The List of Wildlife Species at Risk currently has more than 800 entries for Canadian wild life species considered vulnerable; including 363 classified as endangered species, —190 threatened species, —235 special concern, and 22 extirpated (no longer found in the wild). About 65 percent of Canada’s resident species are considered "Secure". More than 30 wildlife species have become extinct in the wild since the arrival of European settlers. The Government of Canada maintains a list of all plant and animal species, or designatable units (DUs) thereof, federally recognized as special concern, threatened, endangered, extirpated, and extinct in Canada under Schedule I of the Species at Risk Act (SARA). SARA Schedule Species listed on SARA Schedule I receive federal legal protections under the Act, including the protection of individuals, populations, and their habitat from harm. Listing on Schedule I of the act also mandates the formation of a species recovery team and strategy. The addition of species or DUs to Schedule I is done annually by the Minister of the Environment, based on formal assessment recommendations by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC), an independent committee of wildlife experts and scientists. COSEWIC assessments and IUCN designations by themselves are not to be confused with actual Schedule I listings as both of the former have no formal legal status in Canada. Mammals Extirpated mammals Eschrichtius robustus (Atlantic population) — grey whale Mustela nigripes — black-footed ferret Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus (Northwest Atlantic population) — Atlantic walrus Endangered mammals Balaenoptera borealis (Pacific population) — sei whale Balaenoptera musculus (Atlantic population) — blue whale Balaenoptera musculus (Pacific population) — blue whale Dipodomys ordii — Ord's kangaroo rat Eubalaena glacialis — North Atlantic right whale Eubalaena japonica — North Pacific right whale Gulo gulo (eastern population) — wolverine Hyperoodon ampullatus (Scotian Shelf population) — northern bottlenose whale Marmota vancouverensis — Vancouver Island marmot Martes americana atrata (Newfoundland population) — American marten Orcinus orca (Northeast Pacific southern resident population) — killer whale Rangifer tarandus caribou (Atlantic–Gaspésie population) — woodland caribou Scapanus townsendii — Townsend's mole Sorex bendirii — Pacific water shrew Taxidea taxus jacksoni — American badger, jacksoni subspecies Taxidea taxus jeffersonii — American badger, jeffersonii subspecies Vulpes velox — swift fox Threatened mammals Antrozous pallidus — pallid bat Balaenoptera physalus (Pacific population) — fin whale Bison bison athabascae — wood bison Enhydra lutris — sea otter Delphinapterus leucas (St. Lawrence Estuary