Latest box score of Endangered and Threatened Species of Plants and
Animals in the U.S. as of September 30, l998 is as follows:
Endangered
Threatened Total

Mammals 59
8 67
Birds
75 l5 90
Reptiles
l4 22 36
Amphibians
9 7 l6
Fishes
68 40 l08
Snails
l5 7 22
Clams
6l 8 69
Crustaceans
l7 3 20
Insects (Butterflies, etc.) 28
9 37
Arachnids
5 0 5

Total Animals 35l
ll9 470

In additions there are 559 plants listed as endangered and 245
Threatened for a total of ll45.

In Hawaii 29 species of birds are classified as endangered - 40% of all
the birds in the U.S. 1 as threatened. A total of 24 species of Hawaiian
birds have become extinct since l825. That coupled with those listed as
endangered and threatened total over 75% of the endemic birds of Hawaii
have become extinct or threatened with extinction. The worst record of
any spot in the entire world! The only 2 native mammals are likewise
endangered. Oh, yes, for you botanists, 263 plants in that state are
endangered or threatened with more coming on the line continually.
Hawaii is called the Endangered Species Capital of the World.
Eugene Kridler
Former Endangered Species Coordinator of the Central and Western Pacific
Islands for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Sequim, Wa.