List of extinct animals - Definition and Overview

Prehistoric extinctions

A large number of historical orders are extinct, e.g. dinosaurs, pterosaurs and ammonites, probably wiped out by meteor or asteroid strikes, in various Epochs.

Historic extinctions

• Pleistocene Megafauna

Common Era Extinctions (Mammals and birds)

Europe, incomplete list

• Aurochs (1627, Poland)
• Tarpan (1880, Poland)
• Great Auk (1844, Iceland)
• Pyrenean Ibex (2000, Spain)

See also List of extinct animals of the British Isles.

North America, (43 bird species, 39 mammal species in the USA)

• List of extinct animals of the United States

Central and South America, incomplete list

• Caribbean Monk Seal (mid-1950s)
• Falkland Island Fox (1876)

Africa

• Blue Antelope (1799)
• Quagga (1883)
• Cape Lion (1860)
• Atlas Bear (1840's)

Mauritius and neighbouring islands

• Dodo (1681)
• Mauritius Blue Pigeon
• Rodrigues Solitaire (1760s)
• Rodrigues Starling

Asia

• Ezo Wolf (1889)
• Honshu Wolf (1905)
• Schomburgk's Deer (1932)
• Bali Tiger (1937)
• Caspian Tiger (1968)
• Javan Tiger (1979)

Oceania

• Extinct Australian animals

Hawaii

• Laysan Rail
• Moa-nalos
• Hawaii 'O'o, Moho nobilis
• Oahu 'O'o, Moho apicalis
• Molokai 'O'o, Moho bishopi
• Kauai 'O'o, Moho braccatus
• Akialoa,Hemignathus obscurus
• Ula-'ai-hawane, Ciridops anna
• Black Mamo, Drepanis funerea
• Hawaii Mamo, Drepanis pacifica
• Kakawahie, Paroreomyza flammea
• Kona Grosbeak, Psittirostra kona
• Lesser Koa-finch, Rhodacanthus flaviceps
• Greater Koa-finch, Rhodacanthus palmeri
• Greater Amakihi, Viridonia sagittirostris

New Zealand, incomplete list

• Moa (1770s)
• Harpagornis (Haast's Eagle)

Endangered Species

See: endangered species

No Longer Considered Extinct

• Coelacanth, captured Dec 21 1938, thought to be a Rock Cod, but known to native peoples in Indonesia and other locations.

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