# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; 4(d) Rule for the Northern Long-Eared Bat
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2016-01-14 · Effective 2016-02-16 · 81 FR 1900
## Document
- **Document number:** 2016-00617
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 1900
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2016-01-14
- **Effective date:** 2016-02-16
- **Interior docket:** Docket No. FWS-R5-ES-2011-0024
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), finalize a rule under authority of section 4(d) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended, that provides measures that are necessary and advisable to provide for the conservation of the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), a bat species that occurs in 37 States, the District of Columbia, and 13 Canadian Provinces.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/01/14/2016-00617/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-4d-rule-for-the-northern-long-eared-bat)
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