Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens

The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, and all zoos in the State of Florida, operate under three different “protected” species lists.  Each is generally referred to as an “endangered species” list, and each has very little to do with the other two.  All three lists have their own distinctive listing of levels of endangerment.  One list is international, one is American, and one is Floridian.

The Florida animal list is Florida’s Endangered Species, Threatened Species And Species Of Special Concern which is published by the Bureau of Non-game Wildlife, Division of Wildlife, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, Florida.  The plant list is the Notes on Florida’s Endangered and Threatened Plants produced by the Division of Plant Industry of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL.  These endangered lists only apply to Florida. 

The American lists are the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants.  They are published as part of the Federal Register.  These are the U.S. Endangered Species Act lists are administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  They only apply to the United States.  The flora and fauna lists can be found on the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s Web site.

The international list for both animals and plants is the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s IUCN Red List.  It is compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre and published periodically by the IUCN – The World Conservation Union.  Although headquartered in Gland, Switzerland, there is an office in New York City.  The IUCN Red List can be found on their Web site.

Protected and SSP Species at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens (PDF)

Legend

(on loan out) = all specimens out on loan to another Zoo(s)

US Endangered Species Act
E = Endangered
EXPN = Experimental Population, Non-Essential
SOC = Species of Concern
T = Threatened

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITIES)
I = includes all species threatened with extinction which are or may be affected by trade
II = includes all species although not necessarily now threatened with extinction may become so unless trade in specimens of such species is subject to strict regulation in order to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival
* = asterisk means that the species is not protected in all countries, but is protected at the level indicated in the countries in which it is protected
/ = diagonal means that the species is protected in all countries at one of the various levels listed

IUCN Red Data Book
CE = Critically Endangered
DD = Data Deficient
E = Endangered
Ex = Extinct in the Wild
I = Indeterminate (as to Endangered, Vulnerable, or Rare)
K = Insufficiently Known
LR-CD = Lower Risk – Conservation Dependant
LR-NT = Lower Risk – Near Threatened
NT = Near Threatened
T = Threatened
V = Vulnerable

Florida Endangered Species List
E = Endangered
E* = Endangered (lower Florida Keys)
SSC = Species of Special Concern
SSC* = Species of Special Concern (in an isolated area of Florida)
T = Threatened
C = Commercially Exploited

Species Survival Plan (SSP)
Y = Yes