List of extinct mammals
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- A large number of prehistoric mammals are extinct, such as MegafaunaMegafaunaIn terrestrial zoology, megafauna are "giant", "very large" or "large" animals. The most common thresholds used are or...
. See List of prehistoric mammals.
This is an incomplete list of historically known extinct
Extinction
In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms , normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point...
mammal
Mammal
Mammals are members of a class of air-breathing vertebrate animals characterised by the possession of endothermy, hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands functional in mothers with young...
s, their dates of extinction, and former range. Mammals included are organisms which have been described by science, but which have subsequently become extinct. Many of these animals have become extinct as a result of human hunting, for food or sport, or through the destruction of habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
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Marsupials
- Broad-faced PotorooBroad-faced PotorooThe Broad-faced Potoroo is an extinct species of marsupial that once lived in Australia. The first specimen was collected in 1839 and described by John Gould in 1844, but even then it was rare and only a handful of specimens were ever collected, the last in 1875...
(1875, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
) - Eastern Hare Wallaby (1890, Australia)
- Lake Mackay Hare-wallabyLake Mackay Hare-wallabyThe Lake Mackay Hare-wallaby , also known as the Central Hare-wallaby or Kuluwarri, is an extinct species of macropod formerly found in central Australia. Very little is known about it....
(1932, Australia) - Desert Rat-kangarooDesert Rat-kangarooThe Desert Rat-kangaroo , also called the Buff-nosed Rat-kangaroo or the Plains Rat-kangaroo, is an extinct marsupial that lived in a sand ridge and gibber plain habitat in southwestern Queensland and northeastern South Australia. It was the size of a small rabbit...
(1935, Australia) - ThylacineThylacineThe thylacine or ,also ;binomial name: Thylacinus cynocephalus, Greek for "dog-headed pouched one") was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. It is commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger or the Tasmanian wolf...
(1936, TasmaniaTasmaniaTasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Australia) - Toolache WallabyToolache WallabyThe Toolache Wallaby or Grey's Wallaby is an extinct species of wallaby from south-eastern South Australia and South-western Victoria. Many people considered it to be the most elegant, graceful and swift species of kangaroo. It had fine fur with alternating bands of darker and lighter grey across...
(1943, Australia) - Desert BandicootDesert BandicootThe Desert Bandicoot is an extinct bandicoot of the arid country in the centre of Australia. The last known specimen was collected in 1943 on the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia...
(1943, Australia) - Lesser BilbyLesser BilbyThe Lesser Bilby , also known as the Yallara, the Lesser Rabbit-eared Bandicoot or the White-tailed Rabbit-eared Bandicoot, was a rabbit-like marsupial. The species was first described by Oldfield Thomas as "Peregale leucura" in 1887 from a single specimen from a collection of mammals of the...
(1950s, Australia) - Pig-footed BandicootPig-footed BandicootThe Pig-footed Bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus, was a small marsupial of the arid and semi-arid plains of Australia. The distribution range of the species was later reduced to an inland desert region, where it was last recorded in the 1950s, and is now presumed to be extinct.-Classification:This...
(1950s, Australia) - Crescent Nailtail Wallaby (1956, Australia)
- Red-bellied Gracile OpossumRed-bellied Gracile OpossumThe Red-bellied Gracile Opossum is an extinct species of opossum that was native to Jujuy Province, Argentina. Its forest habitat has been destroyed, and it was last seen in 1962....
(1962, ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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Rodents
- Oriente Cave RatOriente Cave RatThe Oriente Cave Rat was a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family.It was endemic to Cuba.Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is known from recent fossil records, and may have become extinct with the introduction of other rats.-References:*Woods, C. A. and...
(?, CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
) - Torre's Cave RatTorre's Cave RatTorre's Cave Rat was a species of rodent in the Echimyidae family.It was endemic to Cuba.Its natural habitat was subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
(?, Cuba) - Imposter HutiaImposter HutiaThe Imposter Hutia is an extinct species of rodent in the family Capromyidae. It is monotypic within the genus Hexolobodon and subfamily Hexolobodontinae. It was found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti....
(?, Hispaniola) - Montane HutiaMontane HutiaThe Montane Hutia is an extinct species of rodent in the family Capromyidae. It was found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti....
(?, Hispaniola) - Lagostomus crassusLagostomus crassusLagostomus crassus is an extinct species of chinchilla that was native to Peru. It is known from a single skull found in southern Peru....
(?, Peru) - Megaoryzomys curioi (?, Galápagos Islands)
- Flores Cave RatFlores Cave RatThe Flores Cave Rat lived on Flores Island, Indonesia. MacPhee and Flemming assessed this species to be extinct in 1996, but believed it probably died out before 1500. This specimen is only known from a few subfossil fragments. It is the only member of the genus Spelaeomys....
(1500, IndonesiaIndonesiaIndonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
) - Verhoeven's Giant Tree RatVerhoeven's Giant Tree RatVerhoeven's Giant Tree Rat is an extinct rat of subfamily Murinae that lived on Flores in Indonesia. It was assessed as being extinct in 1996. However, experts believed that it died out before 1500 AD. The species is known only from several subfossil fragments. It was named after Dutch priest...
(1500, Indonesia) - Cuban ConeyCuban ConeyThe Cuban Coney is an extinct species of rodent in the Capromyidae family. It was endemic to Cuba.Its natural habitats were lowland moist forests, xeric shrublands and rocky areas...
(1500, Cuba) - Hispaniolan Edible RatHispaniolan Edible RatThe Hispaniolan Edible Rat is an extinct species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It was found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti...
(~1546, HispaniolaHispaniolaHispaniola is a major island in the Caribbean, containing the two sovereign states of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The island is located between the islands of Cuba to the west and Puerto Rico to the east, within the hurricane belt...
) - Puerto Rican HutiaPuerto Rican HutiaThe Puerto Rican Hutia is an extinct species of rodent in the Capromyidae family. It was found in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Puerto Rico....
(?, Puerto Rico) - Big-eared Hopping MouseBig-eared Hopping MouseThe big-eared hopping mouse is an extinct species of mouse, which lived in the Moore River area of south-western Australia. The big-eared hopping mouse was a small, rat-sized animal resembling a tiny kangaroo. It moved by bounding upon its enlarged hind feet.Hopping mice are vulnerable to...
(1843, Australia) - Darling Downs Hopping MouseDarling Downs Hopping MouseThe Darling Downs hopping mouse is an extinct species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is known from a single skull found at Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. Introduced predators such as foxes and domestic cats may have forced this species into extinction....
(1846, Australia) - White-footed Rabbit-ratWhite-footed rabbit-ratThe White-footed Rabbit-rat is an extinct species of rodent, which was originally found in woodlands from Adelaide to Sydney, but became restricted to south-eastern Australia. It was kitten-sized and was one of Australia's largest native rodents. It was nocturnal and lived among trees...
(1870s, Australia) - St Lucy Giant Rice Rat (1881), Saint LuciaSaint LuciaSaint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...
) - Short-tailed Hopping MouseShort-tailed Hopping MouseThe Short-tailed Hopping Mouse is an extinct species of mouse from open stony plains with desert grasses, low shrubs and sand ridges in the area around Charlotte Waters, near Alice Springs in Central Australia. It weighed 80 grams. The last record is from June 1896. Only two complete specimens...
(1896, Australia) - Nelson's Rice RatNelson's Rice RatOryzomys nelsoni is an extinct rodent of María Madre Island, Nayarit, Mexico. Within the genus Oryzomys of the family Cricetidae, it may have been most closely related to the mainland species O. albiventer...
(1897, Islas MariasIslas MaríasThe Islas Marías are an archipelago of four islands that belong to Mexico. They are located in the Pacific Ocean, some off the coast of the state of Nayarit. They are part of the municipality of San Blas, Nayarit...
) - Guadalcanal RatGuadalcanal RatThe Guadalcanal Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It was found only in the Solomon Islands. Since this species was collected between 1886 and 1888 it has not been seen again.. It is possibly extinct.-References:...
(1899, Solomon IslandsSolomon IslandsSolomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
) - Long-Tailed Hopping MouseLong-tailed Hopping MouseThe long-tailed hopping mouse is an extinct species of rodent in the family Muridae. It was found only in Australia. It is known from a handful of specimens, the last of which was collected in 1901 or possibly 1902...
(1901, Australia) - Martinique Giant Rice Rat (1902), MartiniqueMartiniqueMartinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
) - Bulldog RatBulldog RatThe Bulldog Rat was a species of rat endemic to the Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. The rats lived on the higher hills and denser forests of the island. They had short tails and their backs were covered in a two centimetre thick layer of fat. They lived in small colonies, in burrows among...
(1903, Christmas IslandChristmas IslandThe Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and ENE of the Cocos Islands....
) - Maclear's RatMaclear's RatThe Maclear's Rat was a large rat which lived on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. Abundant, unfamiliar with and seemingly unafraid of humans, large numbers of the creatures emerged and foraged in all directions at night...
(1903, Christmas Island) - Martinique muskrat (1903, MartiniqueMartiniqueMartinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
) - Darwin's Galapagos Mouse (1930, Galapagos IslandsGalápagos IslandsThe Galápagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed around the equator in the Pacific Ocean, west of continental Ecuador, of which they are a part.The Galápagos Islands and its surrounding waters form an Ecuadorian province, a national park, and a...
) - Gould's MouseGould's MouseGould's Mouse lived in eastern inland Australia, and was named after John Gould's wife, Elizabeth. It was slightly smaller than a black rat, and quite social, living in small family groups that sheltered by day in a nest of soft, dry grass in a burrow. It usually dug burrows at a depth of 15 cm...
(1930, Australia) - Pemberton's Deer MousePemberton's Deer MousePemberton's Deer Mouse lived on San Pedro Nolasco Island in the Gulf of California. The last 12 specimens were collected on 26 December 1931.-Etymology:...
(1931), San Pedro IslandSan Pedro IslandSan Pedro Island is applied to several islands throughout the world, usually having been applied by Spanish explorers in honor of Saint Peter.*Philippines: Hinunangan, Southern Leyte - see also Romblon, Romblon...
) - Lesser Stick Nest Rat (1933, Australia)
- Indefatigable Galapagos MouseIndefatigable Galapagos MouseNesoryzomys indefessus, also known as the Santa Cruz Nesoryzomys or Indefatigable Galápagos Mouse, is a rodent of the genus Nesoryzomys of family Cricetidae from Galápagos Islands of Ecuador. It contains two subspecies: one formerly lived on Santa Cruz Island, but is now extinct, probably due to...
(1934, Galapagos Islands) - Chadwick Beach Cotton MouseChadwick Beach Cotton MouseThe Chadwick Beach Cotton Mouse is a presumed extinct subspecies of the Cotton Mouse from the genus Peromyscus. It was confined to a small area on the Manasota Key peninsula in Florida....
(1938, Florida) - Ilin Island CloudrunnerIlin island cloudrunnerThe Ilin Island Cloudrunner is a critically endangered, possibly extinct cloud rat from Ilin Island in the Philippines. It is a fluffy-coated, bushy-tailed rat and may have emerged from tree hollows at night to feed on fruits and leaves...
(1953) Ilin Island) - Little Swan Island hutiaLittle Swan Island hutiaThe Little Swan Island Hutia is an extinct species of rodent that lived on the Swan Islands, off north-eastern Honduras in the Caribbean...
(1955, Swan IslandsSwan Islands, HondurasThe Swan Islands, or Islas Santanilla, are a chain of three islands located in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, approximately ninety miles off the coastline of Honduras, with a land area of .-Detailed location and features:...
) - Blue-Gray MouseBlue-Gray MouseThe Blue-gray Mouse or Blue-grey Mouse is an extinct species of rodent in the family Muridae. It was found only in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia....
(1956) Australia) - Pallid Beach MousePallid Beach MouseThe Pallid beach mouse or Ponce de Leon Beach Mouse was known from two locations in Florida, Ponce Park, Volusia County and Bulow, Flagler County. No individuals have been seen since 1959. The average Pallid Beach mouse was anywhere from 4 to 8 centimeters in length...
(1959, Florida) - Emperor RatEmperor RatThe Emperor Rart is an extinct species of rodent in the family Muridae.It was found only in Solomon Islands. Or, William Harris.-References:* Gippoliti, S. 2002. . Downloaded on 20 July 2007....
(1960s, Solomon Islands)
Soricimorphs
- Marcano's SolenodonMarcano's SolenodonMarcano's Solenodon was a species of mammal in the family Solenodontidae. It is known only from skeletal remains found on the island of Hispaniola. The remains were found in association with those from rats of the genus Rattus, which suggests Marcano's Solenodon survived until the time of...
(?, Hispaniola) - Christmas Island ShrewChristmas Island ShrewThe Christmas Island Shrew , also known as Christmas Island Musk-shrew is an extremely rare or possibly extinct shrew from Christmas Island...
(1985, Christmas Island) (officially critically endangered, but has not been reliably seen since 1985) - Balearic ShrewBalearic ShrewThe Balearic Shrew is an extinct species of shrew from Majorca and Minorca, in the Balearic Islands of Spain....
(EuropeBalearic IslandsThe Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...
) - Tule ShrewTule ShrewThe Tule Shrew is a possibly extinct subspecies of the Ornate Shrew . It was confined to the Baja California peninsula in Mexico.-Description:...
(Baja California). Only known by the four type specimens collected in 1905
Bats
- Puerto Rican Flower BatPuerto Rican Flower BatThe Puerto Rican Flower Bat is an extinct species of bat from the family Phyllostomidae . It was endemic to Puerto Rico and is known only from subfossil skeletal material.- Source :* * *...
(Puerto RicoPuerto RicoPuerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
) - Lesser Mascarene Flying Fox (1864, RéunionRéunionRéunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
, MauritiusMauritiusMauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
) - Guam Flying FoxGuam flying foxThe Guam flying fox was a tiny megabat from Guam in the Marianas Islands in Micronesia that was confirmed extinct due to hunting or habitat changes. It was first recorded in 1931 and was observed roosting with the larger and much more common Marianas flying fox. The last specimen was a female...
(1968, GuamGuamGuam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
) - Dusky Flying FoxDusky Flying FoxThe Dusky Flying Fox , also known as the Percy Island Flying Fox, is an extinct species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It was endemic to Percy Island off the southeast coast of Mackay, Queensland in the northeast corner of Australia. Only one specimen is known to exist. It was collected in...
(1870, Percy Island) - Large Palau Flying FoxLarge Palau Flying FoxThe Large Palau Flying Fox is an extinct species of medium-sized megabats from the Palau Islands in Micronesia. It had brownish fur with long, silvery hairs on its belly, and a wingspan of about 60 cm. It probably became extinct around 1874; possibly due to overhunting. It is known from two...
(1874, PalauPalauPalau , officially the Republic of Palau , is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Philippines and south of Tokyo. In 1978, after three decades as being part of the United Nations trusteeship, Palau chose independence instead of becoming part of the Federated States of Micronesia, a...
) - Panay Giant Fruit BatPanay Giant Fruit BatThe Panay Giant Fruit Bat is a megabat from the Philippines that was declared extinct in 1996. Probable causes include anthropogenic destruction of forest habitat and/or overhunting of the species. Many appeared in camps during World War II.-External links:* * *...
(1892, PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
) - Nendo Tube-nosed Fruit BatNendo Tube-nosed Fruit BatThe Nendo or Santa Cruz Tube-nosed Fruit Bat is an extinct megabat from the Santa Cruz Group of the Solomon Islands, near the eastern limit of the distribution of tube-nosed fruit bats. It had tube-like nostrils and had a wingspan of about 40 cm.The last record was from the island of Nendo in 1907...
(1907, Solomon Islands) - New Zealand Greater Short-tailed BatNew Zealand greater short-tailed batThe New Zealand Greater Short-tailed Bat was one of two species of New Zealand short-tailed bats, a family unique to New Zealand. It lived on the North and South Islands in prehistoric times and historically lived on small islands near Stewart Island/Rakiura. Short-tailed bats were as adept at...
(1988, New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
) - Lord Howe Long-eared BatLord Howe Long-eared BatThe Lord Howe Long-Eared Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is known only from a single skull found on Lord Howe Island in 1972 and dated to the 20th century. It may thus be extinct; if not it is certainly endangered.-References:* Chiroptera Specialist Group 1996. . ...
(1996, AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
) - Sturdee's PipistrelleSturdee's PipistrelleSturdee's Pipistrelle is a bat that lived in Japan before officially becoming extinct in 2000.-Range:Pipistrellus studeei was known to have existed only on Hahajima Island in Bonin Islands, Japan. Some experts claim that this species never actually lived in Japan and its locality in Japan is just...
(2000, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
)
Cetaceans
- BaijiBaijiBaiji may refer to:* The Baiji or Yangtze River Dolphin * Baiji, Iraq, a city of northern Iraq.* "Baiji" is the pinyin Romanization for Baekje....
(2006, ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
) (officially listed as functionally extinctFunctional extinctionFunctional extinction is the extinction of a species or other taxon such that:#it disappears from the fossil record, or historic reports of its existence cease;#the reduced population no longer plays a significant role in ecosystem function; or...
; it is possible that a few aging individuals still survive)
Artiodactyls
- AurochsAurochsThe aurochs , the ancestor of domestic cattle, were a type of large wild cattle which inhabited Europe, Asia and North Africa, but is now extinct; it survived in Europe until 1627....
(1627, PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
) - Caucasian WisentCaucasian WisentThe Caucasian Wisent was a subspecies of Wisent that inhabited the Caucasus Mountains of Eastern Europe.It was hunted by the Caspian Tiger and the Asiatic Lion in the Caucasus, as well as other predators such as wolves and bears.-Decline and extinction:In the 17th century, the Caucasian wisent...
(1927, CaucasusCaucasusThe Caucasus, also Caucas or Caucasia , is a geopolitical region at the border of Europe and Asia, and situated between the Black and the Caspian sea...
) - Carpathian WisentCarpathian WisentThe Carpathian wisent was a subspecies of European bison that inhabited the Carpathian Mountains, Moldavia, and Transylvania. It may also have lived in modern-day Ukraine and Hungary....
(1790, Carpathian Mountains) - BluebuckBluebuckThe Bluebuck or Blue Antelope , sometimes called Blaubok, is an extinct species of antelope, the first large African mammal to disappear in historic times. It is related to the Roan Antelope and Sable Antelope, but slightly smaller than either...
(1799, South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
) - Bubal HartebeestBubal HartebeestThe Bubal Hartebeest is classified as an extinct antelope.The statement that the antelope was extinct in 1923 has been refuted by the following source written in 1945...
(1923, North AfricaNorth AfricaNorth Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
) - Arabian GazelleArabian GazelleThe Arabian gazelle was an elusive gazelle that was apparently hunted to extinction in its Middle Eastern homeland, Saudi Arabia. It is only known from a single specimen collected on the Farasan Islands in the Red Sea in 1825...
(1825, Farasan IslandsFarasan IslandsFarasan Islands is a large coral island group in the Red Sea, belonging to Saudi Arabia. It is located some 40 km offshore from Jizan, in the far southwestern part of the country. It is located at around . It is a protected area and was home to the extinct Arabian gazelle and, in winter, migratory...
) - Red GazelleRed GazelleThe red gazelle was thought to be an extinct species of gazelle. It was formerly considered a member of the genus Gazella within the subgenus Eudorcas before Eudorcas was promoted to a full genus...
(1894, AlgeriaAlgeriaAlgeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
) - Schomburgk's DeerSchomburgk's DeerSchomburgk's Deer was a member of the family Cervidae. This deer was endemic to Thailand. Schomburgk's deer was described by Edward Blyth in 1863 and named after Sir Robert H. Schomburgk, who was the British consul in Bangkok from 1857-1864.This deer was a graceful species similar in appearance to...
(1932, Thailand) - Caucasian MooseCaucasian MooseThe Caucasian Moose was a subspecies of moose found in the Caucasus Mountains of Eastern Europe. It is widely believed to be extinct....
(mid-19th century, Caucasus Mountains) - Queen of Sheba's GazelleQueen of Sheba's GazelleThe Queen of Sheba's Gazelle or Yemen Gazelle , is an extinct subspecies of the Arabian Gazelle, which is also extinct. It is sometimes regarded as a species in its own right: Gazella bilkis...
(1951, Yemen) - Saudi GazelleSaudi GazelleThe Saudi Gazelle, Gazella saudiya, is an extinct species of gazelle that was once found in the Arabian peninsula. It is extinct due to hunting by humans of its native lands....
(Declared extinct in 2008, but not seen decades before that; Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
) - Pyrenean IbexPyrenean IbexThe Pyrenean Ibex is an ibex, one of the two extinct subspecies of Spanish Ibex. The subspecies once ranged across the Pyrenees in France and Spain and the surrounding area, including the Basque Country, Navarre, north Aragon and north Catalonia. A few hundred years ago they were numerous, but by...
(2000, PyreneesPyreneesThe Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...
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Carnivores
- Falkland Island Wolf (1876, Falkland IslandsFalkland IslandsThe Falkland Islands are an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean, located about from the coast of mainland South America. The archipelago consists of East Falkland, West Falkland and 776 lesser islands. The capital, Stanley, is on East Falkland...
) - Sea MinkSea MinkThe Sea Mink, Neovison macrodon, is an extinct North American member of the family Mustelidae. It is the only mustelid, and one of only two terrestrial mammal species in the order Carnivora, to become extinct in historic times . The body of the sea mink was significantly longer than that of the...
(1894, Northeastern North AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
) - Japanese Sea LionJapanese Sea LionThe Japanese Sea Lion is thought to have become extinct in the 1970s. Prior to 2003 it was considered to be a subspecies of California Sea Lion as Zalophus californianus japonicus. However, it was subsequently reclassified as a separate species. Some taxonomists still consider it as a subspecies...
(1950s, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
) - Caribbean Monk SealCaribbean Monk SealThe Caribbean monk seal or West Indian monk seal is an extinct species of seal. It is the only seal ever known to be native to the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. The last verified recorded sighting occurred in 1952 at Serranilla Bank...
(1952, JamaicaJamaicaJamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
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Subspecies
- Barbary LionBarbary LionThe Barbary lion , also known as the Atlas lion or Nubian lion, is a subspecies of lion that became extinct in the wild or extinct in the 20th century....
(1922, Atlas Mountains) - Japanese WolfJapanese WolfThe Hokkaidō Wolf, known in Japan as the , is one of the two extinct subspecies of Canis lupus that have been called the Japanese Wolf. The other is the Honshū Wolf.This endemic wolf of Japan occupied the island of Hokkaidō...
(1930s, JapanJapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
) - Cape LionCape LionThe Cape Lion, Panthera leo melanochaitus, is a subspecies of lion that is now extinct.Cape "black-maned" Lions ranged along the Cape of Africa on the southern tip of the continent. The Cape Lion was not the only subspecies living in South Africa, and its exact range is unclear. Its stronghold was...
- Bali TigerBali TigerThe Bali Tiger , harimau Bali in Indonesian, or referred to as samong in archaic Balinese language, was a subspecies of Tiger which was found solely on the small Indonesian island of Bali...
(1940s, BaliBaliBali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...
) - Mexican grizzly bear (1960s, MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
) - Caspian TigerCaspian TigerThe Caspian tiger, also known as the Turan tiger and Hyrcanian tiger, is an extinct tiger subspecies that has been recorded in the wild until the early 1970s, and used to inhabit the sparse forest habitats and riverine corridors west and south of the Caspian Sea, from Turkey, Iran and west through...
(1970s, TajikistanTajikistanTajikistan , officially the Republic of Tajikistan , is a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia. Afghanistan borders it to the south, Uzbekistan to the west, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and China to the east....
) - Javan TigerJavan TigerThe Javan tiger is an extinct tiger subspecies that inhabited the Indonesian island of Java until the mid-1970s. It was one of the three subspecies limited to islands.Mazák, J.H., Groves, C.P....
(1976, JavaJavaJava is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...
) - Eastern CougarEastern CougarThe North American Cougar , is the cougar subspecies once commonly found in eastern North America and still prevalent in the western half of the continent...
(2011, Eastern United States)
Perissodactyls
Subspecies- QuaggaQuaggaThe quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra, which was once found in great numbers in South Africa's Cape Province and the southern part of the Orange Free State. It was distinguished from other zebras by having the usual vivid marks on the front part of the body only...
(1883, South AfricaSouth AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
) - Tarpan (1919, EurasiaEurasiaEurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
) - Syrian Wild AssSyrian Wild AssThe Syrian Wild Ass is an extinct subspecies of Equus hemionus that ranged across Syria, Jordan and Iraq.The Syrian Wild Ass was the smallest form of Equidae and could not be domesticated...
(1928, SyriaSyriaSyria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....
) - Western Black RhinocerosWestern Black RhinocerosThe Western Black Rhinoceros or West African Black Rhinoceros is an extinct subspecies of the Black Rhino...
(2011, West AfricaWest AfricaWest Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the UN definition of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries and an area of approximately 5 million square km:-Flags of West Africa:...
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