This page features lists of extinct species, organisms 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 ...
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In actual theoretical practice, a species not definitely located in the wild in the last fifty years of current time is textually called "extinct".
Plants
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List of recently extinct plants
Animals
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List of African animals extinct in the Holocene
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List of extinct animals of Réunion
This is a list of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a Geologic time scale, geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years Before Present, before present (about 9700 ...
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List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene
This list of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene features animals known to have become extinct in the last 12,000 years on the Asia, Asian continent and its islands.
Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.
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List of extinct animals of India
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List of extinct animals of the Philippines
The Philippines is a young archipelago with oldest soils dating back to Jurassic and archipelago forming during the Paleogene. Its faunal records of fossil bodies mostly are within the Cenozoic era with Pleistocene fauna began appearing in man ...
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List of European animals extinct in the Holocene
This list of European animals extinct in the Holocene features animals known to have become extinct in the last 12,000 years on the European continent and its surrounding islands.
Dependent territories of European countries in other continents, l ...
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List of extinct animals of Catalonia
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List of Caucasian animals extinct in the Holocene
This list of Caucasian animals extinct in the Holocene features animals known to have become extinct in the last 12,000 years on the Caucasus, Caucasian region between List of European animals extinct in the Holocene, Europe and List of Asian anim ...
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List of extinct animals of the British Isles
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Extinct animals from the Isle of Man
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List of extinct and endangered species of Italy
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List of extinct and endangered species of Lithuania
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List of extinct animals of the Netherlands
This list of extinct animals of the Netherlands includes the animal species and subspecies once lived in the Netherlands but have disappeared since human habitation.
This list features the mammals, birds, fish, molluscs, butterflies, dragonflie ...
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List of extinct animals of the Nordics
This is a list of animals that once lived in the Nordic countries (i.e. Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland) but have disappeared since human habitation. The list consists of common name, Latin name, known geographical range, and appro ...
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List of extinct animals of Romania
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List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene
This list of North American animals extinct in the Holocene features animals known to have become extinct in the last 12,000 years on the North American continent. Animals recently extinct in the West Indies and Hawaii are in their own respecti ...
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List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene
This list of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene features animals known to have become extinct in the last 12,000 years on the Antilles archipelago and Bermuda (collectively known as the West Indies) between North America and ...
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List of extinct animals of Martinique and Guadeloupe
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List of Oceanian animals extinct in the Holocene
This list of Oceanian animals extinct in the Holocene features animals known to have become extinct in the last 12,000 years on the Oceanian continent, with the exclusion of Australia-New Guinea, New Zealand, and Hawaii, which are listed in separ ...
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List of Australian species extinct in the Holocene
This is a list of Australian species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) and continues to the present day.
Most Australian ...
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List of Hawaiian animals extinct in the Holocene
This is a list of Hawaiian species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) and continues to the present day.
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List of New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene
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List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene
This list of South American animals extinct in the Holocene features animals known to have become extinct in the last 12,000 years on the South American continent.
Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.
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List of recently extinct amphibians
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List of extinct bird species since 1500
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List of bird extinctions by year
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List of recently extinct fishes
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List of recently extinct invertebrates
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List of recently extinct arthropods
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List of extinct arachnids
This article contains a list of extinct species from the class Arachnida, with the year and location that they were last recorded.
Extinct
Extinct in the wild
There are currently no known arachnids that are extinct in the wild yet still kept in ...
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List of recently extinct insects
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List of extinct butterflies
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List of recently extinct mammals
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List of extinct dog breeds
The following is a list of Extinction, extinct dog breeds, varieties, landraces and types.
List of extinct dog breeds, varieties, landraces and types
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List of extinct cetaceans
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List of recently extinct molluscs
As of February 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 299 extinct species, 149 possibly extinct species, 14 extinct in the wild species, two possibly extinct in the wild species, eight extinct subspecies, one possi ...
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List of recently extinct reptiles
Fossil taxa
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List of dinosaur genera
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago, although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is the subject o ...
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List of fossil bird genera
Birds evolved from certain feathered theropod dinosaurs, and there is no real dividing line between birds and non-avian dinosaurs except that some of the former survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event while the latter did not. For ...
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List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species
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List of fossil primates
This is a list of fossil primates—extinct primates for which a fossil record exists. Primates are generally thought to have evolved from a small, unspecialized mammal, which probably fed on insects and fruits. However, the precise source of the p ...
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Lists of prehistoric fish
Recent extinction
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List of bird extinctions by year
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List of extinct dog breeds
The following is a list of Extinction, extinct dog breeds, varieties, landraces and types.
List of extinct dog breeds, varieties, landraces and types
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List of recently extinct amphibians
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List of recently extinct arthropods
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List of recently extinct fishes
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List of recently extinct insects
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List of recently extinct invertebrates
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List of recently extinct mammals
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List of recently extinct molluscs
As of February 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 299 extinct species, 149 possibly extinct species, 14 extinct in the wild species, two possibly extinct in the wild species, eight extinct subspecies, one possi ...
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List of recently extinct reptiles
See also
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:Extinct species
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:Species made extinct by human activities
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:Endangered species by reason they are threatened
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Extinction
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 Endling, last individual of the species, although the Functional ext ...
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Extinction event
An extinction event (also known as a mass extinction or biotic crisis) is a widespread and rapid decrease in the biodiversity on Earth. Such an event is identified by a sharp change in the diversity and abundance of multicellular organisms. I ...
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Endangered species
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inv ...
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Extinct (disambiguation)
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Lists of organisms by population
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Lists of animals
Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals consume organic material, breathe oxygen, are able to move, reproduce sexually, and grow from a hollow sphere of cells, the bla ...
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