List of extinct animals

Sponsor with the world's largest charity for orphans

Table of contents

1 Prehistoric extinctions
2 Historic extinctions
3 Common Era Extinctions (Mammals and birds)

3.1 Europe, complete list
3.2 North America, (43 bird species, 39 mammal species in the USA)
3.3 Central and South America, incomplete list
3.4 Africa

3.4.1 Mauritius and neighbouring islands

3.5 Asia
3.6 Oceania

3.6.2 New Zealand, incomplete list

4 Endangered Species
5 No Longer Considered Extinct
6 Related Articles

Prehistoric extinctions

Dinosaurs, and a large number of historical orders are extinct, probably wiped out by meteor or asteroid strikes, in various Epochs. It is, however, generally accepted that birds are descended from a subgroup of dinosaurs - hence dinosaurs are not extinct.

Historic extinctions

Pleistocene Megafauna

Common Era Extinctions (Mammals and birds)

Europe, complete list

Auroch (1627, Poland)
Tarpan (1880, Poland)
Great Auk (1844, Iceland)

Mauritius and neighbouring islands

Dodo (1681)
Mauritius Blue Pigeon
Rodrigues Solitaire (1760s)
Rodrigues Starling

Asia

Schomburgk's Deer (1932)

Oceania

Extinct Australian animals

New Zealand, incomplete list

Moa (1770s)
Harpagornis

Endangered Species

See: endangered species

No Longer Considered Extinct

Coelacanth, captured Dec 21 1938, thought to be a Rock Cod, but known to native peoples in Indonesia and other locations.

Extinct birds