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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-AY76 Publication ID: Fall 2014 
Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing the Southern White Rhino (Africa) as Threatened Due to Similarity of Appearance 
Abstract: We listed the southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) as threatened under the "Similarity of Appearance" provisions of the ESA. This species is found in several countries in southern Africa. Horns and other products are made from southern white rhino, as well as from five endangered rhino species: Javan (Rhinoceros sondaicus), Sumatran (Dicerorhinos sumatrensis), Indian (Rhinoceros unicornis), black (Diceros bicornis), and northern white (Ceratotherium simum cottoni). These five endangered rhino species occur in various countries in southern Africa and southeast Asia. A similarity of appearance rule will address the difficulty law enforcement personnel face in distinguishing parts and products made from the five endangered rhino species from those made from the unlisted southern white rhino. Such take continues to be a threat to all rhinoceros species and hinders efforts to enforce and further the provisions of the ESA. 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Interim Final Rule  09/11/2013  78 FR 55649   
Interim Final Rule Comment Period End  10/11/2013 
Final Action  05/20/2014  79 FR 28847   
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
International Impacts: This regulatory action will be likely to have international trade and investment effects, or otherwise be of international interest.
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Janine M. Van Norman
Chief, Branch of Foreign Species, Ecological Services Program
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES,
Falls Church, VA 22041-3808
Phone:703 358-2171
Fax:703 358-1735
Email: janine_vannorman@fws.gov