Lists of extinct species

Short description: List 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.^[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

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 extinct animals of the British Isles
- List of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily animals extinct in the Holocene
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