Endangered Species Glossary

Action
Action area
Biodiversity
Biological assessment
Biological opinion
Candidate Conservation Agreement (CCA)
Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA)
Candidate species (candidate)
CITES
Conference
Conservation banking
Conservation recommendation
Conserve, conserving, and conservation
Consultation
Critical habitat
Cumulative effects
Delist
Destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat
Distinct population segment (DPS)
Ecosystem
Ecosystem approach
Endangered species
Endemic species
Enhancement of survival permit
Essential experimental population
Evolutionarily significant unit (ESU)
Experimental population
Extinct species
Extirpated species
Federal action agency
Federal Register
Formal consultation
Habitat
Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)
Harass
Harm
Historic range
Implementation schedule
Incidental take
Incidental take permit
Incidental take statement
Indirect effect
Informal consultation
Interdependent action
Interrelated action
Interstate commerce permit
Jeopardy biological opinion
Jeopardize the continued existence of
Lead agency
Lead region
Lead office
Listed species
Listing
Listing priority
Non-jeopardy biological opinion
Partner
Partnership
Permit
Petition
Primary constituent element
Programmatic consultation
Proposed species
Range
Reasonable and prudent alternative (RPA)
Reasonable and prudent measure (RPM)
Reclassify
Recovery
Recovery outline
Recovery permit
Recovery plan
Recovery priority
Recovery team
Recovery unit
Rulemaking
Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA)
Scientific name
Section 4(d) rule
Similarity of appearance
Species
Species of concern
Stakeholder
Subspecies
Take
Terms and conditions
Threatened species
Warranted but precluded