List of African species extinct in the Holocene

This list of African species extinct in the Holocene covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present and continues to the present.
Africa is highly biodiverse; it is the continent with the largest number of megafauna species, as it was least affected by the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna. However, a few species have disappeared from Africa as part of the ongoing Holocene extinction, driven by human activity.
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands, Macaronesia, and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha are biogeographically distinct from mainland Africa and have a much greater number of Holocene extinctions. Recently extinct species from these regions are listed in separate articles.
Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.

Mammals (class [Mammal]ia)

Rodents (order [Rodent]ia)

Old World rats and mice (family [Muridae])

Possibly extinct

[Primates] (order Primates)

Lorises, pottos, and angwantibos (family [Lorisidae])

Possibly extinct

Old world monkeys (family Cercopithecidae">Old World monkey">Cercopithecidae)

Possibly extinct

True insectivores (order [Eulipotyphla])

True shrews (family Soricidae">Shrew">Soricidae)

Locally extinct

Carnivorans (order [Carnivora])

Cats (family [Felidae])

Locally extinct

Extinct in the wild

Dogs (family [Canidae])

Locally extinct

Bears (family Ursidae">Bear">Ursidae)

Locally extinct

Odd-toed ungulates (order Perissodactyla">Odd-toed ungulate">Perissodactyla)

Horses and allies (family [Equidae])

Possibly extinct

Rhinoceroses (family Rhinocerotidae">Rhinoceros">Rhinocerotidae)

Possibly extinct in the wild

Even-toed ungulates (order Artiodactyla">Even-toed ungulate">Artiodactyla)

Right and bowhead whales (family [Balaenidae])

Locally extinct

Gray whales (family [Eschrichtiidae])

Locally extinct

True deer (family Cervidae">Deer">Cervidae)

Locally extinct

Cattle, goats, antelopes, and others (family [Bovidae])

Extinct in the wild

Locally extinct

Birds (class Aves">Bird">Aves)

Landfowl (order [Galliformes])

Guineafowl (family [Numididae])

Possibly extinct

Bustards (order Otidiformes">Bustard">Otidiformes)

Bustards (family Otididae">Bustard">Otididae)

Possibly extinct

Shorebirds (order [Charadriiformes])

Sandpipers (order Scolopacidae">Sandpiper">Scolopacidae)

Common name	Scientific name	Range	Comments	Pictures
Slender-billed curlew	Numenius tenuirostris	North Africa and Western Eurasia	The species bred in Central Asia and wintered in the Mediterranean area and south Arabia, but declined due to intense hunting in the wintering grounds and habitat destruction in the breeding grounds. Slender-billed curlews were regular visitors to Merja Zerga, Morocco until 1995.

Hawks and relatives (order [Accipitriformes])

Hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures (family [Accipitridae])

Locally extinct

Perching birds (order Passeriformes">Passerine">Passeriformes)

Crombecs (family [Macrosphenidae])

Possibly extinct

Amphibians (class Amphibia">Amphibian">Amphibia)

Frogs (order Anura">Frog">Anura)

African torrent frogs (family [Petropedetidae])

Possibly extinct

True toads (family Bufonidae">True toad">Bufonidae)

Possibly extinct

Extinct in the wild

Insects (class [Insect]a)

Bark lice, book lice, and parasitic lice (order [Psocodea])

Family [Linognathidae]

Possibly extinct

Plants (kingdom [Plantae])

Ferns (class [Polypodiopsida])

Ladyferns and allies (family [Athyriaceae])

Possibly extinct

Bracken ferns (family [Dennstaedtiaceae])

Possibly extinct

Gymnosperms (clade [Gymnospermae])

Sago-palms (family [Zamiaceae])

Extinct in the wild

Possibly extinct in the wild

Flowering plants (clade [Angiospermae])

Custard apples (family [Annonaceae])

Possibly extinct

Dogbanes (family [Apocynaceae])

Possibly extinct

Sunflowers (family [Asteraceae])

Possibly extinct

Begonias (family [Bignoniaceae])

Possibly extinct

Ebony trees and persimmons (family [Ebenaceae])

Possibly extinct

Euphorbias (family [Euphorbiaceae])

Possibly extinct

Legumes (family [Fabaceae])

Possibly extinct

Mints (family [Lamiaceae])

Possibly extinct

Showy mistletoes (family [Loranthaceae])

Possibly extinct

Nances (family [Malpighiaceae])

Possibly extinct

Melastomes (family [Melastomataceae])

Possibly extinct

Mulberries and fig trees (family [Moraceae])

Possibly extinct

Myrtles (family [Myrtaceae])

Possibly extinct

Coffee and relatives (family [Rubiaceae])

Scientific name	Range	Comments
Argocoffeopsis lemblinii	Valley of Agnieby, Côte d'Ivoire	Only known from the holotype collected in 1907.
Corynanthe brachythyrsus	Bipinde, western Cameroon	Only known from the holotype collected in 1746.

Passion flowers (family [Passifloraceae])

Scientific name	Range	Comments
Basananthe cupricola	Mine de l’Etoile, Katangan Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of the Congo	Last recorded in 1980. Extinct due to habitat destruction caused by surface mining.