We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), propose to remove 23 species from the Federal Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants due to extinction. This proposal 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). We are seeking information and comments from the public regarding this proposed rule.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Proposed Rule, Removal of 23 Extinct Species From the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants
Phyllostegia glabra var. lanaiensis
San Marcos gambusia
Scioto madtom
Little Mariana fruit bat
Flat pigtoe
Southern acornshell
Stirrupshell
Upland combshell
Green blossom pearly mussel
Tubercled blossom pearly mussel
Turgid blossom pearly mussel
Bachman’s warbler
Kaua’i akialoa
Kaua’i nukupu’u
Kaua'i ‘o‘o
Kam’a
Maui akepa
Maui nukupu’u
Kakawahie
Po‘ouli
Nosa
Ivory-billed woodpecker