The list of extinct animals in Martinique and Guadeloupe features the animals of the

French Overseas Departments The overseas departments and regions of France (french: départements et régions d'outre-mer, ; ''DROM'') are departments of France that are outside metropolitan France, the European part of France. They have exactly the same status as mainlan ...

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in th ...

and

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

that have become

extinct Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually 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 ...

. Several of the bird species listed are hypothetical. Assuming these birds were true species, 11 animal extinctions have occurred in Martinique, and 11 animal extinction in Guadeloupe. The Lesser Antillean macaw (''Ara guadeloupensis'') may have been found in both Guadeloupe and Martinique, which makes a total of 21 recent animal extinction in these two French overseas departments.

Mammals

* Martinique giant rice rat, ''Megalomys desmarestii'' (1902) *

Caribbean monk seal The Caribbean monk seal (''Neomonachus tropicalis''), also known as the West Indian seal or sea wolf, was a species of seal native to the Caribbean which is now believed to be extinct. The main predators of Caribbean monk seals were sharks and h ...

, ''Neomonachus tropicalis'' (1952)

Birds

* Guadeloupe burrowing owl, ''Athene cunicularia guadeloupensis'' * Guadeloupe parakeet, ''Psittacara labati'' (1724, hypothetical) *

Guadeloupe amazon The Guadeloupe amazon (''Amazona violacea'') or Guadeloupe parrot, is a hypothetical extinct species of parrot that is thought to have been endemic to the Lesser Antillean island region of Guadeloupe. Mentioned and described by 17th- and 18t ...

, ''Amazona violacea'' (1779) * Lesser Antillean macaw, ''Ara guadeloupensis'' (1760, hypothetical) * Martinique house wren, ''Troglodytes aedon martinicensis'' (1886) *

Martinique amazon The Martinique amazon (''Amazona martinicana'') is a hypothetical extinct species of Caribbean parrot in the family Psittacidae. It is not known from any material remains, but was said to be similar to the red-necked amazon (''A. arausiaca'') f ...

, ''Amazona martinicana'' (1779, hypothetical) *

Martinique macaw The Martinique macaw or orange-bellied macaw (''Ara martinicus'') is a hypothetical extinct species of macaw which may have been endemic to the Lesser Antillean island of Martinique, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was scientifically named by W ...

, ''Ara martinicus'' (after 1658, hypothetical) *

Jamaican petrel The Jamaican petrel (''Pterodroma caribbaea'') is a small possibly extinct seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, '' Pterodroma''. It is related to the black-capped petrel (''P. hasitata''). Conservation This species was last collected in 1879, a ...

, ''Pterodroma caribbaea'' (1879) * Guadeloupe house wren, ''Troglodytes aedon guadeloupensis'' (1973)

Reptiles

* Martinique giant ameiva, ''Ameiva major'' *

Martinique curlytail lizard The Martinique curlytail lizard (''Leiocephalus herminieri'') is an extinct species of lizard in the family of curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalidae). Etymology The specific name, ''herminieri'', commemorates French naturalist Félix Louis L'Her ...

, ''Leiocephalus herminieri'' (1837) * Guadeloupe ameiva, ''Pholidoscelis cineraceus'' (1914)

Arachnids

* Caribbean monk seal nasal mite, ''Halarachne americana'' (1952?) * '' Tityus exstinctus'', (1890)

Molluscs

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Amphicyclotulus guadeloupensis ''Amphicyclotulus guadeloupensis'' was a species of tropical land snail with a gill and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae. This species was endemic to Guadeloupe. This land snail is now extinct Ex ...

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Incerticyclus cinereus †''Incerticyclus cinereus'' was a species of tropical land snail with gills and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae. This species was endemic to Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label= Martinic ...

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Incerticyclus martinicensis †''Incerticyclus martinicensis'' was a species of tropical land snail with gills and an operculum, a terrestrial gastropod mollusk in the family Neocyclotidae. This species was endemic to Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label= Mar ...

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Oleacina guadeloupensis ''Oleacina guadeloupensis'' was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Oleacinidae. It is now extinct. Distribution This species was endemic to the island of Guadeloupe in the West Indies ...

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Pleurodonte desidens †''Pleurodonte desidens'' was a species of air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Pleurodontidae. This species was endemic to Martinique. It is now extinct Extinction is the termination of a kin ...

'' (1834)

External links

The Extinction Website

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

{{Extinct Animals by Regions Martinique and Guadeloupe

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Mammals

Birds

Reptiles

Arachnids

Molluscs

See also

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