Lists of extinct species

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. 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

List of recently extinct plants

Animals

By region

List of African animals extinct in the Holocene
List of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene
List of Macaronesian animals extinct in the Holocene
List of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha animals extinct in the Holocene
List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene
List of European species extinct in the Holocene
List of British Isles species extinct in the Holocene
List of mammals from the British Isles extinct since the Late Pleistocene
List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene
List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene
List of Oceanian animals extinct in the Holocene
List of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene
List of Hawaiian animals extinct in the Holocene
List of New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene
List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene
List of Galapagos Islands animals extinct in the Holocene

Fossil taxa

Lists of prehistoric animals
List of dinosaur genera
List of fossil bird genera
List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species
List of fossil primates
Lists of prehistoric fish

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