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This list of Asian animals extinct in the
The Sixth Extinction
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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This list of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene
The Holocene ( ) is the current geological epoch. It began approximately 11,650 cal years Before Present (), after the Last Glacial Period, which concluded with the Holocene glacial retreat. The Holocene and the preceding Pleistocene togeth ...
features animals known to have become extinct in the last 12,000 years on the Asian continent and its islands.
Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.
Mammals
Undated
Prehistoric
Recent
Local
Birds
Undated
Prehistoric
Recent
Local
Reptiles
Amphibians
Fish
Earthworms
Molluscs
See also
* Holocene extinction *List of extinct animals
This page features lists of extinct species, organisms that have become extinct, either in the wild or completely disappeared from Earth.
In actual theoretical practice, a species not definitely located in the wild in the last fifty years of cur ...
* List of extinct birds
Around 129 species of birds have become extinct since 1500, and the rate of extinction seems to be increasing. The situation is exemplified by Hawaii, where 30% of all known recently extinct bird taxa originally lived. Other areas, such as Gua ...
* Extinct in the wild
* Lazarus taxon
In paleontology, a Lazarus taxon (plural ''taxa'') is a taxon that disappears for one or more periods from the fossil record, only to appear again later. Likewise in conservation biology and ecology, it can refer to species or populations tha ...
* List of extinct animals of India
This is a list of extinct animals of India.
Prehistoric Extinctions:
* Asian straight-tusked elephant (''Palaeoloxodon namadicus'') Late Pleistocene
*'' Stegodon namadicus'' Late Pleistocene
*''Hexaprotodon'' (Indian hippopotamus) Late Pleist ...
* 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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References
External links
The Sixth Extinction
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
{{Extinct Animals by Regions , state=autocollapsed
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...
†Holocene