Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene


This article is a list of biological species, subspecies, and evolutionary significant units that are known to have become extinct during the Holocene, the current geologic epoch, ordered by their known or approximate date of disappearance from oldest to most recent.
The Holocene is considered to have started with the Holocene glacial retreat around 11650 years Before Present. It is characterized by a general trend towards global warming, the expansion of anatomically modern humans to all emerged land masses, the appearance of agriculture and animal husbandry, and a reduction in global biodiversity. The latter, dubbed the sixth mass extinction in Earth history, is largely attributed to increased human population and activity, and may have started already during the preceding Pleistocene epoch with the demise of the Pleistocene megafauna.
The following list is incomplete by necessity, since the majority of extinctions are thought to be undocumented, and for many others there isn't a definitive, widely accepted last, or most recent record. According to the species-area theory, the present rate of extinction may be up to 140,000 species per year.

10th millennium BC

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
10250-9180 BCPage's craneGrus pageiRancho La Brea, California, United StatesClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
10250-9180 BCLa Brea owlOraristix breaSouthern California, United StatesClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
10250-9180 BCDaggett's eagleButeogallus daggettiSouthwestern United StatesClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
10230-7630 BCNeophrontops americanusRancho La Brea, California, United StatesClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
10210-9850 BCErrant vultureNeogyps erransCalifornia, United StatesClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
10045-9905 BCEurasian cave lionPanthera spelaeaNorthern Eurasia and BeringiaClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
10035-9845 BCDow's puffinFratercula dowiChannel Islands of California, United StatesClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
9948-9306 BCNorthern glyptodontGlyptotherium sp.Florida and Texas to northeastern BrazilClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
9705-9545 BCPatagonian pantherPanthera onca mesembrinaPatagoniaClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
9690-9040 BCToronto subway deerTorontoceros hypnogeosToronto, CanadaClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
9610-9220 BCHaiti pine forest ground slothNeocnus dousmanHispaniolaClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
9580-8860 BCDwarf pronghornCapromeryx minorSouthwestern United States and MexicoClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
9550 BCChinese cave hyenaCrocuta crocuta ultimaEast AsiaClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
9550 BCShrub-oxEuceratherium collinumSouthwestern North AmericaClimate change at the LGM and competition with Homo Sapiens
9550 BCAmerican mountain deerOdocoileus lucasiOasisamerica and MexicoHunting?
9550 BCStock's pronghornStockoceros sp.Mexico and Southwestern United StatesHunting?
c. 9515 BCSoutheastern giant tortoiseHesperotestudo crassiscutataSouthern United StatesHunting and competition with Homo Sapiens
9500-9300 BCSardinian dholeCynotherium sardousCorsica and SardiniaHunting and competition with Homo Sapiens
9460-9350 BCAmerican lionPanthera atroxNorth America;
Western South America?
Hunting and competition with Homo Sapiens
9381-9281 BCMacraucheniaMacrauchenia patachonicaSouthwestern South AmericaHunting.
9350 BCLong-nosed peccaryMylohyus nasutusEastern United StatesHabitat loss and competition with the American black bear.
9200-9350 BCAmerican mastodonMammut americanumNorth AmericaOverhunting
9190-8870 BCJefferson's ground slothMegalonyx jeffersoniiNorth AmericaOverhunting
9130-9030 BCPygmy mammothMammuthus exilisChannel Islands of California, United StatesOverhunting
9117-8793 BCHighland gomphothereCuvieronius hyodonCentral America, northern and central AndesHunting?
9110-9030 BCValgipes bucklandiBrazilHunting
9100-8380 BCCalifornian turkeyMeleagris californicaCalifornia, United StatesHunting
c. 9050 BCWilson's tortoiseHesperotestudo wilsoniSouthwestern United StatesHunting
c. 9050 BCRyukyu tortoiseManouria oyamaiRyukyu, JapanHunting
9050 BCCypriot genetGenetta plesictoidesCyprusHunting
9050-8050 BCMiyako roe deerCapreolus tokunagaiMiyako Island, Ryukyu, JapanHunting
9050-8050 BCAsphalt storkCiconia malthaAmericasHunting
9050-8050 BCMiyako long-tailed ratDiplothrix miyakoensisMiyako Island, Ryukyu, JapanHunting
9050-8050 BCMerriam's teratornTeratornis merriamiCalifornia, United StatesHunting

9th millennium BC

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
8995-8845 BCNorth American short-faced bearArctodus simusNorth AmericaCompetition with the grizzly bear.
8965-8875 BCMexican horseEquus conversidensNorth AmericaHunting.
8902-8638 BCDamaliscus hypsodonKenya and TanzaniaUndetermined.
8850-8750 BCFlat-headed peccaryPlatygonus compressusNorth AmericaPossibly vegetation changes induced by climate change and competition with the American black bear.
8800-8300 BCSchneider's duckAnas schneideriConverse County, Wyoming, United StatesUndetermined.
8800-8300 BCLarge-billed blackbirdEuphagus magnirostrisCalifornia to Venezuela and PeruUndetermined.
8470-8320 BCArgentinian short-faced bearArctotherium tarijenseArgentinaUndetermined.
8430-8130 BCStag-mooseCervalces scottiEastern United StatesUndetermined.
8420 BCWoodland muskoxBootherium bombifronsNorth AmericaUndetermined.
8350-7550 BCShasta ground slothNothrotheriops shastensisSouthwestern United StatesHunting.
8340-3950 BCGiant Cape zebraEquus capensisSouthern AfricaReduction of grasslands after the end of the Last Glacial Period.
8301-7190 BCGiant pikaOchotona whartoniNorthern North America;
Eastern Siberia?
Hunting
8250-8150 BCGiant beaverCastoroides ohiensisNorth AmericaHunting
8200-7660 BCVero tapirTapirus veroensisSouthern United StatesHunting.
8100 BCHarrington's mountain goatOreamnos harringtoniSouthern Rocky MountainsHunting.
8059 BC[Hippidion|Smaller South Asia|South American horse]Hippidion saldiasiEastern South AmericaHunting.
8050-5845 BCSouth American palmate-antlered deerMorenelaphus brachycerosTemperate South AmericaUndetermined.
8050 BC or lessHipposideros besaokaNorthern coast of MadagascarUndetermined.
8000 BCGlossothereGlossotherium sp.South America-

8th millennium BC

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
c. 7950 BCSouth American pointed-antlered deerAntifer ultraRiver Plate and central ChileUndetermined.
7930 BCNorth American pampathereHolmesina septentrionalisSoutheastern United StatesUndetermined.
7830-7430 BCCuvier's small ground slothCatonyx cuvieriEastern South AmericaUndetermined.
7820-7300 BCWoolly rhinocerosCoelodonta antiquitatisNorthern EurasiaShrinking of the mammoth steppe due to warmer and wetter climate conditions.
7800-7740 BCPanamerican ground slothEremotherium laurillardiSouthern United States to BrazilUndetermined.
7615-7305 BCNorth American sabertoothSmilodon fatalisSouthern North America and northern South AmericaPrey loss.
7600-6245 BCAsian ostrichStruthio asiaticusGreece and Eastern Europe through Kazakhstan to India and ChinaUndetermined.
7390-7320 BCXibalbaonyx ovicepsQuintana Roo, MexicoHunting.
7330-6250 BC Asian straight-tusked elephantPalaeoloxodon namadicusSouth and east AsiaUndetermined.
7330-7030 BCSouth American sabertoothSmilodon populatorEastern South AmericaCompetition with human hunters.
7250-5330 BCAmerican camelCamelops hesternusWestern North AmericaHunting.
7250-6750 BCScott's horseEquus scottiWestern North AmericaHunting
7160-6760 BCChilean scelidodontScelidodon chiliensisWestern South AmericaUndetermined.
7100-6300 BCColumbian mammothMammuthus columbiNorthern Mexico, western and southern United StatesHunting.
7043-6507 BCGreater Cuban nesophontesNesophontes majorCubaUndetermined.
7043-6507 BCCuban pauraqueSiphonorhis daiquiriCubaUndetermined.
7043-6503 BCGiant ghost-faced batMormoops magnaCubaUndetermined.

7th millennium BC

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
6833-6321 BCLong-legged llamaHemiauchenia macrocephalaNorth and Central AmericaHunting.
6689 BCDarwin's mylodonMylodon darwiniPampas and PatagoniaHunting.
6660-4880 BCLarger South American horseEquus neogeusSouth AmericaHunting
6660-4880 BCCommon glyptodontGlyptodon sp.Eastern South AmericaHunting
6660-4880 BCBrazilian glyptodontHoplophorus euphractusEastern BrazilUndetermined.
6660-4880 BCStout-legged llamaPalaeolama majorNorth and east South AmericaHunting.
6660-4880 BCEastern giant armadilloPropraopus sulcatusEastern South AmericaUndetermined.
6389-6060 BCPampean giant armadilloEutatus seguiniNorthern Argentina and UruguayHunting
6150-5750 BCYukon horseEquus lambeiEastern BeringiaReduction of grasslands after the end of the Last Glacial Period.
6130-3950 BCGiant hartebeestMegalotragus priscusSouthern Africa;
Eastern Africa?
Reduction of grasslands after the end of the Last Glacial Period.
6050-5050 BCDire wolfAenocyon dirusNorth America and western South AmericaCompetition with the gray wolf and Homo Sapiens.

6th millennium BC

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
5941-5596 BCKambuaya's triokDactylopsila kambuayaiNew GuineaUndetermined.
5941-5596 BCNew Guinea greater gliderPetauroides ayamaruensisNew GuineaUndetermined.
5790-5658 BCBeringian wolfCanis lupusNorthwestern North AmericaPrey loss. The eastern wolf, a descendant hybridized with coyotes, survives.
5740-5500 BCBond's springbokAntidorcas bondiSouthern AfricaReduction of grasslands after the end of the Last Glacial Period.
5660-5540 BCNarrow-headed ground slothScelidotherium leptocephalumSouthern South AmericaHunting?
5550 BCSardinian giant deerPraemegaceros caziotiCorsica and SardiniaUndetermined.
5483-5221 BCUnnamed South African caprine?Makapania sp.South African mountainsReduction of grasslands after the end of the Last Glacial Period.
5474-5339 BCHaitian cave railNesotrochis steganinosHispaniolaUndetermined.
5295-4848 BCIbiza railRallus eivissensisIbiza, SpainUndetermined, but presumably a result of human colonization.
5295-4848 BCIbiza dwarf viperVipera latastei ebusitanaIbiza, SpainUndetermined, but presumably a result of human colonization.
5271-5131 BCAncient bisonBison antiquusNorth AmericaPossibly hybridisation with western bison resulting in modern American bison.
5270-4310 BCGiant ground slothMegatherium americanumTemperate South America and the AndesHunting.
5120 BCNeosclerocalyptus paskoensisSouthern South AmericaUndetermined.
5050-4050 BCGiant Cuban owlOrnimegalonyx oteroiCubaUndetermined.
5050-4050 BCCuban titan-hawkButeogallus borrasiCubaUndetermined.
5050-4050 BCCuban giant tortoiseChelonoidis cubensisCubaUndetermined.

5th millennium BC

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
4901-4831 BCIrish elkMegaloceros giganteusEurope and southern SiberiaReduction of grasslands after the end of the Last Glacial Period, and possibly hunting.
4855-4733 BCNorth African horseEquus algericusMaghrebAridification.
4840-4690 BCMajorcan giant dormouseHypnomys morpheusMallorca, SpainPossibly disease spread by introduced rodents.
4765-4445 BCClub-tailed glyptodontDoedicurus clavicaudatusSouth American PampasHunting and habitat loss.
4691-4059 BCAlgerian giant deerMegaceroides algericusNorthern MaghrebPossibly habitat fragmentation.
4650-1450 BCToxodontToxodon platensisSouth AmericaUndetermined.
4570 BC - 130 CEJamaican caracaraCaracara tellustrisJamaicaUndetermined.
4170-4050 BCLowland gomphothereNotiomastodon platensisSouth AmericaHunting?
c. 4000 BCNorth African aurochsBos primigenius africanusNorth AfricaAridification. Domestic descendants survive in captivity.
c. 4000 BCNorth African zebraEquus mauritanicusNorth AfricaAridification.

4th millennium BC

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
3570-3630 BCMalagasy crowned eagleStephanoaetus maheryCentral and southern MadagascarPossibly natural aridification or habitat degradation and prey loss caused by human activity.
3540-3355 BCKauaʻi mole duckTalpanas lippaKauai, Hawaii, United StatesUndetermined.
3340-2890 BCRadofilao's sloth lemurBabakotia radofilaiNorthern coast of MadagascarUndetermined.
3290-2730 BCSmaller Cuban ground slothParocnus browniiCubaHunting.
3060-2470 BCGiant long-horned buffaloSyncerus antiquusAfrica and the Arabian PeninsulaAridification and competition with domestic cattle for water and pastures.
3050 BCSardinian shrewAsoriculus similisSardinia, ItalyUndetermined.
3050 BCBuka Island mosaic-tailed ratMelomys spechtiBuka Island, Papua New GuineaUndetermined.
3050 BCBuka Island solomysSolomys spriggsarumBuka Island, Papua New GuineaUndetermined.
3040-1840 BC Tilos dwarf elephantPalaeoloxodon tiliensisTilos, GreeceUndetermined.
3030-2690 BCBalearic giant shrewNesiotites hidalgoGymnesian Islands, SpainPossibly disease spread by introduced rodents.

3rd millennium BC

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
2830-2470 BCBalearic cave goatMyotragus balearicusGymnesian Islands, SpainLikely vegetation changes related to aridification or human activity.
2550 BCBennu heronArdea bennuidesArabian PeninsulaWetland degradation.
2550-2450 BCSteppe bisonBison priscusNorthern Eurasia and North AmericaHunting and habitat loss due to climate change.
2550-1550 BCNiue night heronNycticorax kalavikaiNiueUndetermined.
2508-2116 BCHispaniola monkeyAntillothrix bernensisHispaniolaUndetermined.
2483-2399 BCLesser Haitian ground slothNeocnus comesHispaniolaUndetermined.
2280-2240 BCCuban giant slothMegalocnus rodensCubaUndetermined.
2134-1408 BCChatham ravenCorvus moriorumChatham Islands, New ZealandUndetermined.

2nd millennium BC

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
1950-1050 BCNew Caledonian terrestrial crocodileMekosuchus inexpectatusGrande Terre and Isle of Pines, New CaledoniaHunting.
1935-1700 BCSumba Island giant ratRaksasamys tikusbesarSumba Island, IndonesiaUndetermined.
1900-1600 BCNoel's barn owlTyto noeliCuba, Jamaica, and BermudaUndetermined.
1800 BCIndian aurochsBos primigenius namadicusIndian subcontinentUndetermined. Domestic descendants survive in captivity and as feral populations.
1795-1675 BCWoolly mammothMammuthus primigeniusNorthern Eurasia and North AmericaHunting and habitat loss due to climate change.
1750-1650 BCShort-horned water buffaloBubalus mephistophelesSouth, central, and east ChinaUndetermined.
1738-1500 BCPuerto Rican ground slothAcratocnus odontrigonusPuerto RicoUndetermined.
1738-1385 BCChristensen's pademelonThylogale christenseniNew GuineaUndetermined.
1666-1506 BCOvodov's horseEquus ovodoviNorth and East AsiaUndetermined.
1581 BCHawaiian eagleHaliaeetus sp.Hawaii, United StatesPossibly deforestation, loss of prey, and predation of chicks by introduced rats and pigs.
1500 BCNew Caledonian giant megapodeSylviornis neocaledoniaeGrande Terre and Isle of Pines, New CaledoniaHunting.
c. 1500 BCPuerto Rican flower batPhyllonycteris majorPuerto Rico and AntiguaUndetermined.
c. 1500 BCLeeward Islands curlytailLeiocephalus cuneusAntigua and BarbudaUndetermined.
1400-1190 BCGreater Azores bullfinchPyrrhula crassaAzores, SpainHuman settlement.
1294-1035 BCEuropean wild assEquus hydruntinusSouthern Europe and Southwest Asia; Northern Europe Hunting and habitat fragmentation after the end of the Last Glacial Period.
1159-790 BCDune shearwaterPuffinus holeaeCanary Islands, Spain;
mainland Portugal
Predation by introduced house mice.
c. 1050 BCMona Island tortoiseChelonoidis monensisMona Island of Puerto RicoUndetermined.
1050 BCAlor Island giant ratAlormys apliniAlor Island, IndonesiaUndetermined.
1050 BCHooijer's giant ratHooijeromys nusantenggaraLesser Sunda Islands, IndonesiaUndetermined.
1050 BCVanuatu terrestrial crocodileMekosuchus kalpokasiEfate, VanuatuHunting.
1050 BCVerhoeven's giant tree ratPapagomys theodorverhoeveniFlores, IndonesiaUndetermined.
1050-850 BCLini's megapodeMwalau walterliniiEfate, VanuatuUndetermined.

1st millennium BC

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
c. 950 BCNoble megapodeMegavitiornis altirostrisFijiHunting.
c. 950 BCFiji giant iguanaLapitiguana impensaFijiHunting.
c. 950 BCFiji terrestrial crocodileVolia athollandersoniFijiHunting.
900-750 BCTongan tooth-billed pigeonDidunculus placopedetesTongaUndetermined.
855-730 BCShutler's fruit pigeonDucula shutleriTongaUndetermined.
c. 850 BCLakeba pigeonDucula lakebaLakeba and Aiwa, FijiUndetermined.
821-171 BCBalsam shrewCrocidura balsamiferaNile gallery forests, EgyptHabitat destruction.
820-680 BCEurasian muskoxOvibos moschatusNorthern EurasiaHunting. The same species survived in North America and was reintroduced to Eurasia in the 20th century.
c. 810 BCVanuatu horned turtle?Meiolania damelipiVanuatu and Viti Levu, FijiHunting.
800-700 BCSyrian elephantElephas maximus asurusMesopotamiaHunting and habitat loss due to agriculture and aridification. However, it's been suggested that it was introduced by humans in the area, which would not make it a valid subspecies.
790-410 BCMacPhee's shrew tenrecMicrogale macpheeiSoutheastern MadagascarAridification.
787-320 BCJamaican ibisXenicibis xympithecusJamaicaUndetermined.
770-400 BCLaw's diving-gooseChendytes lawiCoastal California and Oregon, United StatesHunting.
760-660 BCConsumed scrubfowlMegapodius alimentumTonga and FijiHunting.
744-202 BCKauai stilt-owlGrallistrix aucepsKauai, Hawaii, United StatesUndetermined.
701-119 BCChatham cootFulica chathamensisChatham Islands, New ZealandProbably hunting and predation by introduced mammals.
700-400 BCBahaman caracaraCaracara creightoniCuba and BahamasUndetermined.
550-50 BCDavid's imperial pigeonDucula davidOuvéa Island, New CaledoniaHunting.
511-407 BCPlate-toothed giant hutiaElasmodontomys obliquusPuerto RicoUndetermined.
450 BCMesocapromys kraglievichiCubaUndetermined.
440-280 BCLena horseEquus lenensisNorthern SiberiaHunting.
412-199 BCGorilla lemurArchaeoindris fontoynontiiCentral MadagascarHunting.
404 BCWild dromedary camelCamelus dromedariusArabian PeninsulaDesertification, hunting, and capture to replenish domestic herds. Domestic and feral descendants survive.
c. 350 BCTongan giant iguanaBrachylophus gibbonsiTonga and FijiHunting.
348 BC - 283 BCCorsican giant shrewAsoriculus corsicanusCorsica, FranceIntroduced black rats and human-induced habitat loss.
348 BC - 283 BCSardinian pikaProlagus sardusCorsica and SardiniaHunting, predation and competition with introduced mammals.
348 BC - 283 BCHensel's field mouseRhagamys orthodonCorsica and SardiniaIntroduced black rats and human-induced habitat loss.
348 BC - 283 BCTyrrhenian voleTyrrhenicola henseliCorsica and SardiniaIntroduced black rats and human-induced habitat loss.
c. 240 BCImperial gibbonJunzi imperialisShaanxi?, ChinaPossibly capture as pets and deforestation.
170 BC - 370 CEMaui flightless ibisApteribis brevisMaui, Hawaii, United StatesUndetermined.
130 BCGran Canaria giant ratCanariomys tamaraniGran Canaria, Canary IslandsHunting or predation by introduced dogs?
110 BC - 130 BCAncient couaCoua primaevaMadagascarUndetermined.
50 BCBuhler's coryphomysCoryphomys buehleriTimorUndetermined.
50 BCTimor giant ratCoryphomys musseriTimorUndetermined.
49 BC - 125 BCSão Miguel scops owlOtus frutuosoiSão Miguel Island, Azores, PortugalIntroduced predators?
10 BCLesser falcate-winged batPhyllops vetusCuba and JuventudUndetermined.

1st millennium CE

1st–5th centuries

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
1-1000Eyles's harrierCircus teauteensisNew ZealandPrey loss and habitat alteration.
1-1000South Island gooseCnemiornis calcitransSouth Island, New ZealandUndetermined.
54-68Silphium?Ferula sp.Cyrenaica coastAridification, overgrazing, and overharvesting.
54-222Milimonggamys juliaeSumba Island, IndonesiaUndetermined.
86-428Powerful goshawkAccipiter efficaxNew CaledoniaUndetermined.
86-428Gracile goshawkAccipiter quartusNew CaledoniaUndetermined.
86-428Kanaka pigeonCaloenas canacorumNew Caledonia and Tonga; Vanuatu and Fiji?Probably hunting.
86-428Pile-builder megapodeMegapodius molistructorNew Caledonia and TongaUndetermined.
86-428New Caledonian ground dovePampusana longitarsusNew CaledoniaUndetermined.
86-428New Caledonian gallinulePorphyrio kukwiedeiNew CaledoniaUndetermined.
150-1100Great Maui crakePorzana severnsiMaui, Hawaii, United StatesHunting by native birds.
200-1200Great Oʻahu crakePorzana ralphorumOahu, Hawaii, United StatesHunting by native birds.
210Giant fossaCryptoprocta spelaeaMadagascarUndetermined.
220Western bisonBison occidentalisAlaska and YukonUndetermined.
220-320Waitomo frogLeiopelma waitomoensisNorth Island, New ZealandPredation by polynesian rats.
245-429Ball-headed sloth lemurMesopropithecus globicepsSouthwestern MadagascarHunting and aridification.
c. 300Atlas wild assEquus africanus atlanticusNorth AfricaUndetermined. Domestic descendants survive in captivity.
300-1200Marquesas cuckoo-doveMacropygia heanaNuku Hiva and Ua Huka, Marquesas IslandsUndetermined.
347-535New Ireland forest ratRattus sanilaNew Ireland, Papua New GuineaUndetermined.
370North African elephantLoxodonta africana pharaoensisNorthwest AfricaHunting and aridification.
c. 400-1425Mangaia crakePorzana ruaMangaia, Cook IslandsHunting.
428-618Southern Malagasy giant ratHypogeomys australisCentral and southern MadagascarUndetermined.
439-1473Jamaican monkeyXenothrix mcgregoriJamaicaUndetermined.
440-639Oʻahu moa-naloThambetochen xanionOahu, Hawaii, United StatesUndetermined.
448-657Chatham duckPachyanas chathamicaChatham Islands, New ZealandHunting?
c. 450New Caledonian horned turtleMeiolania mackayiNew CaledoniaHunting.

6th–10th centuries

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
530-590Cuban spectacled owlPulsatrix arredondoiCubaUndetermined.
530-860Malagasy shelduckAlopochen sirabensisMadagascarPossibly hunting and aridification.
535-876Large baboon lemurHadropithecus stenognathusCentral and southern MadagascarHunting and aridification.
586-670Horned crocodileVoay robustusMadagascarPossibly overexploitation of eggs for consumption, environmental changes, and competition with the Nile crocodile.
c. 600Ua Huka railGallirallus gracilitibiaUa Huka, Marquesas IslandsHuman settlement.
600-765Monkey-like sloth lemurMesopropithecus pithecoidesCentral MadagascarHunting and aridification.
650-780Forsyth Major's baboon lemurArchaeolemur majoriMadagascarHunting and aridification.
650-869Small O'ahu crakePorzana ziegleriOahu, Hawaii, United StatesUndetermined.
664-773Hildebrandt's elephant birdAepyornis hildebrandtiCentral MadagascarDeforestation.
666-857Cayman Islands geocapromysGeocapromys caymanensisCayman IslandsUndetermined.
666-857Cayman Islands nesophontesNesophontes hemicingulusCayman IslandsUndetermined.
670-836Malagasy dwarf hippopotamusHippopotamus lemerleiSouthwestern MadagascarDeforestation, hunting, competition with, and changes to vegetation caused by livestock.
680-880Lesser elephant birdMullerornis modestusCentral and southern MadagascarHunting, aridification, and deforestation.
687-880Malagasy pygmy hippopotamusHippopotamus madagascariensisNorthwestern and central MadagascarDeforestation, hunting, competition with, and changes to vegetation caused by livestock.
700-1150Huahine starlingAplonis diluvialisHuahine, Society Islands, French PolynesiaUndetermined.
700-1150Huahine gullChroicocephalus utunuiHuahine, Society Islands, French PolynesiaUndetermined.
700-1150Huahine railGallirallus storrsolsoniHuahine, Society Islands, French PolynesiaPossibly hunting and predation by introduced animals.
700-1150Huahine cuckoo-doveMacropygia arevarevauupaHuahine, Society Islands, French PolynesiaUndetermined.
700-1150Huahine swamphenPorphyrio mcnabiHuahine, Society Islands, French PolynesiaPossibly hunting and introduced predators.
760Cuban cave railNesotrochis picapicensisCubaUndetermined.
761-954Astrochelys rogerbouriCentral and southern MadagascarUndetermined.
771-952Titan elephant birdVorombe titanCentral and southern MadagascarDeforestation.
772-870Insular cave ratHeteropsomys insulansPuerto RicoUndetermined.
810-1025Sinoto's lorikeetVini sinotoiMarquesas and Society Islands, French PolynesiaHunting.
810-1025Conquered lorikeetVini vidiviciMarquesas, Society, and Cook IslandsHunting.
865-965Malagasy aardvarkPlesiorycteropus madagascariensisCentral and southern MadagascarUndetermined.
c. 884Grandidier's giant tortoiseAldabrachelys grandidieriMadagascarHunting and aridification.
890-990Southern giant ruffed lemurPachylemur insignisSouthwestern MadagascarHunting and aridification.
c. 900Synemporion keanaKauai, Oahu, Molokai, and Maui, Hawaii, United StatesHunting and predation by introduced rodents.
900-1150Giant aye-ayeDaubentonia robustaSouthern MadagascarHunting, expansion of grasses and deforestation caused by domestic cattle and goat grazing.
c. 950Giant island deer mousePeromyscus nesodytesChannel Islands of California, United StatesPossibly habitat loss through overgrazing and erosion.
c. 950Nuku Hiva railGallirallus epulareNuku Hiva, Marquesas IslandsUndetermined.
c. 950Tahuata railGallirallus rolettiTahuata, Marquesas IslandsUndetermined.
980-1170Grandidier's koala lemurMegaladapis grandidieriMadagascarHunting and vegetation changes caused by livestock.

2nd millennium CE

11th-12th century

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
c. 1000North Island adzebillAptornis otidiformisNorth Island, New ZealandHunting and predation by introduced Polynesian rats.
1000-1600Henderson archaic pigeonBountyphaps obsoletaHenderson Island, PitcairnUndetermined.
1000-1600Henderson imperial pigeonDucula harrisoniHenderson Island, PitcairnProbably hunting and predation by introduced animals.
1000-1600Henderson ground dovePampusana leonpascoiHenderson Island, PitcairnUndetermined.
1015-1147Puerto Rican nesophontesNesophontes edithaePuerto RicoUndetermined.
1015-1155Cape Verde quailCoturnix centensisSão Vicente, Cape VerdeUndetermined.
1020-1260Lava shearwaterPuffinus olsoniLanzarote and Fuerteventura, Canary IslandsPredation by introduced black rats and cats.
1040-1380Giant elephant birdAepyornis maximusSouthern MadagascarHunting, competition with, and changes to vegetation caused by livestock.
1046-1380Nēnē-nuiBranta hylobadistesOahu, Hawaii, United StatesProbably hunting or introduced predators.
1047-1280Edwards' baboon lemurArchaeolemur edwardsiCentral MadagascarHunting and changes to vegetation caused by livestock.
1057-1375Maui Nui moa-naloThambetochen chauliodousMolokai and Maui, Hawaii, United StatesUndetermined.
1057-1440Maui stilt-owlGrallistrix erdmaniMaui, Hawaii, United StatesUndetermined.
1059-1401New Zealand swanCygnus sumnerensis/chathamicusNew Zealand? and the Chatham IslandsHunting. It was suggested that the material from the main islands is conspecific with the extant black swan, while that from the Chathams represents a truly different, extinct species.
1100-1300Tenerife giant ratCanariomys bravoiTenerife, Canary Islands, SpainHunting.
1170Bahaman tortoiseChelonoidis alburyorumBahamasUndetermined.
1173-1385Barbuda giant rice ratMegalomys audreyaeBarbudaUndetermined.
1175-1295Atalaye nesophontesNesophontes hypomicrusHispaniolaUndetermined.
1183New Zealand owlet-nightjarAegotheles novaezealandiaeNew ZealandPredation by introduced Polynesian rats.

13th-14th century

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeCauses
c. 1200Abrupt giant tortoiseAldabrachelys abruptaMadagascarHunting and aridification.
c. 1200Ua Huka BoobyPapasula abbotti costelloiMarquesas Islands, French PolynesiaHunting and possibly also deforestation.
1200-1600Chatham kakaNestor chathamensisChatham Islands, New ZealandProbably hunting, deforestation, and predation by introduced Polynesian rats.
1206-1427Common koala lemurMegaladapis madagascariensisMadagascarHunting.
1234-1445South Island adzebillAptornis defossorSouth Island, New ZealandHunting and predation by introduced Polynesian rats.
1250-1650Rapa Nui PalmPaschalococos dispertaEaster Island, ChileDeforestation and predation of nuts by introduced rats.
1265-1400St. Michel nesophontesNesophontes paramicrusHispaniolaUndetermined.
1270Lava mouseMalpaisomys insularisLanzarote and Fuerteventura, Canary IslandsPossibly disease spread by introduced rats.
1278-1415Mantell's moaPachyornis geranoidesNorth Island, New ZealandHunting.
1286-1390North Island giant moaDinornis novaezelandiaeNorth Island, New ZealandHunting.
1292-1630Chinese gharialHanyusuchus sinensisSouth China and HainanExtermination campaign.
1294-1438Heavy-footed moaPachyornis elephantopusEastern South Island, New ZealandHunting.
1295-1430Western Cuban nesophontesNesophontes micrusCubaUndetermined.
1295-1430Haitian nesophontesNesophontes zamicrusHispaniolaUndetermined.
c. 1300Tabuai railHypotaenidia steadmaniTabuai, Austral Islands, French PolynesiaUndetermined.
After 1300Chatham penguinEudyptes warhamiNew ZealandHunting.
After 1300Dwarf yellow-eyed penguinMegadyptes antipodes richdaleiNew ZealandHunting.
1300-1400Malagasy lapwingVanellus madagascariensisSouthwestern MadagascarAridification.
1300-1422Upland moaMegalapteryx didinusSouth Island, New ZealandHunting.
1300-1430Edwards' koala lemurMegaladapis edwardsiMadagascarHunting and vegetation changes caused by livestock.
1300-1800Eua railHypotaenidia vekamatoluEua, TongaUndetermined.
1310-1420Bush moaAnomalopteryx didiformisNew ZealandHunting.
1320-1350Eastern moaEmeus crassusSouth Island, New ZealandHunting.
1320-1350Haast's eagleHieraaetus mooreiSouth Island, New ZealandDeforestation and loss of prey. Possibly also predation of nests by introduced pigs and rats.
1320-1630Southern sloth lemurPalaeopropithecus ingensSouthwestern MadagascarHunting and vegetation changes caused by livestock.
1320-1380Hispaniola woodcockScolopax brachycarpaHispaniolaUndetermined.
1347-1529Waitaha penguinMegadyptes waitahaCoastal South Island, New ZealandHunting.
1350Scarlett's shearwaterPuffinus spelaeusWestern South Island, New ZealandPredation by Polynesian rats.
1375-1610Kauai palilaLoxioides kikuchiKauai, Hawaii, United StatesHuman settlement and farming.
1380-1500Giant Hawaii gooseBranta rhuaxHawaiʻi, Hawaii, United StatesProbably hunting.
1390-1470Great ground dovePampusana nuiFrench Polynesia and Cook IslandsUndetermined.
1396-1442Crested moaPachyornis australisSubalpine South Island, New ZealandHunting.

15th-16th century

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
1400-1450Pico railRallus montivagorumPico Island, Açores, PortugalUndetermined.
1400-1500Tenerife giant lizardGallotia goliathTenerife and La Palma, Canary IslandsHunting.
1425-1660Kauaʻi finchTelespiza persecutrixKauai and Oahu, Hawaii, United StatesUndetermined.
1451-1952
South Island giant moaDinornis robustusSouth Island, New ZealandHunting.
1454-1626South American wolfDusicyon avusArgentina and Uruguay2015 Possibly climate change, hunting, and competition with domestic dogs.
1460-1660Dwarf thick-kneeBurhinus nanusBahamasUndetermined.
1464-1637
Broad-billed moaEuryapteryx curtusNorth, South, and Stewart Island of New ZealandHunting.
1500-1600Finsch's duckChenonetta finschiNew Zealand2014 Hunting and predation by introduced Polynesian rats.
1502Olson's petrelBulweria bifaxSaint Helena1988 Hunting and introduced predators?
1503Vespucci's giant ratNoronhomys vespuciiFernando de Noronha Island, Brazil2008 Undetermined.
1520-1950Galápagos giant ratMegaoryzomys curioiSanta Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador2008 Possibly introduced predators.
1525Puerto Rican hutiaIsolobodon portoricensisHispaniola and Gonâve;
Introduced to Puerto Rico, Mona, and U.S. Virgin Islands
1994-2008 Possibly predation by introduced black rats.
1525-1625Cayman Islands hutiaCapromys sp.Cayman IslandsPossibly hunting, introduced predators, and habitat loss caused by introduced ungulates.-
1536-1546Samaná hutiaPlagiodontia ipnaeumHispaniola2021 Predation by introduced rodents.
1550-1670Hispaniolan edible ratBrotomys voratusHispaniola1994 Introduced rats.
1555Ascension night heronNycticorax olsoniAscension IslandProbably predation by introduced cats and rats.

17th century

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
c. 1600Mauritian giant skinkLeiolopisma mauritianaMauritius2021 Probably introduced predators.
1600-1700Hoffstetter's worm snakeMadatyphlops carieiMauritius1994 Probably introduced predators.
1600-1700Hodgens's waterhenTribonyx hodgenorumNew Zealand2014 Hunting and predation by Polynesian rats.
1601?Rodrigues blue pigeonAlectroenas payandeeiRodrigues2014 Possibly predation by introduced rats.
1602Mauritius white-throated railDryolimnas sp.Mauritius1638Hunting and predation by introduced mammals.
1603Bermuda hawkBermuteo avivorusBermuda2014 Possibly hunting and predation by introduced feral pigs and other animals.
1609-1610Bermuda saw-whet owlAegolius gradyiBermuda1623
2014
Habitat destruction and introduced predators.
1609-1610Bermuda towheePipilio naufragusBermudaUndetermined.
1610Bermuda night heronNyctanassa carcinocatactesBermuda2014 Possibly hunting and introduced predators.
1623Bermuda flickerColaptes oceanicusBermuda2014 Probably predation by introduced cats.
1627Eurasian aurochsBos primigenius primigeniusMid-latitude Eurasia2008 Hunting, competition with, and diseases from domestic cattle. Domestic descendants survive worldwide, including feral populations.
c. 1640Saint Helena railAphanocrex podarcesSaint Helena1988 Probably hunting and predation by introduced cats, rats, and other mammals.
c. 1640Saint Helena cuckooNannococcyx psixSaint Helena1988 Possibly deforestation.
c. 1640Saint Helena petrelPterodroma rupinarumSaint Helena1988 Probably deforestation and introduced mammals.
c. 1640Saint Helena hoopoeUpupa antaiosSaint Helena1988 Possibly hunting and introduced predators.
c. 1640Saint Helena crakeZapornia astrictocarpusSaint Helena1988 Probably introduced predators.
c. 1650Markham's frogLeiopelma markhamiSouth Island, New ZealandPredation by polynesian rats.
1656Ascension crakeMundia elpenorAscension Island1988 Possibly introduction of rats and cats, although it is not attested by the time they arrived in the 18th and 19th centuries.
1670-1950Larger Malagasy hippopotamusHippopotamus laloumenaEastern MadagascarIncreased human and cattle pressure after the introduction of prickly pear farming. Its specific separation from the common hippopotamus has been questioned.
1671-1672Réunion blue pigeonAlectroenas sp.Réunion1704Probably hunting and predation by introduced cats.
1671-1672Réunion sheldgooseAlopochen kervazoiRéunion1710
1988
Hunting and habitat destruction.
1671-1672Réunion kestrelFalco duboisiRéunion2004 Undetermined.
1672Réunion fodyFoudia delloniRéunion2016 Probably predation by introduced rats.
1673-1675Broad-billed parrotLophopsittacus mauritianusMauritius1693
1988
Hunting.
1674Réunion railDryolimnas augustiRéunion2014 Probably hunting and introduced rats and cats.
1674Réunion pigeonNesoenas duboisiRéunion1988 Probably introduced rats and cats.
1674Réunion night heronNycticorax duboisiRéunion1988 Hunting.
1675-1755Giant vampire batDesmodus draculaeEastern South America;
Central America
Undetermined.
1688DodoRaphus cucullatusMauritius1988 Hunting.
1693Mauritius sheldgooseAlopochen mauritianaMauritius1698
1988
Hunting.
1693Red railAphanapteryx bonasiaMauritius1988 Hunting and predation by introduced cats.
1693Mascarene cootFulica newtoniiMauritius and Réunion1988 Hunting.
1693Mauritius night heronNycticorax mauritianusMauritius1988 Probably hunting.
1696Mascarene tealAnas theodoriMauritius; Réunion?1988 Hunting.

18th century

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
1700-1800Imber's petrelPterodroma imberiChatham Islands, New ZealandHunting and predation by introduced cats.
1705Mascarene reed cormorantPhalacrocorax africanus nanusMauritius and RéunionProbably hunting and predation by introduced cats.
1724Guadeloupe parakeetPsittacara labatiGuadeloupe1988 Probably hunting.
1725-1726Rodrigues petrelPterodroma sp.RodriguesPredation by introduced cats and rats.
1726Rodrigues railErythromachus leguatiRodrigues1988 Hunting.
1726Rodrigues owlMascarenotus murivorusRodrigues1988 Probably hunting, deforestation, and predation by introduced animals.
1726Rodrigues starlingNecropsar rodericanusRodrigues1761
1988
Undetermined.
1726Rodrigues pigeonNesoenas rodericanusRodrigues1988 Probably predation by introduced black rats.
1726Rodrigues night heronNycticorax megacephalusRodrigues1761
1988
Hunting.
c. 1730Mauritius wood pigeonColumba thiriouxiMauritius2014 Hunting, predation by introduced black rats, and deforestation.
c. 1730Mauritius turtle doveNesoenas cicurMauritius2014 Hunting, predation by introduced mammals, and deforestation.
c. 1730Réunion swamphenPorphyrio caerulescensRéunion1988 Hunting.
1732Réunion parakeetPsittacula eques equesRéunion1732Hunting and deforestation.
c. 1735-1844?Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoiseCylindraspis ineptaMauritius1994 Possibly hunting and introduced predators and competitors.
c. 1735-1844?Domed Mauritius giant tortoiseCylindraspis triserrataMauritius1994 Possibly hunting and introduced predators and competitors.
1742Lesser Antillean macawAra guadeloupensisGuadeloupeUndetermined.
1746Corynanthe brachythyrsusCameroon1998 Undetermined.
1760Atlantic gray whaleEschrichtius robustusNorth Atlantic and the Mediterranean2007 Whaling. The same species survives in the Pacific Ocean.
1761Rodrigues parrotNecropsittacus rodricanusRodrigues1988 Hunting.
1761Rodrigues solitairePezophaps solitariaRodrigues1778
1988
Hunting and predation by introduced cats.
1762-1763Steller's sea cowHydrodamalis gigasBering Sea; Northern Pacific coasts from Japan to Baja California 1768
1986
Hunting and reduction of kelp as a result of sea otter hunting, which caused proliferation of kelp-eating sea urchins.
1763Réunion ibisThreskiornis solitariusRéunion1988 Hunting.
1764Mauritius grey parrotLophopsittacus bensoniMauritius and Réunion1988 Hunting.
1770Ancient Polydamas swallowtailBattus polydamas antiquusAntigua2018Undetermined.
1770Seychelles purple swamphenPorphyrio sp.Mahé, SeychellesHunting.
1773Raiatea parakeetCyanoramphus ulietanusRaiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia1988 Possibly deforestation, hunting, and predation by introduced species.
1774Tanna ground doveAlopecoenas ferrugineusTanna, Vanuatu1988 Hunting?
1774Raiatea starling?Aplonis ulietensisRaiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia1850
2016
Possibly predation by introduced rats.
1777Tongatapu railHypotaenidia hypoleucusTongatapu, TongaUndetermined.
1777Moorea sandpiperProsobonia ellisiMoorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia1988 Predation by introduced rats.
1777Tahiti sandpiperProsobonia leucopteraTahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia1988 Predation by introduced rats.
1779Martinique amazonAmazona martinicanaMartinique1988 Probably hunting.
1779Guadeloupe amazonAmazona violaceaGuadeloupe1988 Hunting.
1784Tahiti crakeZapornia nigraTahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia1988 Possibly introduced predators.
1790White swamphenPorphyrio albusLord Howe Island, Australia1834
1988
Hunting.
1793Amsterdam wigeonMareca mareculaAmsterdam Island, French Southern and Antarctic Lands1874
1988
Hunting and predation by introduced rats.
1793Oceanic eclectus parrotEclectus infectusTonga and Vanuatu; Fiji?2014 Probably hunting and predation by introduced mammals.
1793Vava'u railHypotaenidia sp.Vava'u, TongaPossibly habitat destruction and introduced predators.
1799-1800BluebuckHippotragus leucophaeusOverberg;
South Africa
1986 Vegetation change and disruption of migration routes after the Last Glacial Period, competition with domestic cattle, overhunting, and further habitat loss due to agriculture.

19th century

1800s-1820s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
c. 1800Domed Rodrigues giant tortoiseCylindraspis peltastesRodrigues1994 Possibly hunting and introduced predators and competitors.
c. 1800Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoiseCylindraspis vosmaeriRodrigues1994 Possibly hunting and introduced predators and competitors.
19th centurySooty crayfishPacifastacus nigrescensSan Francisco Bay, California, United States2010Invasive fish and crayfish species, and urban development
1802Smooth handfishSympterichthys unipennisSoutheastern Tasmania?2020 Fishing?
1806Wynberg conebushLeucadendron grandiflorumCape Peninsula, South Africa2020 Probably habitat destruction.
1807St. Paul Island duckMareca sp.Île Saint-Paul, French Southern and Antarctic LandsHunting.
1819Kangaroo Island emuDromaius baudinianusKangaroo Island, Australia1837
1988
Hunting.
1822King Island emuDromaius minorKing Island, Australia1988 Hunting.
1823Spotted green pigeonCaloenas maculataTahiti, French Polynesia?2008 Hunting?
1823Madeira finchGoniaphea leucocephalaMadeira, Portugal1853Undetermined.
1823Maupiti monarchPomarea pomareaMaupiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia1988 Probably introduced species.
1825Mysterious starlingAplonis mavornataMauke, Cook Islands1988 Predation by introduced brown rats.
1825ʻĀmauiMyadestes woahensisOahu, Hawaii, United States1988 Possibly habitat destruction and introduced avian malaria.
1826Mauritius blue pigeonAlectroenas nitidissimusMauritius1988 Deforestation.
1827-1828Kosrae crakeZapornia monasaKosrae, Micronesia1988 Predation by introduced rats.
1828Kosrae starlingAplonis corvinaKosrae, Micronesia1880
1988
Probably predation by introduced rats.
1828Bonin grosbeakCarpodacus ferreorostrisBonin Islands, Japan1854
1988
Possibly deforestation and predation by introduced cats and rats.
1828Bonin thrushZoothera terrestrisBonin Islands, Japan1889
1988
Probably predation by introduced cats and rats.
c. 1829Tonga ground skinkTachygyia microlepisTonga1996 Habitat loss and predation by introduced dogs, pigs, and rats.

1830s-1840s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
1834Delalande's couaCoua delalandeiNosy Boraha, Madagascar1994 Deforestation.
1834Mascarene parrotMascarinus mascarinRéunion1804
1988
Hunting.
1834Atlas bearUrsus arctos crowtheriNorthern MaghrebPossibly habitat fragmentation. Two haplotypes are found in remains from the Vandal and Byzantine periods: one shared with Iberian bears that could have been introduced by humans, and another unique to Africa. It is not known which type survived until more recent times.
1835Darwin's large ground finchGeospiza magnirostris magnirostrisFloreana and San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands1838Habitat destruction and introduced predators.
1837Oʻahu ʻakialoaAkialoa ellisianaOahu, Hawaii, United States2016 Possibly habitat destruction and introduced disease.
1837Hoopoe starlingFregilupus variusRéunion1988 Possibly introduced disease, hunting, and habitat degradation.
1837Oʻahu ʻōʻōMoho apicalisOahu, Hawaii, United States1890
1988
Habitat loss and introduction of disease-carrying mosquitos.
1837Mauritius owlMascarenotus sauzieriMauritius1859
1988
Possibly deforestation, hunting, and predation by introduced mammals.
1838-1841Oʻahu nukupuʻuHemignathus lucidusOahu, Hawaii, United States1890Undetermined.
1839Réunion slit-eared skinkGongylomorphus borbonicusRéunionProbably predation by introduced snakes.
1839-1841Large Samoan flying foxPteropus coxiSamoan Islands2020 Undetermined.
c. 1840Réunion giant tortoiseCylindraspis indicaRéunion1994 Undetermined.
1840Dieffenbach's RailHypotaenidia dieffenbachiiChatham Islands, New Zealand1872
1988
Possibly introduced predators and habitat loss from fire.
1842Rodrigues giant day geckoPhelsuma gigasRodrigues1874Possibly introduced Norway rats.
1844Black-fronted parakeetCyanorhamphus zealandicusTahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia1988 Possibly deforestation, hunting, and predation by introduced species.

1850s-1860s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
c. 1850Daudin's giant tortoiseAldabrachelys gigantea daudiniiMahé, SeychellesUndetermined.
c. 1850Floreana giant tortoiseChelonoidis nigerFloreana, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador1996 Probably hunting and introduced species. Hybrid descendants of C. niger and C. becki survive in nearby Isabela Island.
c. 1850Southern black rhinocerosDiceros bicornis bicornisSouthwestern AfricaUndetermined.
c. 1850Christmas sandpiperProsobonia cancellataKiritimati, Kiribati2014 Probably predation by introduced cats and rats.
1850Turquoise-throated pufflegEriocnemis godiniNorthern EcuadorHabitat destruction.
1850Spectacled cormorantPhalacrocorax perspicillatusCommander Islands, Russia; Northeast Japan 1882
1988
Hunting.
1850-1875String treeAcalypha rubrinervisCentral ridge of St Helena island1998 Undetermined.
1851BelidoChitala lopisNorthwestern Java, Indonesia2020 Overfishing, pollution, and habitat destruction for agriculture and urban development.
1851Tasmanian emuDromaius novaehollandiae diemenensisTasmania, AustraliaHunting.
1851Norfolk kākāNestor productusNorfolk Island, Australia1988 Hunting and habitat destruction by introduced rabbits, pigs, and goats.
1851Jamaican giant galliwaspCelestus occiduusJamaicaExtermination by introduced predators such as mongooses.
Before 1852Letitia's thorntailDiscosura letitiaeBoliviaUndetermined.
1852Great aukPinguinus impennisNorth Atlantic and western Mediterranean1988 Hunting.
1852Carpathian wisentBison bonasus hungarorumCarpathian Mountains, Eastern Europe1852Hunting.
1853Lord Howe pigeonColumba vitiensis godmanaeLord Howe Island, AustraliaHunting.
1856Small Samoan flying foxPteropus allenorumUpolu, Samoa2020 Undetermined.
1859KioeaChaetoptila angustiplumaHawaiʻi, Oahu, and Maui, Hawaii, United States1988 Possibly deforestation, hunting, and introduced predators.
c. 1860Sea minkNeovison macrodonAtlantic coast of Canada and New England2002 Hunting for the fur trade.
1860Pseudoyersinia brevipennisHyères, France2020 Undetermined.
1860Gould's emeraldRiccordia elegansJamaica?1988 Undetermined.
1860Jamaican poorwillSiphonorhis americanaJamaicaPredation by introduced black rats, brown rats, and small Indian mongooses.
1860-1862White-footed rabbit ratConilurus albipesSouth-eastern Australia2016 Possibly disease spread by introduced rodents.
1862Small Mauritian flying foxPteropus subnigerMauritius and Réunion1988 Hunting and deforestation.
1863Mbashe River buffDeloneura immaculataEastern Cape Province, South Africa1994 Undetermined.
1865Cape lionPanthera leo melanochaitaCape Province, South AfricaExtermination campaign. Genetics do not support subspecific differentiation between the Cape lion and living lions in Eastern Africa; if placed in a single subspecies, it would be P. l. melanochaita because of being the older name.
1866Siau scops owlOtus manadensis siaoensisSiau Island, IndonesiaDeforestation.
1867Eastern elkCervus canadensis canadensisEastern North America1880Hunting. It's been argued that most or all elk subspecies in North America are actually the same, which would be C. c. canadensis due to being named first.
1868Kawaihae hibiscadelphusHibiscadelphus bombycinusKawaihae, Hawaii, United States1998 Undetermined.
1869Huahine warblerAcrocephalus musae garrettiHuahine, Society Islands, French Polynesia1921Possibly predation by introduced rats.

1870s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
1870North Island snipeCoenocorypha barrierensisNorth Island, New Zealand2014 Predation by introduced Polynesian rats and feral cats.
1870-1873Raiatea warblerAcrocephalus musae musaeRaiatea, Society Islands, French PolynesiaUndetermined.
1871Spined dwarf mantisAmeles fasciipennisTolentino, Italy2020 Possibly habitat loss to agriculture.
1871Cape warthogPhacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicusCape Province, South AfricaUndetermined.
1873Tristan moorhenGallinula nesiotisTristan da Cunha1988 Hunting, predation by introduced cats, rats, and pigs; and habitat destruction by fire.
1873Samoan woodhenPareudiastes pacificusSavai'i, SamoaHunting and predation by introduced cats, rats, pigs, and dogs.
Before 1874Large Palau flying foxPteropus pilosusPalau1988 Possibly hunting and habitat degradation.
1874Coues's gadwallMareca strepera couesiTeraina, Line Islands, Kiribati1924Probably hunting and introduced predators.
1874Percy Island flying foxPteropus brunneusPercy Islands, Australia1996 Possibly habitat loss.
1875Newton's parakeetAlexandrinus exsulRodrigues1988 Probably habitat loss and hunting. The last pairs may have been killed by the 1876 cyclone season.
1875North Island little spotted kiwiApteryx owenii iredaleiNorth Island, New ZealandHunting, habitat degradation, and predation by introduced mammals.
1875Labrador duckCamptorhynchus labradoriusAtlantic coast of Canada and New England1988 Hunting, egg harvesting, and habitat loss.
1875New Zealand quailCoturnix novaezelandiaeNew Zealand1988 Introduced diseases?
1875Broad-faced potorooPotorous platyopsWestern Australia1982 Predation by feral cats and habitat loss.
1876Falkland Islands wolfDusicyon australisFalkland Islands1986 Extermination campaign.
1876Kermadec megapodeMegapodius sp.Raoul, Kermadec Islands, New ZealandVolcanic eruption.
1876Himalayan quailOphrysia superciliosaUttarakhand, IndiaHunting and habitat loss.
1877Brace's emeraldRiccordia braceiNew Providence, Bahamas1988 Undetermined.
1877Jamaican rice ratOryzomys antillarumJamaica2008 Competition with introduced rats, or predation by introduced mongooses.
1878Navassa Island iguanaCyclura cornuta onchiopsisNavassa Island2011 Probably hunting.
1878Antioquia brown-banded antpittaGrallaria milleri gilesiSanta Elena, Antioquia, ColombiaProbably deforestation.
1878Madeiran land snailLeiostyla lamellosaMadeira, Portugal1996 Undetermined.
1878Pseudocampylaea lowiiMadeira, PortugalUndetermined.
1879Macquarie Island banded railHypotaenidia philippensis macquariensisSouth Macquarie Island, Australia1894Predation by introduced cats, rats, weka, and overgrazing by introduced rabbits.
1879Jamaican petrelPterodroma caribbaeaJamaica; Dominica and Guadeloupe?Hunting and predation by introduced rats, mongooses, pigs, and dogs.
1879Morant's blueLepidochrysops hypopoliaSouth Africa2020 Undetermined.

1880s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
1880-1889?Parras characodonCharacodon garmaniSouthern Coahuila, Mexico1953
1988
Probably habitat loss.
c. 1881Saint Lucia giant rice ratMegalomys luciaeSaint Lucia1994 Predation by introduced mongooses.
1881Jamaican wood railAmaurolimnas concolor concolorJamaicaPossibly predation by introduced mongooses, cats, and rats.
1883QuaggaEquus quagga quaggaCape Province, South Africa1889
1986
Hunting.
1884Hawaiian railZapornia sandwichensisEastern Hawaiʻi, United States1988 Possibly hunting and predation by introduced rats, cats, and dogs.
1886Martinique house wrenTroglodytes aedon martinicensisMartiniqueUndetermined.
1886Bennett's seaweedVanvoorstia bennettianaPort Jackson, Australia2003 Habitat loss and pollution.
1886-1888Emperor ratUromys imperatorGuadalcanal, Solomon IslandsUndetermined.
1886-1888Guadalcanal ratUromys porculusGuadalcanal, Solomon IslandsUndetermined.
1888Lesser Indian rhinocerosRhinoceros sondaicus inermisNortheast India, Bangladesh, and MyanmarHabitat loss, poaching, and deforestation.
c. 1889Hokkaido wolfCanis lupus hattaiHokkaido, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, Iturup and KunashirExtermination campaign.
1889Cuban macawAra tricolorCuba and Juventud2000 Hunting for food and the exotic pet trade.
1889Bonin wood pigeonColumba versicolorBonin Islands, Japan1988 Deforestation and predation by introduced cats and rats.
1889Whiteline topminnowFundulus albolineatusHuntsville, Alabama, United States1986 Habitat destruction.
1889Eastern hare-wallabyLagorchestes leporidesInterior southeastern Australia1982 Possibly habitat loss due to livestock grazing and wildfires.
1889Bonin nankeen night heronNycticorax caledonicus crassirostrisChichi-jima and Nakōdo-jima, Bonin Islands, JapanUndetermined.
1889Sturdee's pipistrellePipistrellus sturdeeiHaha-jima, Bonin Islands, Japan1996 2004Undetermined.

1890s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
c. 1890Portuguese ibexCapra pyrenaica lusitanicaPortuguese-Galician borderHunting.
1890New Caledonian railCabalus lafresnayanusNew CaledoniaProbably predation by introduced dogs, cats, pigs, and rats.
1890Macquarie parakeetCyanoramphus erythrotisMacquarie Island, Australia1894Increased predation by introduced cats and weka after rabbits were introduced, boosting their numbers.
1890Kauaʻi nukupuʻuHemignathus hanapepeKauai, Hawaii, United StatesUndetermined.
1890-1899New Zealand bitternIxobrychus novaezelandiaeNew Zealand1988 Undetermined.
1891Sulu bleeding-heartGallicolumba menageiTawi-tawi, Sulu archipelago, PhilippinesPossibly deforestation and hunting.
1891Raoul Island banded railHypotaenidia sp.Raoul, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand1944Predation by introduced cats or rats.
1891Lesser koa finchRhodacanthis flavicepsHawaiʻi Island, Hawaii, United States1893
1988
Undetermined.
1892Maui Nui ʻakialoaAkialoa lanaiensisLana'i, Hawaii, United States2016 Possibly habitat destruction and introduced disease.
1892ʻUla-ʻai-hawaneCiridops annaHawaiʻi Island, Hawaii, United States1988 Undetermined.
1892Nendo tube-nosed fruit batNyctimene sanctacrucisSanta Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands1994 Undetermined. Could be conspecific with the Island tube-nosed fruit bat.
1892St. Vincent pygmy rice ratOligoryzomys victusSt. Vincent2008 Probably predation by introduced brown rats, black rats, and mongooses.
1892Chatham fernbirdPoodytes rufescensChatham Islands, New Zealand1988 Possibly habitat loss and predation by introduced cats.
1892Puerto Rican parakeetPsittacara maugeiPuerto Rico and Mona IslandPossibly deforestation, hunting, and disease.
1892Marianne white-eyeZosterops semiflavusMarianne Island, Seychelles1940
2016
Deforestation, competition with introduced birds and predation by back rats.
1893-1895Chatham railCabalus modestusChatham Islands, New Zealand1988 Habitat destruction, predation and competition with introduced mammals.
1893Harelip suckerLagochila laceraSoutheastern United States1986 Possibly water siltation and pollution.
1893Seychelles parakeetPsittacula wardiSeychelles1906
1988
Hunting and habitat loss to agriculture.
1894-1908Sloane's uraniaUrania sloanusJamaica1908Habitat loss and natural disasters.
1894Kona grosbeakChloridops konaHawaiʻi Island, Hawaii, United States1988 Undetermined.
1894North Island takahēPorhyrio mantelliNorth Island, New Zealand2000 Climate-induced reduction of grasslands and hunting.
1895Hawkins's railDiaphorapteryx hawkinsiChatham Islands, New Zealand2005 Hunting.
1895Lyall's wrenTraversia lyalliNew Zealand1895
1986
Habitat loss and predation by introduced cats.
1896Greater koa finchRhodacanthis palmeriHawaiʻi Island, Hawaii, United States1906
1988
Possibly habitat destruction and introduced avian malaria.
1896Newfoundland wolfCanis lupus beothucusNewfoundland, CanadaHunting.
1896-1906Madeiran wood pigeonColumba palumbus maderensisMadeira, Portugal1924Undetermined.
1897Gull Island voleMicrotus pennsylvanicus nesophilusGreat Gull and Little Gull Islands, New YorkHabitat destruction.
1897Martinique giant rice ratMegalomys desmarestiiMartinique1994 Predation by introduced mongooses.
1897Nelson's rice ratOryzomys nelsoniCentral María Madre Island, Mexico1996 Competition with introduced black rats.
1897Guadalupe towheePipilio maculatus consobrinusGuadalupe Island, Mexico1954Habitat destruction by introduced goats and predation by cats.
1897Guadalupe wrenThryomanes bewickii brevicaudaGuadalupe Island, Mexico1906Habitat destruction by introduced goats.
1897Stephens Island piopioTurnagra capensis minorStephens Island, New Zealand1898Predation by introduced cats.
1899Culebra Island amazonAmazona vittata gracilipesCulebra Island of Puerto Rico1912Deforestation and persecution by crop farmers.
1899Hawaii mamoDrepanis pacificaHawaiʻi Island, Hawaii, United States1988 Hunting, habitat destruction, and introduced disease.

20th century

1900s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
c. 1900Caucasian mooseAlces alces caucasicusNorthern Caucasus and Transcaucasian shore of the Black SeaHunting. The subspecies' validity is questioned because moose from Russia recolonized the Caucasian moose's former range naturally over the 20th century.
c. 1900Saint Croix racerBorikenophis sanctaecrucisSaint Croix, United States Virgin IslandsUndetermined.
c. 1900GravencheCoregonus hiemalisLake Geneva2008 Eutrophication and overfishing.
c. 1900-1950Lord Howe long-eared batNyctophilus howensisLord Howe Island, Australia2020 Possibly predation by introduced owls and rats.
1900LeafshellEpioblasma flexuosaTennessee, Cumberland, and Ohio River systems, United States1983 Undetermined.
1901Car Nicobar sparrowhawkAccipiter butleri butleriCar Nicobar, Nicobar Islands1995Habitat destruction.
1901Southern pig-footed bandicootChaeropus ecaudatusInterior Australia1982 Predation by feral cats and red foxes.
1901Tennessee riffleshellEpioblasma propinquaTennessee, Cumberland, Wabash, and Ohio River systems, United States1983 Undetermined.
1901Greater ʻamakihiViridonia sagittirostrisWailuku river, Hawaiʻi Island, United States1988 Habitat destruction for sugarcane agriculture.
1902Rocky Mountain locustMelanoplus spretusRocky Mountains and North American Prairie2014 Breeding habitat loss due to irrigation and cattle ranching.
1902Auckland merganserMergus australisSouth, Stewart, and Auckland Island, New Zealand1910
1988
Hunting and predation by introduced animals.
1902North Island piopioTurnagra tanagraNorth Island, New Zealand1988 Possibly habitat destruction, hunting, and predation by introduced cats and rats.
1902-1903Bulldog ratRattus nativitatisChristmas Island, Australia2016 Introduction of black rats.
1903Guadalupe caracaraCaracara lutosaGuadalupe Island, Mexico1988 Extermination campaign.
1903Stumptooth minnowStypodon signiferSouthern Coahuila, Mexico1983 Habitat degradation and pollution.
1904Choiseul pigeonMicrogoura meekiChoiseul, Solomon Islands1994 Predation by feral dogs and cats.
1905Japanese wolfCanis lupus hodophilaxHonshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū, JapanHunting and a rabies-like epidemic.
1905South Island piopioTurnagra capensisSouth Island, New Zealand1988 Possibly habitat destruction and predation by introduced rats.
1906Chatham bellbirdAnthornis melanocephalaChatham Islands, New Zealand1938
1988
Possibly habitat destruction, predation by rats and cats, and overhunting by collectionists.
1906Guadalupe flickerColaptes auratus rufipileusGuadalupe Island, Mexico1922Habitat destruction and predation by introduced goats and cats.
1907Black mamoDrepanis funereaMolokai and Maui, Hawaii, United States1988 Habitat destruction by introduced cattle and deer, and predation by introduced rats and mongooses.
1907HuiaHeteralocha acutirostrisNorth Island, New Zealand1988 Hunting and deforestation of old growth forests to make pastures for livestock.
1907Huia louseRallicola extinctusNorth Island, New Zealand1990Extinction of its host.
1908Assumption railDryolimnas cuvieri abbottiAssumption Island, Seychelles1937Hunting, habitat destruction, and predation by introduced rats.
1908Siquijor hanging parrotLoriculus philippensis siquijorensisSiquijor, PhilippinesPossibly deforestation and capture for the pet trade.
1908Persoonia laxaSydney's Northern Beaches, Australia2020 Probably habitat destruction.
1908Alejandro Selkirk firecrownSephanoides fernandensis leyboldiAlejandro Selkirk Island?, Juan Fernández Archipelago, ChileProbably deforestation, predation and erosion caused by introduced cats, rats, goats, and rabbits, and competition of introduced plants with the nesting tree Luma apiculata.
1908Dawson's caribouRangifer tarandus dawsoniGraham Island, British Columbia, Canada2016 Hunting by indigenous people and European settlers, habitat loss via clearcutting, and competition with black-tailed deer.
1909Cumberland leafshellEpioblasma stewardsoniiTennessee and Coosa River systems, United States1983 Undetermined.
1909Bogotá sunangelHeliantelus zusiiNorthern Andes?Possibly deforestation.
1909TarpanEquus ferus ferusEuropeHunting and hybridization with domestic horses.

1910s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
1910Southwestern thick-billed grasswrenAmytornis textilis macrourusSouthwest AustraliaDrought and overgrazing by livestock and introduced mammals.
1910Maui hau kuahiwiHibiscadelphus wilderianusMaui, Hawaii, United States1978 Undetermined.
1910Yellowfin cutthroat troutOncorhynchus clarki macdonaldiTwin Lakes, Colorado, United StatesHybridization with rainbow trout and competition with lake trout, both introduced.
1910Slender-billed grackleQuiscalus palustrisLerma River and Xochimilco, Mexico1986 Draining of marshlands.
1911Iwo Jima railAmaurornis cinerea brevicepsNaka Iwo Jima and Minami Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands, JapanHabitat clearance for agriculture and predation by introduced cats and rats.
1911New Caledonian buttonquailTurnix novaecaledoniaeNew CaledoniaHunting, habitat degradation and predation by introduced animals.
1912Namoi Valley thick-billed grasswrenAmytornis textilis inexpectatusCentral New South Wales, AustraliaUndetermined.
1912Cape Verde giant skinkChioninia cocteiCape Verde1996 Predation by feral cats.
1912Guadalupe storm petrelOceanodroma macrodactylaGuadalupe Island, MexicoPredation by feral cats, and habitat degradation by goat grazing.
1912Bornean Baillon's crakePorzana pusilla miraBorneoDeforestation?
1913Laysan millerbirdAcrocephalus familiaris familiarisLaysan, Hawaii, United States1923Habitat destruction by introduced rabbits.
1913New Caledonian lorikeetCharmosyna diademaNew Caledonia1998Undetermined.
1914Passenger pigeonEctopistes migratoriusEastern North America1986 Hunting and habitat loss.
1914Laughing owlNinox albifaciesNew Zealand1986 Competition or predation by introduced stoats and cats.
c. 1915Kenai Peninsula wolfCanis lupus alcesKenai Peninsula, Alaska, United StatesExtermination campaign.
1915New Caledonian owlet-nightjarAegotheles savesiSouthwestern New CaledoniaUndetermined.
1917Cayenne nightjarAntrostomus maculosusNorthwestern French GuianaUndetermined.
1917Rodrigues day geckoPhelsuma edwardnewtoniiRodrigues2015 Possibly deforestation and predation by introduced rats and cats.
1917Maui upland damselflyMegalagrion jugorumMaui, Hawaii, United States2020 Undetermined.
1918Dirk Hartog thick-billed grasswrenAmytornis textilis carteriDirk Hartog Island, Western AustraliaPredation by introduced rats.
1918Lord Howe starlingAplonis fusca hullianaLord Howe Island, Australia1928
1988
Predation by introduced black rats.
1918Robust white-eyeZosterops strenuusLord Howe Island, Australia1928
1988
Predation by introduced black rats.
1918Carolina parakeetConuropsis carolinensisEastern and central United States1940 Hunting, habitat loss, and competition with introduced bees.
1918Lānaʻi hookbillDysmorodrepanis munroiLana'i, Hawaii, United States1940 Habitat destruction for pineapple agriculture, and predation by introduced cats and rats.
1918-1952Bernard's wolfCanis lupus bernardiBanks Island, Canada1993 Undetermined. It's been suggested that Bernard's wolf should be merged with the extant arctic wolf or other wolves from the continent.
1919Appalachian Barbara's buttonsMarshallia grandifloraHenderson and Polk counties, North Carolina, United States2020Undetermined.

1920s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
c. 1920Florida black wolfCanis rufus floridanusEastern United StatesHunting and habitat loss.
1920True feraCoregonus feraLake Geneva2008 Eutrophication and overfishing.
1922Great Plains wolfCanis lupus nubilusNorth American prairie1926Extermination campaign. The Great Plains wolf has been later determined to be continuous morphologically and genetically with the still existing Mexican wolf, which would use the name C. l. nubilus if placed in the same subspecies, due to being the older one.
1922Red-moustached fruit dovePtilinopus mercieriiMarquesas, French Polynesia1994 Predation by introduced great horned owls, rats, and cats.
1923Norfolk Island starlingAplonis fusca fuscaNorfolk Island, Australia1968
1988
Undetermined.
1923Laysan honeycreeperHimatione fraithiiLaysan, Hawaii, United States2016 Habitat destruction by introduced rabbits.
1923NazarenoMonteverdia lineataWestern Cuba2020 Possibly habitat degradation.
1924Round combshellEpioblasma personataTennessee, Wabash, and Ohio River systems, United StatesUndetermined.
1924Lord Howe fantailRhipidura fuliginosa cervinaLord Howe Island, Australia1928Probably predation by introduced rats.
1924California grizzly bearUrsus arctos californicusCalifornia, United StatesHunting.
1925Bubal hartebeestAlcelaphus buselaphus buselaphusNorth Africa and Southern LevantHunting.
1926Anthony's woodratNeotoma bryanti anthonyiIsla Todos Santos, Mexico2008 Predation by feral cats.
1927Thick-billed ground doveAlopecoenas salamonisSolomon Islands2005 Probably habitat destruction, hunting, and predation by introduced cats and rats.
1927Caucasian wisentBison bonasus caucasicusCaucasus Mountains1988 Hunting. Hybrid descendants exist in captivity, and have been reintroduced to the wild.
1927Snake River suckerChasmistes murieiSnake River, United StatesHybridization with the Utah sucker after dams changed the river's flow.
1927Syrian wild assEquus hemionus hemippusNear EastHunting.
1927Hawaii yellowwoodOchrosia kilaueaensisHawaiʻi, Hawaii, United States2020 Habitat degradation by introduced plants, goats, and fires.
1927Cry pansyViola cryanaCry, Yonne, France2011 Overcollection by botanists and limestone quarrying.
1928Utah Lake sculpinCottus echinatusUtah Lake, Utah, United StatesIncreased water pollution and salinity caused by agriculture, and introduced fishes. The last individuals may have been killed by drought in the 1930s.
1928Lord Howe gerygoneGerygone insularisLord Howe Island, Australia1936
1988
Predation by introduced rats.
1928Ethiopian amphibious ratNilopegamys plumbeusNorthwestern EthiopiaHabitat destruction.
1928Paradise parrotPsephotellus pulcherrimusEastern Australia1994 Probably habitat degradation.
1928Eastwood's long-tailed sepsTetradactylus eastwoodaeLimpopo, South Africa1996 Habitat loss.
1928Guadeloupe ameivaPholidoscelis cineraceusGuadeloupe2015 Hurricane.
1928Nullarbor barred bandicootPerameles papillonNullarbor Plain, AustraliaPredation by feral cats and red foxes, habitat degradation, and changes in the fire regime.
1929Acalypha wilderiNorthwestern Rarotonga, Cook Islands2014 Deforestation for agriculture and housing development. Doubts exist about it being distinct from still living A. raivavensis and A. tubuaiensis; if indeed the same, the older name A. wilderi prevails.
1929St. Kitts bullfinchMelopyrrha grandisSaint Kitts1972Deforestation?
1929Makira woodhenPareudiastes silvestrisMakira, Solomon IslandsProbably predation by introduced cats and rats.
1929Scleria chevalieriWestern Senegal2020 Draining of wetland habitat.

1930s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses----
c. 1930Western rufous bristlebirdDasyornis broadbenti littoralisSouthwestern AustraliaBurning of shrublands for pasture and predation by introduced cats.----
1930-1939Tahiti railHypotaenidia pacificaTahiti and Mehetia?, French Polynesia1988 Probably predation by introduced cats and rats.----
1930-1939Nuku Hiva monarchPomarea nukuhivaeNuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia1974
2004
Probably habitat destruction and predation by introduced species.----
1930St Kilda house mouseMus musculus muralisSt Kilda, ScotlandComplete evacuation of St Kilda's human population, which it depended on.----
1930Darwin's Galápagos mouseNesoryzomys darwiniSanta Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador1994 Competition, predation, and exotic pathogens from introduced black rats.----
1930Silver troutSalvelinus agassiziDublin Pond and Christine Lake, New Hampshire, United States1986 Overfishing and introduction of exotic fish.----
1931Bunker's woodratNeotoma bryanti bunkeriCoronados Islands, Mexico2008 Depletion of food resources and predation by feral cats.----
1932Roosevelt's giant anoleAnolis rooseveltiVirgin IslandsPossibly deforestation.----
1932Western Lewin's railLewinia pectoralis clelandiiSouthwest Australia1980sDrainage and burning of wetlands for agriculture and settlement.----
1932Heath henTympanuchus cupido cupidoEast Coast of the United StatesHunting, predation by feral cats, wildfires, and histomoniasis transmitted by domestic poultry.----
1933Wolseley conebushLeucadendron spiraleBreede River Valley, South Africa2020 Habitat destruction for timber plantations and agriculture, competition with invasive plants.Lesser stick-nest ratLeporillus apicalisCentral Australia2016
1934Lost sharkCarcharhinus obsoletusSouthern South China SeaFishing.----
1934Hawaiʻi ʻōʻōMoho nobilisHawaiʻi Island, Hawaii, United States1988 Possibly habitat loss and disease.----
1934Indefatigable Galápagos mouseNesoryzomys indefessusSanta Cruz and Baltra, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador2002 Introduction of black rats.----
1934Aguelmame Sidi Ali troutSalmo pallaryiLake Aguelmame Sidi Ali, Morocco2006 Introduction of the common carp.----
1935Desert rat-kangarooCaloprymnus campestrisCentral Australia1994 Predation by introduced red foxes and cats.----
1935Mogollon mountain wolfCanis lupus mogollonensisArizona, United StatesHunting. The subspecific differences between extinct Great Plains wolf, Mogollon mountain wolf, Southern Rocky Mountain wolf, and surviving Mexican wolf have been denied on morphological grounds.----
1935Southern Rocky Mountain wolfCanis lupus youngiSouthern Rocky MountainsHunting. The subspecific differences between extinct Great Plains wolf, Mogollon mountain wolf, Southern Rocky Mountain wolf, and surviving Mexican wolf have been denied on morphological grounds.----
1935Roque Chico de Salmor giant lizardGallotia simonyi simonyiOff El Hierro, Canary IslandsUndetermined.----
1935-1950Ratas Island lizardPodarcis lilfordi rodriqueziRatas Island off Mahón, Gymensian Islands, SpainExplosion of Ratas Island during the rebuilding of Port Mahon.----
1936Ryukyu wood pigeonColumba jouyiRyukyu, Japan1988 Possibly deforestation.----
1936Virgin Islands screech owlMegascops nudipes newtoniVirgin IslandsDeforestation for agriculture.----
1936ThylacineThylacinus cynocephalusAustralia and New Guinea1983 Competition with humans and dingos, extermination campaign.----
1937Bali tigerPanthera tigris balicaBali, IndonesiaHunting and habitat loss. Genetics do not support a subspecific differentiation with the living Sumatran tiger.----
1937Marquesas swamphenPorphyrio paepaeHiva Oa and Tahuata, Marquesas, French Polynesia2014 Probably hunting and predation by rats and cats.----
1937Lānai alauahioParoreomyza montana montanaLana'i, Hawaii, United States1937Habitat degradation.----
1938Banara wilsoniiPuerto Padre, Cuba2020 Habitat destruction for sugarcane cultivation.----
1938McGregor's house finchCarpodacus mexicanus mcgregoriSan Benito Island, MexicoUndetermined.----
1938Grand Cayman orioleIcterus leucopteryx bairdiGrand Cayman, Cayman IslandsDeforestation.----
1938Pahranagat spinedaceLepidomeda altivelisPahranagat Valley, Nevada, United States1986 Competition and predation by introduced common carps, mosquitofish, and American bullfrogs.----
1938Bougainville black-faced pittaPitta anerythra pallidaBougainville Island, Papua-New GuineaUndetermined.----
1938Eastern cougarPuma concolor couguarEastern North America2011Hunting. Genetics do not support subspecies differentiation between the eastern cougar and living cougars in Florida and Western North America; if placed under a single subspecies, this would have the name P. c. couguar because of being older.----
1938Grass Valley speckled daceRhynichthys osculus reliquusLander County, Nevada, United StatesIntroduction of the rainbow trout.----
1938Daito varied titSittiparus varius oriiKitadaitōjima, Okinawa, Japan1984-1986Habitat destruction for agriculture and military infrastructure.----
1938Schomburgk's deerRucervus schomburgkiCentral Thailand1994 Hunting.----
1938Grand Cayman thrushTurdus ravidusGrand Cayman, Cayman Islands1965
1988
Probably habitat loss.----
1938Mount Kenya pottoPerodicticus ibeanus stockleyiMount Kenya, KenyaMost likely habitat loss for agriculture.----
1939New Caledonian nightjarEurostopodus exulNorthwestern New CaledoniaUndetermined.----
1939Toolache wallabyNotamcropus greyiSoutheastern Australia1983 Habitat loss to agriculture, hunting, and predation by introduced red fox.----
1939Roystonea stellataBaracoa, eastern Cuba2020 Habitat destruction for coffee cultivation.----

1940s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
c. 1940SugarspoonEpioblasma arcaeformisCumberland and Tennessee river systems, United States1983 Damming.
1940Lesser ʻakialoaAkialoa obscuraHawaiʻi Island, Hawaii, United States1994 Possibly deforestation and introduced disease-carrying mosquitos.
1940Cascade mountain wolfCanis lupus fuscusContinental CascadiaHunting.
1940Las Vegas daceRhinichthys deaconiLas Vegas Valley, Nevada, United States1965
1986
Habitat destruction.
1940Javan lapwingVanellus macropterusJava, IndonesiaHunting and habitat loss to agriculture.
c. 1941Arabian ostrichStruthio camelus syriacusArabian Peninsula and the Near EastHunting.
1941-1943Xerces blueGlaucopsyche xercesSan Francisco Peninsula, California, United States1996 The absence of Lotus and Lupinus plants in the area due to human development.
1942Texas gray wolfCanis lupus monstrabilisTexas, United StatesHunting. The Texas gray wolf has been at times included within either the extinct Great Plains wolf or the living Mexican wolf on morphological grounds.
1942Chapin's crombecSylvietta leucophrys chapiniLendu Plateau, Democratic Republic of the CongoDeforestation.
1943Eriocaulon inundatumSenegal coast2020 Habitat destruction for salt mining.
1943Cebu hanging parrotLoriculus philippensis chrysonotusCebu, PhilippinesDeforestation.
1943Barbary lionPanthera leo leoNorth AfricaHabitat loss from desertification and human activities, followed by extermination campaign. Hybrid descendants are believed to exist in captivity. However, genetics do not support subspecies differentiation with living wild lions in Asia, West and Central Africa, which would be named P. l. leo if placed within a single subspecies.
1943Desert bandicootPerameles eremianaCentral Australia1982 Predation by cats and foxes, competition with European rabbits, and changes to the fire regime after the British colonization of Australia.
1944American ivory-billed woodpeckerCampephilus principalis principalisSouthern United StatesLogging and hunting.
1944Laysan railZapornia palmeriLaysan, Hawaii, United States1988 Habitat destruction by introduced rabbits and guinea pigs, and predation by introduced rats.
1944-1947Aruba amazonAmazona barbadensis canifronsArubaPersecution by farmers and exotic pet trade.
1945Wake Island railHypotaenidia wakensisWake Island, United States1988 Hunting and destruction caused by fighting in World War II.
1946Pallid beach mousePeromyscus polionotus decoloratusVolusia and Flagler Counties, Florida, United StatesHabitat loss.
1948Ash Meadows killifishEmpetrichthys merriamiAsh Meadows, Nevada, United States1986 Predation by introduced American Bullfrogs and red swamp crayfish.
1949Sinú parakeetPyrrhura subandinaSinú Valley, Córdoba, ColombiaPossibly hunting and habitat loss.
1949Pink-headed duckRhodonessa caryophyllaceaNortheast India, Bangladesh, and northern MyanmarHabitat loss to agriculture.

1950s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
c. 1950Little Swan Island hutiaGeocapromys thoracatusLittle Swan Island, Honduras1996 Introduced rats.
1950-1959Barbus microbarbisLake Luhondo, Rwanda2006 Introduced Tilapia and Haplochromis.
1950-1959Eriocaulon jordaniiSierra Leone coast2020 Possibly habitat destruction for rice cultivation.
1950-1959San Martín Island woodratNeotoma bryanti martinensisIsla San Martín, Mexico2008 Predation by feral cats.
1950-1959Tawi-tawi buttonquailTurnix sylvaticus suluensisJolo and Tawi-tawi, Sulu, PhilippinesPossibly deforestation and predation by introduced animals.
1951Afrocyclops paulianiAntananarivo, Madagascar1996 Undetermined.
1951Japanese sea lionZalophus japonicusJapanese Islands and Korea1994 Hunting.
1952Niceforo's pintailAnas georgica niceforoiCentral ColombiaPossibly hunting and habitat degradation.
1952Deepwater ciscoCoregonus johannaeLakes Michigan and Huron1986 Overfishing, predation by introduced lampreys, and hybridization with more common ciscoes.
1952Caribbean monk sealNeomonachus tropicalisCaribbean Sea, Bahamas, and Gulf of Mexico1994
2005
Hunting.
1952San Benedicto rock wrenSalpinctes obsoletus exsulSan Benedicto, Revillagigedo Islands, MexicoEruption of the El Boquerón vent.
1952New Mexico sharp-tailed grouseTympanuchus phasianellus hueyiNew Mexico, United StatesAridification and habitat destruction.
1953Ilin Island cloudrunnerCrateromys paulusMindoro and Ilin Islands, PhilippinesDeforestation?
1953Raycraft Ranch killifishEmpetrichthys latos concavusPahrump Valley, Nevada, United StatesPredation by introduced carps and bullfrogs.
1953Faramea chiapensisSelva Negra, Chiapas, Mexico2020 Deforestation for agriculture.
1953Negros fruit dovePtilinopus arcanusNegros Island, PhilippinesDeforestation?
1953Schizothorax saltansTalas River basin, Kazakhstan2020 Water extraction, pollution, and fisheries.
1954Maravillas red shinerCyprinella lutrensis blairiMaravillas Creek, Texas, United States1987Introduction of plains killifish.
1954Plateau chubEvarra eigenmanniChalco and Xochimilco-Tlahuac channels, Valley of Mexico1986 Habitat destruction and pollution.
1955Itombwe nightjarCaprimulgus prigogineiCentral Africa?Deforestation?
1956Coosa elktoeAlasmidonta mccordiCoosa River, Alabama, United States2000 Impoundment of the Coosa River.
1956Imperial woodpeckerCampephilus imperialisNorth-Central MexicoHunting and habitat loss.
1956Levuana mothLevuana iridescensViti Levu, Fiji1994 Introduction of the parasitic fly Bessa remota by coconut farmers, as a form of biological pest control. However, it's been argued that L. iridescens was not actually native to Fiji and that lack of post-1956 records is the result of diminished enthomological research after Fiji's independence.
1956Crescent nail-tail wallabyOnychogalea lunataWestern and central Australia1982 Predation by introduced foxes and feral cats, human-induced habitat degradation.
1957Thicktail chubGila crassicaudaCalifornia Central Valley and San Francisco Bay, United States1986 Habitat destruction for agriculture and introduced fish.
1957Scioto madtomNoturus trautmaniBig Darby Creek, Ohio, United States2013 Undetermined.
1957Hainan ormosiaOrmosia howiiHainan and Guangdong, China1998 Possibly deforestation for agriculture.
1958Pahrump Ranch poolfishEmpetrichthys latos pahrumpNye County, Nevada, United StatesHabitat destruction by excessive water pumping.
1958Blue PikeStizostedion vitreum glaucumLake Erie, Ontario, and Niagara River1983Overfishing and hybridization with walleye.
1958Sandhills crayfishProcambarus angustatusSand Hills, Georgia, United States2006
1959Rennell Island tealAnas gibberifrons remissiaRennell Island, Solomon IslandsCompetition with introduced Tilapia.
1959Santa Barbara song sparrowMelospiza melodia gramineaSanta Barbara Island, California, United States1983Wildfire.

1960s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
c. 1960Lesser bilbyMacrotis leucuraDeserts of Australia1982 Probably predation by introduced cats and red foxes, and changes to the fire regime.
1960Candango mouseJuscelinomys candangoBrasília, Brazil2008 Urban sprawl.
1960-1969Pantanodon madagascariensisMahambo, Madagascar2004 Introduced Gambusia.
1960-1969Syr Darya sturgeonPseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoiSyr Darya riverDraining of the Aral Sea.
1961Northern white-winged apalisApalis chariessa chariessaLower Tana river, KenyaDeforestation.
1961Viesca mud turtleKinosternon hirtipes megacephalumSouthwestern Coahuila, MexicoAridification.
1961Semper's warblerLeucopeza semperiSt Lucia mountainsPredation by introduced Javan mongooses.
1961Durango shinerNotropis aulidionTunal river, Durango, Mexico1990 Pollution and introduced species.
1961Zacatecas Worthen's sparrowSpizella wortheni browniNorthwest Zacatecas, Mexico1991Habitat destruction caused by agriculture, overgrazing, cattle-induced erosion, and decline of native herbivores.
1961-1963KākāwahieParoreomyza flammeaMolokai, Hawaii, United States1979
1994
Probably habitat destruction and introduced disease.
1962Du Toit's torrent frogArthroleptides dutoitiKenya-Uganda borderPossibly habitat degradation and chytridiomycosis.
1962Red-bellied gracile opossumCryptonanus ignitusJujuy, Argentina2008 Habitat loss to agriculture and industry development.
1962Saint Helena darterSympetrum dilatatumSaint Helena1996-2021 Probably deforestation and predation by extinct aquatic carnivores including the African clawed frog.
1963Eskimo curlewNumenius borealisNorthwestern Canada and Alaska, and Southern ConeHunting and habitat destruction.
1963Ptychochromis onilahyOnilahy River, Madagascar2004 Overfishing, deforestation leading to increased sedimentation, and competition with introduced tilapias.
1964Hawaii chaff flowerAchyranthes atollensisThe atolls Kure, Midway, Pearl and Hermes, and Laysan of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, United States2003 Habitat loss due to the construction of military installations.
1964Barbodes disaLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Overfishing and predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
1964Katapa-tapaBarbodes flavifuscusLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Overfishing and predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
1964KandarBarbodes lanaoensisLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Overfishing and predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
1964BitunguBarbodes pachycheilusLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Overfishing and predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
1964Barbodes palataLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Overfishing and predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
1964BaganganBarbodes resimusLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Overfishing and predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
1964South Island snipeCoenocorypha iredaleiSouth and Stewart islands, New Zealand2014 Predation by introduced animals.
1964[Kiyi|Lake Lake Ontario|Ontario kiyi]Coregonus kiyi orientalisLake OntarioOverfishing, introduction of exotic species, eutrophication, and water pollution.
1964Goldman's yellow railCoturnicops noveboracensis goldmaniLerma River, MexicoUndetermined.
1964Rio Grande bluntnose shinerNotropis simus simusUpper Rio GrandePossibly habitat degradation and introduced species.
1964Crested shelduckTadorna cristataPrimorye, Hokkaido, and Korea;
Northeastern China?
Undetermined.
1965Turgid blossomEpioblasma turgidulaSouthern Appalachians and Cumberland Plateau, United StatesDamming and water pollution.
1966Independence Valley tui chubGila bicolor isolataWarm Springs, Nevada, United StatesPredation by introduced species.
1967Narrow catspawEpioblasma leniorTennessee River system, United States1983-2000 Damming.
1967Saint Helena earwigLabidura herculeanaSaint Helena2014 Predation by introduced animals.
1967New Zealand greater short-tailed batMystacina robustaNew Zealand1988 Predation by introduced Polynesian and black rats.
1968Amistad gambusiaGambusia amistadensisGoodenough Spring, Texas, United States1986
1987
Flooding of the spring by the Amistad Reservoir, hybridization and predation.
1968San Clemente wrenThryomanes bewickii leucophrysSan Clemente, Channel Islands of California, United StatesVegetation destruction by introduced goats and sheep.
1968Guam flying foxPteropus tokudaeGuam2004 Hunting and predation by the introduced brown tree snake.
1969Kauaʻi ʻakialoaAkialoa stejnegeriKauai, Hawaii, United States2016 Possibly habitat destruction and introduced disease.
1969Blackfin ciscoCoregonus nigripinnisLakes Michigan and Huron1996 Overfishing, predation by introduced sea lampreys, and hybridization with other ciscoes.
1969Tubercled blossomEpioblasma torulosa torulosaTennessee and Ohio River systems, United StatesImpoundment, siltation, and pollution.
1969-1970KoupreyBos sauveliNortheastern CambodiaHunting.

1970s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
c. 1970Socorro elf owlMicrathene whitneyi graysoniSocorro, Revillagigedo Islands, MexicoHabitat degradation.
1970Mexican daceEvarra bustamanteiXochimilco-Tlahuac channels, Mexico1983 Habitat destruction and pollution.
1970Endorheic chubEvarra tlahuacensisLake Chalco, Valley of Mexico1983 Habitat destruction and pollution.
1970Saudi gazelleGazella saudiyaArabian Peninsula2006 Hunting.
1970Clear Lake splittailPogonichthys ciscoidesClear Lake and its tributaries, California, United States1986 Habitat destruction and pollution from agriculture.
1970-1979Pagan reed warblerAcrocephalus yamashinaePagan, Northern Mariana Islands1981
2016
Habitat destruction and predation by introduced rats and cats.
1970-1979AcornshellEpioblasma haysianaTennessee and Cumberland River systems, United States1994 Exposure to domestic sewage.
1970-1979Western Turner's eremomelaEremomela turneri kalindeiSoutheast D. R. Congo and southwest UgandaDeforestation.
1970-1979Nubian wild assEquus africanus africanusNubian DesertHunting and competition with livestock.
1970-1989Aplocheilichthys sp. nov. 'NaivashaLake Naivasha, Kenya2004 Competition and predation by introduced fish.
c. 1971Santa Cruz pupfishCyprinodon arcuatusSanta Cruz River, Arizona, United States2011 Introduction of largemouth bass in 1968-1969.
1971Ticao Tarictic hornbillPenelopidis panini ticaensisTicao Island, PhilippinesHabitat destruction.
1972Tecopa pupfishCyprinodon nevadensis calidaeTecopa Hot Springs, California, United States1994Habitat degradation and introduced bluegill sunfish and mosquito fish.
1972Tropical acidweedDesmarestia tropicaGalápagos Islands, EcuadorUndetermined.
1972Mason River myrtleMyrcia skeldingiiMason River, Jamaica1998 Undetermined.
1972BushwrenXenicus longipesNew Zealand1994 Predation by introduced cats, rats, weasels, and stoats.
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1973Caspian tigerPanthera tigris vigrataCentral and Western Asia2007 Hunting and habitat destruction. Genetics do not support subspecific differentiation with extant mainland tigers.
1973Moorea reed warblerAcrocephalus longirostrisMoorea, Society Islands, French Polynesia1987Possibly predation by introduced animals, deforestation, or avian malaria.
1973BitunguBarbodes truncatulusLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
Bar-winged railHypotaenidia poecilopteraFiji1994 Predation by introduced cats and mongooses.-
Guadeloupe house wrenTroglodytes aedon guadeloupensisGuadeloupeDeforestation.-
1974Barbodes herreiLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
1974Vanua Levu long-legged thicketbirdCincloramphus rufus clunieiVanua Levu, FijiUndetermined.
1974Flores railLewinia pectoralis exsulSouth and west Flores, IndonesiaUndetermined.
1974Aragua robber frogPristimantis anotisHenri Pittier National Park, Aragua, VenezuelaChytridiomycosis?
1975BaganganBarbodes clemensiLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
1975BitunguBarbodes palaemophagusLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
1975Round Island burrowing boaBolyeria multocarinataRound Island, Mauritius?1996 Habitat degradation by introduced goats and rabbits.
1975Longjaw ciscoCoregonus alpenaeLakes Michigan, Huron, and Erie1986 Overfishing, predation by introduced sea lampreys, and hybridization with introduced ciscoes.
1975Phantom shinerNotropis orcaRio Grande1986 Possibly habitat loss, hybridization with the bluntnose shiner, and introduction of exotic fishes.
1976Barbodes trasLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
1976Jalpa false brook salamanderPseudoeurycea exspectataCerro Miramundo, Jalapa, Guatemala2020 Possibly logging and cattle grazing.
1976Mexican grizzly bearUrsus arctos nelsoniAridoamericaHunting.
1977Barbodes katoloLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
1977Barbodes manalakLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
1977Gonâve eastern chat-tanagerCalyptophilus frugivorus abbottiGonâve Island, HaitiDeforestation.
1977Colombian grebePodiceps andinusBogotá wetlands, Colombia1994 Habitat loss, pollution, hunting, and predation of chicks by introduced rainbow trout.
1977Eiao monarchPomarea fluxaEiao, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia2006 Possibly predation by introduced cats, black rats, and Polynesian rats; disease transmitted by introduced chestnut-breasted mannikin, and habitat loss due to grazing by sheep.
1978Craugastor myllomyllonFinca Volcán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala2020 Habitat destruction for agriculture.
1978White-eyed river martinEurochelidon sirintaraeCentral ThailandHunting and habitat loss.
1978Little earth hutiaMesocapromys sanfelipensisKey Juan García, CubaHunting, man-made fires, and competition with black rats.
1979Yunnan lake newtCynops wolterstorffiKunming Lake, Yunnan, China2005 Pollution, habitat destruction, and introduced fish and frog species.
1979Mount Glorious day frogTaudactylus diurnusSoutheast Queensland, Australia2008 Undetermined.
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1980s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
1980OlomaʻoMyadestes lanaiensisMaui, Lana'i, and Molokai, HawaiiDisease and habitat degradation caused by introduced pigs, axis deer, and mosquitos.
1980-1985Roberts's lechweKobus leche robertsiLuongo and Kalungwishi drainage systems, Luapula, Zambia1994 Undetermined.
1981Anabarilius macrolepisYilong Lake, Yunnan, China2011 Drying of the lake for 20 days, after excessive water abstraction for agriculture.
1981Mariana mallardAnas platyrhynchos oustaletiMariana Islands2005 Hunting and habitat loss to agriculture.
1981Yilong carpCyprinus yilongensisYilong Lake, Yunnan, China1996 Drying of the lake after excessive water abstraction for agriculture.
1981Canary Islands oystercatcherHaematopus meadewaldoiLanzarote and Fuerteventura, Spain; Senegal1994 Overharvesting of intertidal invertebrates.
1981Puhielelu hibiscadelphusHibiscadelphus crucibracteatusLana'i, Hawaii, United States1998 Predation by introduced axis deer.
1981Bishop's ʻōʻōMoho bishopiMolokai, Hawaii, United States2000 Habitat loss to agriculture and livestock grazing, followed by the introduction of black rats and disease-carrying mosquitos.
1981Southern gastric-brooding frogRheobatrachus silusSoutheast Queensland, Australia2006 Undetermined, possibly chytridiomycosis.
1982-1983Galápagos damselAzurina eupalamaGalápagos Islands, Ecuador1982-83 El Niño event.
1982PaitBarbodes amarusLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Predation by introduced fishes.
1982Samaná eastern chat-tanagerCalyptophilus frugivorus frugivorusSamaná Peninsula, Dominican RepublicDeforestation.
1983San Marcos gambusiaGambusia georgeiSan Marcos spring and river, Texas, United States2021 Reduced flow and pollution from agriculture, introduced fishes and plants, and hybridization with Gambusia affinis.
198324-rayed sunstarHeliaster solarisGalápagos Islands, Ecuador1982-83 El Niño event.
1983Japanese otterLutra nipponHonshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku, Japan2012Hunting and habitat loss.
1983Guam flycatcherMyiagra freycinetiGuam2004
2005
Predation by the introduced brown tree snake.
1983Aldabra brush-warblerNesillas aldabranaMalabar Island, Seychelles1994 Possibly predation by introduced cats and rats, and habitat degradation by goats and tortoises.
1983Guam bridled white-eyeZosterops conspicillatus conspicillatusGuamPredation by introduced brown tree snakes.
1983-1986Atitlán grebePodilymbus gigasLake Atitlán, Guatemala1990 Predation and competition with introduced largemouth bass, water level fall after the 1976 Guatemala earthquake, and degradation of breeding sites due to reed-cutting and tourism development.
1984Green blossomEpioblasma torulosa gubernaculumTennessee River system, United StatesImpoundment, siltation, and pollution.
1984Javan tigerPanthera tigris sondaicaJava, Indonesia2010 Hunting and habitat loss. Genetics do not support subspecies differentiation with the extant Sumatran tiger; if placed in the same subspecies, this would have the name P. t. sondaica due to being older.
1984Guam rufous fantailRhipidura rufifrons uraniaeGuamPredation by introduced brown tree snakes.
c. 1985California condor louseColpocephalum californiciNorth AmericaDelousing of all surviving California condors before beginning their captive breeding program.
1985Timucua heart lichenCora timucuaFlorida, United StatesHabitat destruction for urban development.
1985Christmas Island shrewCrocidura trichuraChristmas Island, AustraliaUndetermined.
1985KāmaʻoMyadestes myadestinusKauai, Hawaii, United States2004 Habitat loss and disease spread by introduced mosquitos.
1985Ua Pou monarchPomarea miraUa Pou, Marquesas, French PolynesiaDeforestation and predation by introduced black rats.
1985Northern gastric-brooding frogRheobatrachus vitellinusMid-eastern Queensland, Australia2015 Undetermined, possibly chytridiomycosis.
1985Alaotra grebeTachybaptus rufolavatusLake Alaotra, Madagascar2010 Hunting, accidental capture in nylon gillnets, predation and competition with introduced largemouth bass, striped snakehead, and Tilapia; habitat degradation from agriculture, and hybridization with the little grebe.
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1986Formosan clouded leopardNeofelis nebulosa brachyuraTaiwan2013Hunting. Subspecific status has been denied on morphological and genetic grounds.
1986Pass stubfoot toadAtelopus senexCentral Costa Rica2020 Possibly chytridiomycosis or climate change.
1986Zanzibar leopardPanthera pardus adersiUnguja Island, TanzaniaExtermination campaign. The subspecies has been subsumed into the extant African leopard on morphological grounds.
1986Eastern Canary Islands chiffchaffPhylloscopus canariensis exsulLanzarote and Fuerteventura?, Canary IslandsHabitat loss?
1987Banff longnose daceRhinichthys cataractae smithiBanff National Park, Alberta, Canada1987Habitat degradation, competition and hybridization with introduced fishes.
1987Dusky seaside sparrowAmmospiza maritima nigrescensMerritt Island and the St. Johns River, Florida, United States1990Flooding and draining of marshes to reduce mosquito population.
1987Cuban ivory-billed woodpeckerCampephilus principalis bairdiiCubaHabitat loss.
1987Kauaʻi ʻōʻōMoho braccatusKauaʻi, Hawaii, United States2021 Habitat loss and introduced black rats, pigs, and disease-carrying mosquitos. The last female was killed by Hurricane Iwa during the 1982-1983 El Niño event.
1987Namibcypris costataSouthern Kaokoveld, Namibia1996 Habitat destruction.
1988Maui ʻakepaLoxops ochraceusMaui, Hawaii, United StatesUndetermined.
1988Bachman's warblerVermivora bachmaniiSoutheastern United States and CubaHabitat destruction from swampland draining and sugarcane agriculture.
1989Golden toadIncilius periglenesMonteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica2005 Anthropogenic global warming, chytridiomycosis, and airborne pollution.
1989Jamaican golden swallowTachycineta euchrysea euchryseaJamaicaDeforestation?
1989Malabar large-spotted civetViverra civettinaWestern Ghats, IndiaPossibly deforestation, hunting, and predation by domestic dogs.

1990s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
1990Nechisar nightjarCaprimulgus solalaNechisar National Park, EthiopiaUndetermined.
1990Long jaw tristamellaTristramella sacraSea of Galilee, Israel2014 Drying of the marshy northern part of the lake, destroying its spawning ground and breeding habitat.
1990-1999Magdalena tinamouCrypturellus erythropus saltuariusMagdalena River Valley, ColombiaUndetermined.
1991BaolanBarbodes baoulanLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Predation by introduced fishes.
1991Alvarez's dwarf crayfishCambarellus alvareziPotosí Spring, Nuevo León, Mexico2010 Water abstraction
1992Splendid poison frogOophaga speciosaWestern PanamaChytridiomycosis.
1993Moroccan bustardArdeotis arabs lynesiWestern MoroccoUndetermined.
1993Angel Island mousePeromyscus guardiaIsla Ángel de la Guarda, Baja California, MexicoCompetition with introduced rodents and predation by cats.
1994Pachnodus velutinusMahé, Seychelles2000 Hybridization with Pachnodus niger.
1995Aguijan reed warblerAcrocephalus nijoiAguijan, Mariana Islands2000-2009
2016
Habitat destruction.
1995Maui nukupu'uHemignathus affinisMaui, Hawaii, United StatesUndetermined.
1996Chiriqui harlequin frogAtelopus chiriquiensisTalamanca-Chiriqui mountains, Costa Rica2020 Chytridiomycosis.
1996Norfolk Island boobookNinox novaeseelandiae undulataNorfolk Island, AustraliaDeforestation leading to increased competition for nest-hollows with honeybees and crimson rosellas. Descendants of hybrids with the New Zealand subspecies survive in the island.
1996Barbary leopardPanthera pardus pantheraAtlas MountainsHunting. The subspecies has been subsumed into the extant African leopard on morphological grounds.
1996Swollen Raiatea Tree SnailPartula turgidaRaiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia1996 Predation by introduced rosy wolfsnails.
1997Green and red venter harlequin toadAtelopus pinangoiMérida, VenezuelaChytridiomicosis, habitat destruction, and predation by introduced trout.
1997Sangihe dwarf kingfisherCeyx fallax sangirensisSangihe Islands, IndonesiaHabitat destruction.
1997Sakaraha pygmy kingfisherCorythornis madagascariensis dilutusSouthwestern MadagascarUndetermined.
1997Iberian lynx louseFelicola isidoroiIberian PeninsulaUndetermined.
1999BogardillaSqualius palaciosiAndújar, Spain2022 Damming and the introduction of invasive species.

3rd millennium CE

21st century

2000s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
2000Pyrenean ibexCapra pyrenaica pyrenaicaPyrenees;
Cantabrian Mountains?
2000 Hunting, competition for pastures and diseases from exotic and domestic ungulates.
2000Wellington's solitary coralRhizopsammia wellingtoniGalápagos Islands, Ecuador1982-1983 El Niño event.
2000-2006White-chested white-eyeZosterops albogularisNorfolk Island, Australia2022 Deforestation and competition with the silvereye, introduced in 1904.
2000-2010Beaver pond marstoniaMarstonia castorLake Blackshear, Georgia, United States2017Pollution and urban development.
2001Glaucous macawAnodorhynchus glaucusBorder area of Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, and UruguayDeforestation for agriculture and livestock grazing, particularly of the Yatay palm in which it fed.
2001Slender-billed curlewNumenius tenuirostrisWestern Eurasia and northern Africa2024 Hunting and habitat destruction.
2001Pernambuco pygmy owlGlaucidium mooreorumPernambuco, BrazilHabitat destruction.
2001Giant Atlas barbelLabeobarbus reiniiOued Ksob and Tensift Rivers, Morocco2022 Water pollution and unsustainable water extraction.
2002Chinese river dolphinLipotes vexilliferMiddle and lower Yangtze, China2007Fishing, habitat destruction, and vessel strikes.
2002Polynesian tree snailPartula labruscaRaiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia2007 Predation by introduced rosy wolfsnails.
2003Osgood's Ethiopian toadAltiphrynoides osgoodiSouth-central Ethiopian mountainsHabitat degradation.
2003Saint Helena oliveNesiota ellipticaSaint Helena2004 Deforestation for fuel and timber, and use of the land for plantations of New Zealand flax, leading to inbreeding depression and fungal infections from reduced numbers.
2003Chinese paddlefishPsephurus gladiusYangtze and Yellow River basins, China2018 Overfishing and construction of the Gezhouba Dam blocking the anadromous spawning migration
2003Plectostoma sciaphilumMalaysia2015 Limestone quarrying.
2004Po'ouliMelamprosops phaeosomaEastern Maui, Hawaii, United States2017 Introduced avian malaria and predators.
2004Cozumel thrasherToxostoma guttatumCozumel, Yucatán Peninsula, MexicoHurricanes Roxanne, Emily, and Wilma.
2005Cahaba pebblesnailClappia cahabensisCahaba River, Alabama, United States2021 Water pollution.
2006Western black rhinocerosDiceros bicornis longipesSouth Sudan to Nigerian-Niger border area2011 Hunting.
2007South Island kōkakoCallaeas cinereusSouth Island, New ZealandHabitat destruction from logging and grazing ungulates, and predation by introduced black rats, brush-tailed possums, and stoats.
2007Cryptic TreehunterCichlocolaptes mazarbarnettiNortheastern Brazil2019 Extensive habitat loss due to logging and sugar cane production.
2007Telmatobius mendelsoniPeruChytridiomycosis.
2008LindogBarbodes lindogLake Lanao, Mindanao, Philippines2020 Predation by introduced tank goby and ornate sleeper.
2008Barada spring minnowPseudophoxinus syriacusLebanon and SyriaDraining of the Barada river.
2009Bramble Cay melomysMelomys rubicolaBramble Cay, Australia2015 Sea level rise as a consequence of global warming.
2009Christmas Island pipistrellePipistrellus murrayiChristmas Island, Australia2017 Undetermined.

2010s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
2010Vietnamese rhinocerosRhinoceros sondaicus annamiticusSouth China and Indochina2011 Hunting.
2010Lake Oku puddle frogPhrynobatrachus njiomockLake Oku, CameroonIntroduction of exotic fish.
2010Tora hartebeestAlcelaphus buselaphus toraEritrea and EthiopiaHabitat loss and poaching.
2011Alagoas foliage-gleanerPhilydor novaesiAlagoas and Pernambuco, Brazil2019 Deforestation.
2012Pinta Island tortoiseChelonoidis abingdoniiPinta, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador2012 Hunting and overgrazing by introduced goats. Hybrid descendants exist in other Galapagos islands, as a result of human intervention.
2012Parras pupfishCyprinodon latifasciatusLaguna de Mayrán basin, Coahuila, MexicoUndetermined.
2014Christmas Island forest skinkEmoia nativitatisChristmas Island, Australia2017 Habitat loss to mining and predation by introduced Indian wolf snake and yellow crazy ant.
2014Catarina pupfishMegupsilon aporusNuevo León, Mexico2018 Overexploitation and habitat disruption.
2016Captain Cook's bean snailPartula fabaRaiatea and Tahaʻa, Society Islands, French Polynesia2016Introduction of the Giant African land snail, an invasive species.
2016Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrogEcnomiohyla rabborumEl Valle de Antón, Panama2016Chytridiomycosis.
2019Oahu tree snailAchatinella apexfulvaOahu, Hawaii, United States2019Predation by introduced rosy wolfsnails.

2020s

Last recordCommon nameBinomial nameFormer rangeDeclared extinctCauses
c. 2020Garrett's rustic tree snailPartula garrettii rusticaRaiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia2022 Predation by introduced rosy wolfsnails.
c. 2020Thalia's tree snailPartula garrettii thaliaRaiatea, Society Islands, French Polynesia2022 Predation by introduced rosy wolfsnails.
c. 2020Banksia montana mealybugPseudococcus markharveyiWestern AustraliaHabitat loss and the deforestation of its host, the Banksia montana shrub.
2020-2022Mollinedia myrianthaRio de Janeiro, BrazilDeforestation.
2023Campo Grande tree frogBoana cymbalumBrazil2023 Habitat loss and deforestation.