The List of Vertebrate Fauna of Quebec (LFVQ) provides a portrait of all wild vertebrate species documented on Quebec territory. It contains detailed taxonomy, residence status, provincial conservation priority, and legal designation status. The list was first published in 1983 and is now maintained by the Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks using data from the Quebec Natural Heritage Data Center.
Use Cases
- Assessing species conservation priority based on provincial precariousness status.
- Identifying species under legal protection based on status under the Act Respecting Threatened or Vulnerable Species.
- Studying species distribution and residency based on residence status in Quebec.
- Analyzing taxonomic diversity based on detailed taxonomy information.
- Tracking introduced species based on inclusion criteria for exotic species.
Strengths
- Includes official statistics on the number of vertebrate species in Quebec.
- Contains information on extinct or extirpated species in Quebec.
- Updated continuously by MFFP scientific staff in collaboration with federal agencies.
- Published in CSV, XLSX, and PDF formats.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Government and Municipalities of Québec | Gouvernement et municipalités du Québec
- Collection Method
- Ongoing updating process provided by MFFP scientific staff in collaboration with the Canadian Wildlife Service and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
- Time Range
- First published 1983, first updated 1995, first posted online 2006.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 15:50:24.104242; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Quebec territory.