List of extinct animals
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Prehistoric extinctions
A large number of historical orders are extinct, e.g. dinosaurs, pterosaurs and ammonites. Many of these orders went extinct at the same time in any of several mass extinction events. See for more information on mass extinctions.
Historic extinctions
- Pleistocene Megafauna
Common Era Extinctions (Mammals and birds)
Europe, incomplete list
- Zebro or Encebra (XV Century, Spain)
- 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)
Central and South America, incomplete list
- Caribbean Monk Seal (1952)
- Falkland Island Fox (1876)
Africa
- Bluebuck, or Blue Antelope (1799)
- Quagga (1883)
- Cape Lion (1865)
- Atlas Bear (1844)
Mauritius and neighbouring islands
- Dodo (1693)
- Mauritius Blue Pigeon
- Rodrigues Solitaire (1760s)
- Rodrigues Starling
Asia
- Ezo Wolf (1889)
- Honshu Wolf (1905)
- Schomburgk's Deer (1932)
- Bali Tiger (1945)
- Caspian Tiger (1980)
- Javan Tiger (1988)
Oceania
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)
- Snipe-Rail
- Grant-Mackie's Wren
- North Island Goose
- Blue-Billed Duck
- Yaldwyn's Wren
- New Zealand's Coot
- Adzebill
- New Zealand Crow
- North Island Takahe
- Laughing Owl
- Bush Wren
- Stephen Island's Wren
- Huia
- Piopio
- New Zealand Quail
- Little Barrier Snipe
- South Island Kokako
- New Zealand Little Bittern
- Chatham Island Fernbird
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.
- Ivory-billed Woodpecker, recently found in Arkansas by various people.
- Cuban Solenodon, thought to have been extinct until a live specimen was found in 2003