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List of extinct animals

Prehistoric extinctions

A large number of historical orders are extinct, e.g. dinosaurs, pterosaurs and ammonites, probably wiped out by meteor or asteroid strikes, in various Epochs.

Historic extinctions

• Pleistocene Megafauna

Common Era Extinctions (Mammals and birds)

Europe, incomplete list

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

See also List of extinct animals of the British Isles.

North America, (43 bird species, 39 mammal species in the USA)

• List of extinct animals of the United States

Central and South America, incomplete list

• Caribbean Monk Seal (1922)
• Falkland Island Fox (1876)

Africa

• Blue Antelope (1799)
• Quagga (1883)
• Barbary Lion (1912)
• Cape Lion (1860)

Mauritius and neighbouring islands

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

Asia

• Schomburgk's Deer (1932)

Oceania

• Extinct Australian animals

New Zealand, incomplete list

• Moa (1770s)
• Harpagornis

Endangered Species

See: endangered species

No Longer Considered Extinct

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

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