Extinct Animals 2024 List Usa. On october 16, 2023, the u.s. The iucn red list categories and criteria are intended to be an easily and widely understood system for classifying species at high risk of global extinction.
Fish and wildlife service finalized a rule removing 21 species from the list of species protected under the endangered species act because of extinction. The number of endangered and threatened species changes as we add or remove species from the list.