Lists of extinct species
List of extinct species
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This page features lists of species and organisms that have become extinct. The reasons for extinction range from natural occurrences, such as shifts in the Earth's ecosystem or natural disasters, to human influences on nature by hunting and destruction of natural habitats.
A species is presumed to be extinct after surveys of its expected and historical habitat demonstrate an inability to locate an individual.[1] Species which meet this criterion but are known to be kept in captivity are extinct in the wild. If a final specimen of a moribund species is found, it is an endling.
Plants
Animals
By region
- List of African animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of European species extinct in the Holocene
- List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of Oceanian animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene
Fossil taxa
Recent extinction
- List of bird extinctions by year
- List of extinct dog breeds
- List of recently extinct amphibians
- List of recently extinct arthropods
- List of recently extinct bats
- List of recently extinct fishes
- List of recently extinct insects
- List of recently extinct invertebrates
- List of recently extinct mammals
- List of recently extinct molluscs
- List of recently extinct reptiles
See also
- Category:Extinct species
- Category:Species made extinct by human activities
- Category:Species by threat
- Extinction
- Extinction event
- Endangered species
- Extinct (disambiguation)
- Lists of organisms by population
- Lists of animals
- List of lists of lists §§ Natural and physical sciences and List of lists of lists
