# Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Removal of 21 Species From the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
> **US Fish and Wildlife Service** · Final rule. · Published 2023-10-17 · Effective 2023-11-16 · 88 FR 71644
## Document
- **Document number:** 2023-22377
- **Category:** endangered-species
- **Sub-agency:** US Fish and Wildlife Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 88 FR 71644
- **CFR reference:** 50 CFR 17
- **Publication date:** 2023-10-17
- **Effective date:** 2023-11-16
- **Interior docket:** FF08E22000 FXES111309FEDR 234
## Abstract

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service or USFWS), are removing 21 species from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife due to extinction. This action is based on a review of the best available scientific and commercial information, which indicates that these species are no longer extant and, as such, no longer meet the definition of an endangered species or a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/10/17/2023-22377/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-removal-of-21-species-from-the-list-of-endangered-and)
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