich Wildlife Poor Protection - The urgent need for strong legal protection of British Columbia's Biodiversity - Appendix 4 (P. 32, 40/47 of pdf) - British Columbia’s Casualty List; Extirpated and Extinct Species list
Taxon-specific links: Silver Hair Moss, Greater Sage-Grouse, White-tailed Jackrabbit, Oregon Vesper Sparrow, Streaked Horned Lark, Western Pond Turtle, Puget Oregonian, Ericameria bloomeri, Columbia Dune Moth, Morrison's Bumble Bee,
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