List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene
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This is a list of North American animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE)Template:Efn-ua and continues to the present day.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Recently extinct animals in the West Indies and Hawaii are in their own respective lists.
Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.
Mammals (class Mammalia)
Armadillos, pampatheres, and glyptodonts (order Cingulata)
Chlamyphorid armadillos and glyptodonts (family Chlamyphoridae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North American glyptodont<ref name="Martin">Template:Cite book</ref> | Glyptotherium cylindricum | Gulf of Mexico coast to northeastern Brazil | Most recent remains at Quetzaltenango, Guatemala dated to 9948-9306 BCE.<ref name="Stinnesbeck">Stinnesbeck, S.R. (2020) Mexican Fossil Ground Sloths: A Case Study for Late Pleistocene Megafaunal Turnover in the Mexican Corridor. Doctoral dissertation.</ref> | File:Glyptotheriumm.jpg |
Anteaters and sloths (order Pilosa)
Megalonychid ground sloths (family Megalonychidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jefferson's ground sloth | Megalonyx jeffersonii | Alaska to northern Mexico | Most recent remains dated to 9540-9420 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo"/> | File:Megalonyx jeffersonii - Natural History Museum of Utah - DSC07263.JPG |
| Xibalbaonyx oviceps | Puerto Morelos, Mexico | Most recent remains at El Zapote cenote dated to 8697-8355 BCE.<ref name="Stinnesbeck"/> |
Mylodonts (family Mylodontidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlan's ground sloth | Paramylodon harlani | Mexico, Southern and Western United States | Most recent remains dated to 9880-8280 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo"/> | File:Paramylodon by Cheverlange.jpg |
Nothrotheriid ground sloths (family Nothrotheriidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shasta ground sloth | Nothrotheriops shastensis | California to Yucatan | Most recent remains dated to 8725-8175 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo"/> | File:Nothrotheriops shastensis.jpg |
Elephant-like mammals (order Proboscidea)
Gomphotheres (family Gomphotheriidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuvier's gomphothere<ref>Lucas, S. G. Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico - A brief history. Vertebrate Paleontology in New Mexico: Bulletin 68, 68, 1.</ref> | Cuvieronius hyodon | Central America, northern and central Andes | Most recent remains at Estanzuela, Guatemala dated to 9117-8793 BCE.<ref name="Stinnesbeck"/> | File:Cuvieronius.jpg |
Mastodons (family Mammutidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American mastodon | Mammut americanum | North America | Most recent remains dated to 7110-6810 BCE.<ref name="Araujo"/> | File:Mammut americanum Sergiodlarosa.jpg |
Elephants and mammoths (family Elephantidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbian mammoth | Mammuthus columbi | Southern and Western United States, and northern Mexico | Most recent remains dated to 8080-7700 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo"/> | File:Archidiskodon imperator121.jpg |
| Pygmy mammoth | Mammuthus exilis | Santa Rosae island, California | Most recent remains dated to 9130-9030 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo"/> | File:M. exilis skeletal.png |
| Woolly mammoth | Mammuthus primigenius | Northern Eurasia and North America | Most recent remains at St. Paul, Alaska dated to 3635-3580 BCE.<ref>Graham, R.W. et al. (2016). Timing and causes of mid-Holocene mammoth extinction on St. Paul Island, Alaska. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(33), 9310-9314.</ref> | File:Victoria.Mammut.P1033804.jpg |
Sea cows (order Sirenia)
Dugongs (family Dugongidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steller's sea cow | Hydrodamalis gigas | Bering Sea | Most recent remains at Kiska, Alaska dated to 1710-1785 CE.<ref>Domning, D. P., Thomason, J., & Corbett, D. G. (2007). "Steller's sea cow in the Aleutian Islands". Marine Mammal Science, 23 (4), 976-983.</ref> | File:Em - Hydrodamalis gigas model.jpg |
Lagomorphs (order Lagomorpha)
Pikas (family Ochotonidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Giant pika | Ochotona whartoni | Northern North America and possibly northeastern Siberia | Most recent remains dated to 8301-7190 BCE.<ref name="Turvey">Template:Cite book</ref> |
Rodents (order Rodentia)
Beavers (family Castoridae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giant beaver | Castoroides ohioensis | North America | Most recent remains at Wayne County, New York dated to 8250-8150 BCE.<ref name="Feranec">Feranec, R.S., & Kozlowski, A.L. (2010) "AMS radiocarbon dates from Pleistocene and Holocene mammals housed in the New York state museum, Albany, New York, USA". Radiocarbon, 52 (1), 205-208.</ref> | File:Castoroides Knight 1.jpg |
Hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice (family Cricetidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gull Island vole | Microtus pennsylvanicus nesophilus | Great Gull Island, New York | Disappeared around 1900, when the Harbor Defenses of Long Island Sound were built.<ref>Williams, J. D., & Dodd Jr, C. K. (1978). "Importance of wetlands to endangered and threatened species". In Wetland Functions and Values: The State of Our Understanding, 565-575.</ref> | |
| Anthony's woodrat | Neotoma bryanti anthonyi | Isla Todos Santos, Mexico | Last recorded in 1926. Extinct due to predation by introduced feral cats.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| Bunker's woodrat | Neotoma bryanti bunkeri | Coronados Islands, Mexico | Last recorded in 1931. Likely extinct due to depletion of food sources and predation by introduced cats.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| San Martín Island woodrat | Neotoma bryanti martinensis | Isla San Martín, Mexico | Last recorded in the 1950s. Extinct due to predation by introduced cats.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| Nelson's rice rat | Oryzomys nelsoni | María Madre Island, Mexico | Last recorded in 1897. Possibly extinct due to introduced black rats.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Oryzomys nelsoni dorsal.png |
| Giant island deer mouse | Peromyscus nesodytes | Channel Islands of California | Most recent remains at Cave of the Chimneys, San Miguel Island, dated to around 950 CE. If the species survived into colonial times it might have become extinct due to overgrazing, increased wind and water erosion destroying its natural habitat.<ref>Ainis, A. F., & Vellanoweth, R. L. (2012). "Expanding the chronology for the extinct giant island deer mouse (Peromyscus nesodytes) on San Miguel Island, California, USA". The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 7 (1), 146-152.</ref> | |
| Pallid beach mouse | Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus | Coastal Florida | Last recorded in 1946. Extinct due to extensive habitat loss.<ref name="Hafner">Hafner, D.J. (1998) North American Rodents: Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN, 171 pages.</ref> |
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Island mouse | Peromyscus guardia | Isla Ángel de la Guarda, Mexico and nearby islets | Last collected on Ángel de la Guarda in 1993. Declined due to competition with introduced rodents, and predation by cats.<ref name="pguardia">Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Puebla deer mouse | Peromyscus mekisturus | Southeast Puebla, Mexico | Last recorded in 1957. Possibly extinct due to habitat degradation caused by agriculture or climate change.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Gophers (family Geomyidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goff's pocket gopher | Geomys pinetis goffi | Pineda Ridge, Florida | Last recorded in 1955.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Tacoma pocket gopher | Thomomys mazama tacomensis | Tacoma-Steilacoom, Washington area | Last collected in 1962. Extinct due to habitat alteration through residential development and gravel mining.<ref name="Hafner"/> |
Carnivorans (order Carnivora)
Cats (family Felidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American lion | Panthera atrox | British Columbia to Central America | Most recent remains at Edmonton, Alberta dated to 9405 BCE.<ref>Stuart, A. J., & Lister, A. M. (2011). Extinction chronology of the cave lion Panthera spelaea. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(17-18), 2329-2340.</ref> | File:Panthera leo atrox Sergiodlarosa 1.jpg |
| North American sabertooth cat | Smilodon fatalis | Southern Alberta to northwestern South America | Most recent remains dated to 7615-7305 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo"/> | File:Smilodon fatalis.jpg |
Locally extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern cougar | Population of the North American cougar (Puma concolor couguar) | Eastern North America | Last confirmed individual trapped in Somerset County, Maine in 1938.<ref>Bolgiano, C. & Roberts, J. (2005) The Eastern Cougar: Historic Accounts, Scientific Investigations, and New Evidence. Stackpole Books, 246 pages.</ref> Though named as a distinct subspecies in 1946, genetic research indicates that no population of North American cougars is different enough to warrant subspecies status.<ref>Template:Cite bioRxiv</ref> | File:EasternCougar.jpg |
Dogs (family Canidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dire wolf | Aenocyon dirus | North America and western South America | Most recent remains at Rancho La Brea, California dated to 10208-8718 BCE.<ref name = "Finkelman">Template:Cite thesis</ref> | File:The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (Aenocyon dirus) transparent.png |
| Kenai Peninsula wolf | Canis lupus alces | Kenai Peninsula, Alaska | Exterminated through hunting, trapping, and poisoning by 1915. Wolves recolonized the Peninsula in 1962, a decade after predator eradication efforts were reduced.<ref>Bangs, E.E. et al. (1982) "Effects of increased human populations on wildlife resources of the Kenai Peninsula". In Transactions of the Forty-Seventh North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference, ed. Kenneth Sabol (Washington, D.C., 1982)</ref> | |
| Newfoundland wolf | Canis lupus beothucus | Newfoundland | Last known individual killed in 1896.<ref>Glover, A. (1942) Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Western Hemisphere, With the Marine Species of All the Oceans. American Committee for International Wild Life Protection, pp. 205-206.</ref> | File:Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate III) C. l. beothocus mod.jpg |
| Banks Island wolf | Canis lupus bernardi | Banks Island, Northwest Territories | Last recorded between 1918 and 1952.<ref name=Carbyn>Carbyn, L.N. et al. (1995) Ecology and Conservation of Wolves in a Changing World. University of Alberta Press, 620 pages.</ref> Considered a synonym of the arctic wolf (C. l. arctos) by some authors on morphological grounds.<ref name = "Chambers">Chambers, S. M., Fain, S. R., Fazio, B., & Amaral, M. (2012). "An account of the taxonomy of North American wolves from morphological and genetic analyses". North American Fauna, (77), 1-67.</ref> | File:Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate III) C. l. bernardi mod.jpg |
| Cascade Mountains wolf | Canis lupus fuscus | Pacific Northwest | Last recorded in 1940.<ref name="Bergman"/> Considered a synonym of the Great Plains wolf (C. l. nubilus) by some authors.<ref name = "Chambers"/> | File:Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate IV) C. l. fuscus mod.jpg |
| Mogollon mountain wolf | Canis lupus mogollonensis | Arizona | Last recorded in 1935.<ref name="Bergman"/> Considered a synonym of the Great Plains wolf (C. l. nubilus) or the Mexican wolf (C. l. baileyi) by different authors.<ref name = "Chambers"/> | File:Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate III) C. l. mogollonensis mod.jpg |
| Texas gray wolf | Canis lupus monstrabilis | Texas | Last recorded in 1942.<ref name="Bergman"/> Considered a synonym of the Mexican wolf (C. l. baileyi) by some authors.<ref name = "Chambers"/> | File:Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate III) C. l. monstrabilis mod.jpg |
| Southern Rocky Mountain wolf | Canis lupus youngi | Southern Rocky Mountains | Last recorded in 1935.<ref name="Bergman">Template:Cite book</ref> | File:Dogs, jackals, wolves, and foxes (Plate III) C. l. youngi mod.jpg |
| Florida black wolf | Canis rufus floridanus | Eastern United States | Extinct by 1920 as a result of deliberate eradication efforts, habitat destruction, and loss of prey.<ref name="Parker">Parker, W.T. (1990) Red Wolf Recovery Plan. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 110 pages.</ref> | File:Blackwolfdog.jpg |
| Gregory's wolf | Canis rufus gregoryi | Lower Mississippi Valley<ref>Nowak, R. M. (2002). The original status of wolves in eastern North America. Southeastern Naturalist, 1(2), 95-130.</ref> | The last individuals may have hybridized with coyotes, whose post-1930 expansion eastward was facilitated by deforestation.<ref name = "Parker"/> | File:The Wolves of North America (1944) Canis rufus gregoryi.png |
| Southern California kit fox | Vulpes macrotis macrotis | Southern California coast | Last collected in 1903.<ref>Clark Jr, H. O. (2011). "The history of arid-land fox discoveries in North America". Archives of Natural History, 38 (2), 300-312.</ref> |
Extinct in the wild
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican wolf | Canis lupus baileyi | Southwestern United States and northern Mexico | Extirpated from the wild in the early 1970s and reintroduced in 1998.<ref>Hendricks, S. A., Clee, P. R. S., Harrigan, R. J., Pollinger, J. P., Freedman, A. H., Callas, R., ... & Wayne, R. K. (2016). "Re-defining historical geographic range in species with sparse records: implications for the Mexican wolf reintroduction program". Biological Conservation, 194, 48-57.</ref> | File:Mexican Wolf 2 yfb-edit 1.jpg |
| Texas red wolf | Canis rufus rufus | Central Texas to southern Louisiana | Extinct in the wild by 1980 and introduced (in lieu of the extinct subspecies) to eastern North Carolina in 1987. The species is threatened by human persecution and hybridization with coyotes.<ref name=redwolf>Template:Cite iucn</ref> Declined as a result of deliberate eradication efforts, habitat destruction, and hybridization with the coyote.<ref name = "Parker"/> | File:Red wolf (4531335218).jpg |
Bears (family Ursidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giant short-faced bear | Arctodus simus | North America | Most recent remains dated to 8995-8845 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo">de Alvarenga Araujo, B. B. (2013) Pleistocene-Holocene Extinctions: Distinguishing Between Anthropic and Climatic Causes.</ref> | File:ArctodusSimusReconstruct.jpg |
Locally extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California grizzly bear | Population of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) | California | Last recorded at Sequoia National Park in 1924.<ref>Storer, T.I. & Tevis, L.P. (1996) California Grizzly. University of California Press, 335 pages.</ref> Though once named as the subspecies U. a. californicus, DNA evidence shows that it is not different enough to warrant separate status.<ref name="Miller2006">Template:Cite journal</ref> | File:Ursus arctos californicus, Santa Barbara, Natural History Museum.jpg |
| Mexican grizzly bear | Population of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) | Aridoamerica | Last known individual killed in northern Sonora in 1976.<ref>Gallo-Reynoso, J.P. et al. (2008) "Probable occurrence of a brown bear (Ursus arctos) in Sonora, Mexico, in 1976". The Southwestern Naturalist, Vol. 53, Issue 2: 256-260 pages.</ref> Though once named as the subspecies U. a. nelsoni, DNA evidence shows that it is not different enough to warrant separate status.<ref name="Miller2006"/> | File:Mexican grizzly bear.jpeg |
| Ungava brown bear | Population of the grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) | Ungava Peninsula, Quebec | Known from subfossil remains, indigenous folklore and sporadic hunting records of the 18th and 19th centuries. Possible last sighting in 1942, but it could also have been a brown morph of the American black bear.<ref>Spiess, A., & Cox, S. (1976). "Discovery of the skull of a grizzly bear in Labrador". Arctic, 194-200.</ref> | File:Ungava Cabot 1910 Cropped.jpg |
Earless seals (family Phocidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean monk seal | Neomonachus tropicalis | Caribbean Sea, Bahamas, and the Gulf of Mexico | Last recorded in southern Florida in 1922 and Yucatan in 1950.<ref>McClenachan, L., & Cooper, A. B. (2008). "Extinction rate, historical population structure and ecological role of the Caribbean monk seal". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275 (1641), 1351-1358.</ref> It was intensely hunted for its skin and oil, and persecuted as a competitor by fishermen in later times.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Cms-newyorkzoologicalsociety1910.jpg |
Martens, polecats, otters, badgers, and weasels (family Mustelidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea mink | Neogale macrodon | Atlantic coast of Canada and New England | Hunted to extinction by fur traders by about 1860. Later records up to 1894 are actually references to the American mink.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Neovison macrodon skull.jpg |
Extinct in the wild
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-footed ferret | Mustela nigripes | Great Plains | Extinct in the wild in 1987 and reintroduced in 1991. Declined due to persecution as agricultural pest of its main prey, the prairie dog; introduced diseases like canine distemper and plague, and conversion of grasslands to agriculture.<ref name=polecat>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Mustela nigripes 2.jpg |
Odd-toed ungulates (order Perissodactyla)
Horses and allies (family Equidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexican horse | Equus conversidens | Western North America | A small non-caballine species that coexisted in North America with the caballine horse (E. ferus).<ref name = "Barron-Ortiz"/> The most recent remains were dated to 8965-8875 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo"/> | File:Equus conversidens.jpg |
Locally extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild horse | Equus ferus | Eurasia and North America | Environmental DNA last detected in permafrost of central Yukon dated to 3979-2640 BCE.<ref name = "Murchie">Murchie, T.J., et al. (2021) "Collapse of the mammoth-steppe in central Yukon as revealed by ancient environmental DNA". Nature Communications, 12 (1): 1-18.</ref> The Yukon population has been identified at times as a different species of caballine horse (Equus lambei) and a wild ass (both Equus hemionus and Equus africanus) on morphological grounds, but ancient mtDNA studies confirm caballine affiliation.<ref name = "Barron-Ortiz">Barrón-Ortiz, C. I., Rodrigues, A. T., Theodor, J. M., Kooyman, B. P., Yang, D. Y., & Speller, C. F. (2017). "Cheek tooth morphology and ancient mitochondrial DNA of late Pleistocene horses from the western interior of North America: Implications for the taxonomy of North American Late Pleistocene Equus". PLoS One, 12 (8), e0183045.</ref> Domestic horses were introduced to the Americas by the Spanish in 1493 and a feral population was established in Querétaro, Mexico by 1553.<ref>Luís, C., Bastos-Silveira, C., Cothran, E. G., & Oom, M. D. M. (2006). "Iberian origins of New World horse breeds". Journal of Heredity, 97 (2), 107-113.</ref> | File:Equus przewalskii Shinjang.jpg |
Even-toed ungulates (order Artiodactyla)
Camels and llamas (family Camelidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Western camel | Camelops hesternus | Western North America | Most recent remains dated to 8170-7840 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo"/> | File:Camelops hesternus Sergiodlarosa.jpg |
Peccaries (family Tayassuidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long-nosed peccary | Mylohyus nasutus | Southern and eastern United States<ref>Prothero, D. R. (2021). The systematics of North American peccaries (Mammalia: artiodactyla: tayassuidae). New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 86 pages.</ref> | Most recent remains dated to 8990-8690 BCE.<ref>Stinnesbeck, S. R., Frey, E., Stinnesbeck, W., Olguín, J. A., Zell, P., Mata, A. T., ... & Nuñez, E. A. (2017). A new fossil peccary from the Pleistocene-Holocene boundary of the eastern Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 77, 341-349.</ref>Template:Better source needed | File:Mylohyus nasutus.jpg |
| Flat-headed peccary | Platygonus compressus | Southern and eastern United States, and northern Mexico | Most recent remains dated to 8990-8690 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo"/> | File:Platygonus compressus Harvard.jpg |
Gray whales (family Eschrichtiidae)
Locally extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic gray whale | Population of the gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) | North Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea | Last recorded in 1760. The same species survives on the Pacific Ocean.<ref>Jones, M.L. et al. (2012) The Gray Whale: Eschrichtius robustus. Academic Press, 600 pages.</ref> A single individual, presumably dispersed over the Arctic, was observed off Florida in 2023 and Nantucket, Massachusetts in 2024.<ref>Scientists believe rare gray whale spotted off Florida has been seen again. What we know. McCloud, C., USA Today Network.</ref> | File:Eschrichtius robustus1.jpg |
True deer (family Cervidae)
Locally extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stag-moose | Cervalces scotti | Great Lakes Region | Most recent remains dated to 9230-8930 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo"/> | File:Life restoration cervalces scotti.jpg |
| Eastern elk | Population of the North American wapiti (Cervus canadensis canadensis) | Eastern North America | Traditionally considered the nominate subspecies, but genetic research indicates that there are not enough differences to consider separate subspecies of C. canadensis in North America, and the taxon C. c. canadensis is not extinct as a result.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref><ref name = "Gill">Gill et al. (2013). "Are elk native to Texas?".</ref> The last confirmed individual was killed near the Clarion River of central Pennsylvania in 1867, though there were unconfirmed sightings in 1869-1870, and ten claimed killings in northern Pennsylvania in 1878. Western elk were reintroduced for hunting purposes in the same state in 1912.<ref>Murie, O. J. (2017). The Elk of North America. Stackpole Books.</ref> | File:American Elk - John J. Audubon - hi-res.jpg |
| Merriam's elk | Population of the North American wapiti (Cervus canadensis canadensis) | New Mexico, Arizona, and West Texas | Named as the species Cervus merriami in 1902 on the basis of a single skull; in 1978, an anatomical review of a dozen individuals found just enough of a case to consider it a subspecies of Cervus elaphus (later C. canadensis). Further anatomical and genetic research suggest that all American wapiti likely belong to the same subspecies and that the taxon C. c. merriami is a synonym of C. c. canadensis. Wapiti from other regions have been reintroduced to the purported distribution area of Merriam's elk.<ref name = "Gill"/> | |
| Queen Charlotte Islands caribou | Population of the caribou (Rangifer tarandus) | Graham Island, British Columbia | Described as the subspecies R. t. dawsoni in 1900 due to its isolated location and anatomical differences, but mtDNA studies in 2002 showed not enough differences to warrant separate status.<ref>Byun, S. A., Koop, B. F., & Reimchen, T. E. (2002). "Evolution of the Dawson caribou (Rangifer tarandus dawsoni)". Canadian Journal of Zoology, 80 (5): 956-960.</ref> The last known herd was found in 1908, comprising two adult males, one female, and one calf; all but the calf were killed.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> | |
| Toronto subway deer | Torontoceros hypogaeus | Toronto, Ontario | Known from a single individual dated to 9350 BCE.<ref>Kessler, C., Haddrath, O., Lim, B., & Shafer, A. (2025). Ancient DNA from the Toronto subway deer adds to the extinction list of North America's Ice Age megafauna. bioRxiv, 2025-09.</ref> | File:TorontocerosStag.jpg |
Cattle, goats, antelopes, and others (family Bovidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient bison | Bison antiquus | North America | A transitional form between steppe bison and modern American bison whose more recent remains date to the early Holocene of Valsequillo basin in Puebla, Mexico. However the direct dating to 5271-5131 BCE is not calibrated and the remains could be older.<ref>Díaz-Sibaja, R. et al. (2020). "A fossil Bison antiquus from Puebla, Mexico and a new minimum age for the Valsequillo fossil area". Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 103, 102766.</ref> Other remains in North America have been dated to 8640-8500 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo"/> | File:Bison antiquus La Brea.jpg |
| Western bison | Bison occidentalis | Eastern Beringia | Another transitional form to American bison that originated in a second dispersal of steppe bison across Beringia, and persisted in Alaska until around 220 CE.<ref>Zver, L., Toškan, B., & Bužan, E. (2021). "Phylogeny of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Bison species in Europe and North America". Quaternary International, 595, 30-38.</ref> | File:Skull of the Bison occidentalis.jpg |
| Steppe bison | Bison priscus | Northern Eurasia and North America | Most recent remains at Whitehorse, Yukon dated to 3628-3377 BCE.<ref>Zazula, GD, Hall, E., Hare, PG, Thomas, C., Mathewes, R., La Farge, C., et al. (2017). "A middle holocene steppe bison and paleoenvironments from the versleuce meadows, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 54 (11): 1138-1152.</ref> | File:Prazubr rysunek 600.jpg |
| Woodland muskox | Bootherium bombifrons | North America | Most recent remains dated to 9110-8950 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo"/> | File:Harlan's musk ox (cast) - Indiana State Museum - DSC00404.JPG |
| Shrub-ox | Euceratherium collinum | Western United States and Mexico | Most recent remains dated to 9830-9530 BCE.<ref name = "Araujo"/> | File:Euceratherium.jpg |
| Harrington's mountain goat | Oreamnos harringtoni | Southern Rocky Mountains | Most recent remains at Rampart Cave, Arizona dated to 10490-9136 BCE.<ref name = "Finkelman"/> | File:Oreamnos harringtoni.jpg |
Locally extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild yak<ref name = "Fox-Dobbs">Fox-Dobbs, K., Leonard, J. A., & Koch, P. L. (2008). "Pleistocene megafauna from eastern Beringia: Paleoecological and paleoenvironmental interpretations of stable carbon and nitrogen isotope and radiocarbon records". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 261 (1-2), 30-46.</ref> | Bos mutus | Tibet to eastern Siberia and Beringia | Environmental DNA last detected in permafrost of central Yukon dated to 8231-7959 BCE.<ref name = "Murchie"/> | File:Yak standing in grass close up - DPLA - 639afe5d64d7309ff362d03998c7cdab.jpg |
Birds (class Aves)
Landfowl (order Galliformes)
Pheasants and allies (family Phasianidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Californian turkey | Meleagris californica | California | Most recent remains dated to 9100-8380 BCE. However this date was not calibrated and the remains could be older.<ref name="Tyrberg"/> | File:Meleagris NT.jpg |
| Southwestern turkey | Meleagris crassipes | New Mexico | Most recent remains dated to 11510-8770 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> | |
| Heath hen | Tympanuchus cupido cupido | East coast of the United States | Last individual, a male, died in Martha's Vineyard in 1932.<ref name="Hume"/> | File:Tympanuchus cupido cupidoAEP11LA.png |
| New Mexico sharp-tailed grouse | Tympanuchus phasianellus hueyi | New Mexico and possibly Colorado | Last individual killed in Colfax County, New Mexico in 1952.<ref name="Hume"/> |
Waterfowl (order Anseriformes)
Ducks, geese, and swans (family Anatidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schneider's teal | Anas schneideri | Little Box Elder Cave, Wyoming | Most recent remains dated to 8800-8300 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> | |
| Labrador duck | Camptorhynchus labradorius | Atlantic coast of Canada and New England | Last confirmed individual killed in 1875; unconfirmed in 1878.<ref name = "Hume"/> | File:Extinctbirds1907 P36 Camptolaemus labradorius0363AA.jpg |
| Law's diving-goose | Chendytes lawi | Coastal California and Oregon | Most recent remains at Ventura County, California dated to 770-400 BCE.<ref>Jones, T.L. et al. (2008). "The protracted Holocene extinction of California's flightless sea duck (Chendytes lawi) and its implications for the Pleistocene overkill hypothesis". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(11), 4105-4108.</ref> |
Grebes (order Podicipediformes)
Grebes (family Podicipedidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atitlán grebe | Podilymbus gigas | Lake Atitlán, Guatemala | Extinct in 1983-1986 due to competition and predation by introduced largemouth bass, reed-cutting for tourism development, falling water levels after the 1976 Guatemala earthquake, drowning in gill nets and disturbance by boat traffic.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Pato poc.jpg |
Swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds (order Apodiformes)
Hummingbirds (family Trochillidae)
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guanacaste hummingbird | Amazilia alfaroana | Miravalles Volcano, Costa Rica | Only known from the holotype collected in 1895. The cause of extinction is unknown, but could be related to habitat loss caused by agriculture.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref><ref name = "Hume"/> |
Pigeons and doves (order Columbiformes)
Pigeons and doves (family Columbidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger pigeon | Ectopistes migratorius | Eastern North America | One of the most numerous birds at the beginning of the 19th century, it declined dramatically as a result of hunting, Newcastle disease, and the clearance of hardwood trees in which it fed, until the last individual in the wild was shot in 1900. The last captive individual, Martha, died at Cincinnati Zoo in 1914.<ref name="ectopistes">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Ectopistes migratoriusAAP042CA.jpg |
Extinct in the wild
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socorro dove | Zenaida graysoni | Socorro Island, Mexico | Last recorded in the wild in 1972. It declined as a result of predation by introduced cats, hunting, and habitat degradation caused by feral goats and Central American locusts. Individuals survive in captivity in the United States, though several are hybridized with the mourning dove (Z. macroura).<ref name = "Zenaida">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Zenaida graysoni - Socorrotaube - Wildfarbig - Deutscher Kanarien- und Vogelzüchterbund (DKB) - Vogelbund - Johann Alexi.jpg |
Rails and cranes (order Gruiformes)
Rails (family Rallidae)
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldman's yellow rail | Coturnicops noveboracensis goldmani | Lerma River, Mexico | Last recorded in 1964.<ref name="Hume"/> |
Cranes (family Gruidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Page's crane | Grus pagei | Rancho La Brea, California | Most recent remains dated to 10250-9180 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> |
Shorebirds (order Charadriiformes)
Plovers, dotterels, and lapwings (family Charadriidae)
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Vanellus downsi | Rancho La Brea, California | Most recent remains dated to 38050-8050 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> |
Sandpipers (family Scolopacidae)
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eskimo curlew | Numenius borealis | Americas | Last confirmed record in Nebraska in 1987; an unconfirmed sighting happened in Manitoba in 1996. Declined due to hunting, conversion of prairies for agriculture, and the suppression of the fire regime. The breeding grounds in the Arctic have since been taken over by the larger Hudsonian whimbrel.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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File:Numenius borealis.jpg |
Auks (family Alcidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great auk | Pinguinus impennis | Northern Atlantic and western Mediterranean | Last recorded off the Newfoundland Banks in 1852. It was hunted to extinction.<ref name="IUCNAuk">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:PinguinusImpennus.jpg |
Albatrosses and petrels (order Procellariiformes)
Northern storm petrels (family Hydrobatidae)
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe storm-petrel | Hydrobates macrodactylus | Guadalupe Island, Mexico | Last recorded in 1912. Likely extinct due to breeding habitat degradation by introduced feral goats and predation by feral cats and dogs; however the natural difficulty of its detection, lack of thorough surveys in the breeding season after 1906 and reports of unidentified storm-petrel calls at night may indicate that it is still extant.<ref name="oceanodroma">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Oceanodroma.macrodactyla.jpg |
Storks and allies (order Ciconiiformes)
Storks (family Ciconiidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Brea stork | Ciconia maltha | Americas | Most recent remains dated to 9050-8050 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg">Tyrberg, T. (2008). "The Late Pleistocene continental avian extinction—An evaluation of the fossil evidence". Oryctos, 7, 249-269.</ref> | File:Ciconia maltha.jpg |
New World vultures (order Cathartiformes)
New World vultures and condors (family Cathartidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Painted vulture | Sarcoramphus sacra | Florida | Hypothetical species known from a 1774 description by William Bartram. Though traditionally dismissed as a hoax or incorrect description of a king vulture from Central and South America (S. papa), which it resembled in everything except the tail's coloration and more predatory behavior, a 1734 account of the same bird and painting by Eleazar Albin, and a 1786 depiction of the tail feathers as part of a standard used by the Muscogee king Mico Chlucco suggest that it was an actual extirpated Floridan population of the king vulture, subspecies, or related species.<ref>Snyder, N. F., & Fry, J. T. (2013). "Validity of Bartram's painted vulture (Aves: Cathartidae)". Zootaxa, 3613 (1), 61-82.</ref> | File:Sarcorhamphus sacer Albin.jpg |
Extinct in the wild
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California condor | Gymnogyps californianus | North America | Extinct in the wild in 1987 and reintroduced in 1992.<ref name="condor">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:California Condor Pinnacles NM 2.jpg |
Teratorns (family Teratornithidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slender teratorn | Cathartornis gracilis | Southern California | Most recent remains dated to 38050-8050 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> | File:Cathartornis gracilis.jpg |
| Merriam's teratorn | Teratornis merriami | Southern California to northern Arizona | Most recent remains dated to 9050-8050 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> | File:Teratornis BW.jpg |
Hawks and relatives (order Accipitriformes)
Hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures (family Accipitridae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daggett's eagle | Buteogallus daggetti | Southwestern United States and Nuevo León, Mexico | Most recent remains dated to 10250-9180 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> | |
| Woodward's eagle | Buteogallus woodwardi | California to Florida and the Caribbean | Most recent remains dated to 38050-8050 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> | File:Amplibuteo woodwardi.jpg |
| Neophrontops americanus | Rancho La Brea, California | Most recent remains dated to 10230-7630 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> | ||
| Grinnell's hawk-eagle | Spizaetus grinnelli | Rancho La Brea, California | Most recent remains dated to 10250-9180 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> |
Owls (order Strigiformes)
True owls (family Strigidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socorro elf owl | Micrathene whitneyi graysoni | Socorro Island, Mexico | Last recorded around 1970. Likely extinct due to predation by introduced cats.<ref name="Hume" /> | |
| La Brea owl | Oraristrix brea | Southern California | Most recent remains dated to 10250-9180 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> | (center) |
Falcons (order Falconiformes)
Falcons and caracaras (family Falconidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe caracara | Caracara lutosa | Guadalupe Island, Mexico | Deliberately exterminated by settlers in 1903.<ref name=caracara>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Left lateral view of skull and mandible of Caracara lutosa.png |
Woodpeckers and allies (order Piciformes)
Woodpeckers (family Picidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe flicker | Colaptes auratus rufipileus | Guadalupe Island, Mexico | Last collected in 1906. Extinct due to habitat destruction by introduced goats and predation by cats.<ref name="Hume"/> |
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperial woodpecker | Campephilus imperialis | North-central Mexico | Last confirmed record in Durango in 1956, but unconfirmed sightings continued until 2005 in the Copper Canyon of Chihuahua. Declined due to habitat destruction and poisoning by loggers, along with hunting for sport, food, and traditional medicine.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Kaiserspecht fg02.jpg |
| American ivory-billed woodpecker | Campephilus principalis principalis | Southern United States | Last confirmed record in north-eastern Louisiana in 1944. Several unconfirmed sightings, video and sound records were made in eastern Arkansas in 2004, the Choctawhatchee River in Florida in 2005-2007, and 2006-2007 in Louisiana. Declined due to hunting, logging and forest clearance for agriculture.<ref name="woodpecker">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Ivory-billed Woodpecker by Jerry A. Payne.jpg |
Parrots (order Psittaciformes)
Holotropical parrots (family Psittacidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carolina parakeet | Conuropsis carolinensis | Eastern and Central United States | Last collected in the wild near Lake Okeechobee, Florida in 1904 though unconfirmed reports continued until the 1930s. The last captive individual died in Cincinnati Zoo in 1918. Declined due to hunting, persecution by crop farmers, deforestation, and competition with introduced bees.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.AVES.3159 - Conuropsis carolinensis Linnaeus, 1758 - Psittacidae - skin specimen.jpeg |
Perching birds (order Passeriformes)
True finches (family Fringillidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGregor's house finch | Carpodacus mexicanus mcgregori | San Benito and Cedros Islands, Mexico | Last recorded in 1938.<ref name="Hume">Hume, J.P. (2017) Extinct Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing, 560 pages.</ref> |
Thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and New World catbirds (family Mimidae)
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cozumel thrasher | Toxostoma guttatum | Cozumel, Mexico | Last recorded in 2004.<ref name = "Mittermeier">Mittermeier, J. C., Rutt, C. L., Safford, R., Long, B., Hanks, C., & Lebbin, D. J. (2022). Fantastic lost birds and how you can help find them: an updated gap analysis for the Neotropical avifauna. Neotropical Birding, 31, 25-32.</ref> | File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.AVES.128765 2 - Toxostoma guttatum (Ridgway, 1885) - Mimidae - bird skin specimen.jpeg |
New World blackbirds (family Icteridae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large-billed black bird | Euphagus magnirostris | California to Venezuela and Peru | Most recent remains dated to 8800-8300 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> | |
| Convex-billed cowbird | Pandanaris convexa | California and Florida to Peru | Most recent remains dated to 38050-8050 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> | |
| Pyelorhamphus molothroides | Shelter Cave, New Mexico | Most recent remains dated to 29300-9380 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> | ||
| Slender-billed grackle | Quiscalus palustris | Lerma River and Xochimilco, Mexico | Last collected in 1910.<ref name = "Hume" /> Extinct due to the draining of its marsh habitat.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:QuiscalusTenuirostris.jpg |
New World sparrows (family Passerellidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dusky seaside sparrow | Ammospiza maritima nigrescens | Merritt Island and Titusville, Florida | Declined due to DDT use in marshes and habitat loss caused by dam construction. In 1981 the last five individuals, all male, were captured and taken into captivity.<ref name = "Hume"/> However, a proposed plan to hybridize them with Scott's seaside sparrow and select the offspring with most dusky ancestry wasn't allowed because of legal restrictions against hybridizing endangered taxa.<ref>Walter, M.J. (1992) A Shadow and a Song: The Struggle to Save an Endangered Species. Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 238 pages.</ref> The last individual died in Walt Disney World's Discovery Island Zoological Park in Orlando, Florida in 1987.<ref name = "Hume"/> | |
| Pipilo angelensis | Rancho La Brea, California | Most recent remains dated to 38050-8050 BCE (uncalibrated date).<ref name="Tyrberg"/> | ||
| Guadalupe towhee | Pipilo maculatus consobrinus | Guadalupe Island, Mexico | Last recorded in 1897. Extinct due to destruction of nesting habitat by introduced goats, and predation by cats.<ref name="Hume"/> | |
| Zacatecas Worthen's sparrow | Spizella wortheni browni | Northwest Zacatecas, Mexico | Last recorded in 1961. Extinct due to habitat loss to agriculture, overgrazing and erosion by cattle herding, and decline of native herbivores which maintained the bird's habitat.<ref name="Hume"/> |
Wrens (family Troglodytidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Benedicto rock wren | Salpinctes obsoletus exsul | San Benedicto Island, Mexico | Wiped out by the eruption of El Boquerón volcano in 1952.<ref name="Hume"/> |
| Guadalupe wren | Thryomanes bewickii brevicauda | Guadalupe Island, Mexico | Last recorded in 1897. Extinct due to habitat destruction by introduced goats.<ref name="Hume"/> |
| San Clemente wren | Thryomanes bewickii leucophrys | San Clemente Island, California | Last recorded in 1968. Extinct due to habitat destruction by introduced goats and sheep.<ref name="Hume"/> |
New World warblers (family Parulidae)
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachman's warbler | Vermivora bachmanii | Southeastern United States and Cuba | Last recorded in Louisiana in 1988. Declined due to habitat loss caused by deforestation and marshland draining, followed by intensive hunting by bird collectionists as it became rare.<ref name = "Hume" /> | File:Bachman's Warbler.jpg |
Reptiles (class Reptilia)
Turtles and tortoises (order Testudines)
Mud and musk turtles (family Kinosternidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viesca mud turtle | Kinosternon hirtipes megacephalum | Viesca Lake, southwestern Coahuila, Mexico | Only known from the type series collected in 1961. The lake has since been drained by humans.<ref>Legler, J. & Vogt, R.C. (2013) The Turtles of Mexico: Land and Freshwater Forms. University of California Press, 416 pages.</ref> |
Tortoises (family Testudinidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Picture |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern giant tortoise | Hesperotestudo crassiscutata | Southern United States | Most recent remains dated to around 9515 BCE.<ref name="Rhodin">Conservation Biology of Freshwater Turtles and Tortoises: A Compilation Project of the IUCN/SSC Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Specialist Group. A.G.J. Rhodin, P.C.H. Pritchard, P.P. van Dijk, R.A. Saumure, K.A. Buhlmann, J.B. Iverson, and R.A. Mittermeier, Eds. Chelonian Research Monographs (ISSN 1088-7105) No. 5, doi:10.3854/crm.5.000e.fossil.checklist.v1.2015</ref> | File:Hesperotestudo UMMNH.jpg |
| Wilson's tortoise | Hesperotestudo wilsoni | Southwestern United States | Most recent remains dated to around 9050 BCE.<ref name="Rhodin"/> |
Amphibians (class Amphibia)
Frogs (order Anura)
True toads (family Bufonidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiriqui harlequin frog | Atelopus chiriquiensis | Talamanca-Chiriqui Mountains, Costa Rica | Last recorded in 1996. Extinct due to chytridiomycosis caused by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.<ref name="Achiriquiensis">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Chiriqui harlequin frog - Atelopus chiriquiensis.jpg |
| Pass stubfoot toad | Atelopus senex | Central Costa Rica | Last recorded in 1986. Extinct due to chytridiomycosis.<ref name="Asenex">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| Golden toad | Incilius periglenes | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica | Last recorded in 1989. Probably extinct due to climate change, chytridiomycosis, and airborne pollution.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Bufo periglenes2.jpg |
Extinct in the wild
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming toad | Anaxyrus baxteri | Laramie Basin, Wyoming | Survives only at the four-times impounded Mortenson Lake National Wildlife Refuge, where it last reproduced naturally in 1991 and is re-stocked annually with captive born toadlets. The species is affected by chytridiomycosis, bacteria, pesticides, irrigation practices, lack of genetic diversity, predation by mustelids, drought, increased salinity, and expansion of the salt cedar which reduces habitat suitability.<ref name="Anaxyrus">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Anaxyrus baxteri-3.jpg |
| Panamanian golden frog | Atelopus zeteki | El Valle de Antón and Cerro Campana, Panama | Last recorded in the wild in 2009. The species is mainly threatened by chytridiomycosis, but also deforestation, water pollution, collection for the pet trade, and increased sedimentation of streams caused by road construction.<ref name="Azeneki">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Atelopus zeteki1.jpg |
Freshbelly frogs (family Craugastoridae)
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Craugastor myllomyllon | Finca Volcán, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala | Last recorded in 1978. Its natural habitat was destroyed by agriculture.<ref name="Cmyllomyllon">Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| McCranie's robber frog | Craugastor chrysozetetes | La Ceiba, Atlántida Department, Honduras | Last recorded in 1989. Possibly extinct due to catastrophic landslides caused by Hurricane Mitch, or chytridiomycosis.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Poison dart frogs (family Dendrobatidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splendid poison frog | Oophaga speciosa | Western Panama | Last recorded in 1992. Extinct due to chytridiomycosis.<ref name="oophaga">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Oophaga speciosa.jpg |
Tree frogs and allies (family Hylidae)
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog | Ecnomiohyla rabborum | El Valle de Antón, Panama | Last recorded in the wild in 2008, two years after chytridiomycosis invaded its natural habitat.<ref name="ecnomiohyla">Template:Cite iucn</ref> The last captive animal, a male named Toughie, died at the Atlanta Botanical Garden in 2016.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> | File:Ecnomiohyla rabborum.jpg |
Salamanders (order Urodela)
Lungless salamanders (family Plethodontidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ainsworth's salamander | Plethodon ainsworthi | Jasper County, Mississippi | Last recorded in 1964. Possibly extinct due to deforestation.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Jalpa false brook salamander | Pseudoeurycea exspectata | Cerro Miramundo, Jalapa, Guatemala | Last recorded in 1976. Possibly extinct due to habitat loss to farming and logging.<ref name=Pseudoeurycea>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Ray-finned fish (class Actinopterygii)
Minnows and allies (order Cypriniformes)
Suckers (family Catostomidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snake River sucker | Chasmistes muriei | Jackson Lake, Wyoming and possibly the Snake River | Only known from the holotype collected in 1927. Likely extinct due to hybridization with the Utah sucker after the Jackson Lake Dam was built and blocked spawning migration.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Harelip sucker | Lagochila lacera | Southeastern United States | Last collected in 1893. Though originally abundant and widely spread, the species inhabited only deep clearwater pools and fed almost entirely on molluscs. It likely became extinct due to increased siltation and turbidity caused by agriculture practices, which both reduced the number of molluscs and made them more difficult to find.<ref name="Miller"/> | File:The fishes of North and Middle America (Pl. XXXVIII) (7983313972).jpg |
Carps and minnows (family Cyprinidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maravillas red shiner | Cyprinella lutrensis blairi | Maravillas Creek, Texas | Last collected in 1954. Exterminated by introduced plains killifish.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Mexican dace | Evarra bustamantei | Xochimilco-Tlahuac channels in the Valley of Mexico | Last collected in 1970. Likely extinct due to habitat destruction through pollution and water extraction.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| Plateau chub | Evarra eigenmanni | Chalco and Xochimilco-Tlahuac channels | Last collected in 1954. Likely extinct due to habitat destruction through pollution and water extraction.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:FMIB 34174 Evarra eigenmanni, genet sp nov.jpeg |
| Endorheic chub | Evarra tlahuacensis | Lake Chalco in the Valley of Mexico | Last collected in 1970. Extinct due to habitat destruction and water pollution.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| Thicktail chub | Gila crassicauda | California Central Valley and San Francisco Bay | Last collected in 1957. Extinct due to the conversion of the Central Valley to intensive agriculture, marsh draining, channelization of rivers and introduction of extotic fish species.<ref name="Miller"/> | File:Thicktail Chub.jpg |
| Pahranagat spinedace | Lepidomeda altivelis | Pahranagat Valley, Nevada | Last collected in 1938. Extinct due to predation by, and competition with the mosquitofish and other introduced species.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Durango shiner | Notropis aulidion | Tunal River, Durango, Mexico | Last collected in 1961. Possibly extinct due to pollution, competition and predation by the largemouth bass and other introduced species.<ref name="Miller"/> | File:Durango Shiner.jpg |
| Salado shiner | Notropis saladonis | Salado River, Mexico | Not found in any sampling expeditions launched since 1988. The reasons of extinction are unknown.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| Rio Grande bluntnose shiner | Notropis simus simus | Upper Rio Grande and the Pecos River | Last collected in 1964. Possibly extinct due to changes in the water flow caused by dams, irrigation, and channelization, along with competition from introduced species.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Phantom shiner | Notropis orca | Rio Grande | The only pure individual known is the holotype taken in 1975, though hybrids with the bluntnose shiner are known as far as 1891. Possibly extinct due to changes to the water flow (which increased hybridization), increased salinity caused by irrigation, and introduced fish species.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Clear Lake splittail | Pogonichthys ciscoides | Clear Lake and its tributaries, California | Last collected in 1970. Extinct due to extreme eutrophication of the lake caused by agriculture.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Banff longnose dace | Rhinichthys cataractae smithi | Banff National Park, Alberta | Extinct since 1986.<ref>Canada.ca</ref> Declined after the introduction of several exotic species including mosquitofishes, sailfin mollies, guppies, convict cichlids, and green swordtails, followed by the alteration of water flows related to the use of hotsprings as public baths and sewage spillage. As numbers fell the subspecies became more vulnerable to hybridization with R. c. cataractae, which caused its final extinction.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Las Vegas dace | Rhinichthys deaconi | Las Vegas Valley, Nevada | Last collected in 1940. The springs it inhabited were destroyed during the urban development of Las Vegas.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Grass Valley speckled dace | Rhinichthys osculus reliquus | Lander County, Nevada | Known only from the type series of 474 specimens collected in 1938. Though abundant in this time, it was completely gone and replaced by introduced rainbow trout and brook trout when a second collection attempt was made in 1969.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Stumptooth minnow | Stypodon signifer | Southern Coahuila, Mexico | Last collected in 1903. It was a mollusc-eating specialist, and molluscs were greatly affected by habitat modification and pollution caused by agriculture.<ref name="Miller"/> |
Extinct in the wild
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ameca shiner | Notropis amecae | Ameca River, Jalisco, Mexico | Last found in the wild in 2008. Captive individuals were reintroduced in 2016, but it is unclear if the new population is viable. The exact cause of extinction is unknown, but habitat loss due to water extraction has been suggested.<ref name="ameca">Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Catfishes (order Siluriformes)
Ictalurids (family Ictaluridae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scioto madtom | Noturus trautmani | Big Darby Creek, Ohio | Last collected in 1957. The cause of extinction is unknown.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Salmon, trout and relatives (order Salmoniformes)
Salmon, trout and relatives (family Salmonidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longjaw cisco | Coregonus alpenae | Lakes Erie, Michigan, and Huron | Last collected in Lake Erie in 1957, in Lake Michigan in 1967, and in Lake Huron in 1975. Extinct due to overfishing, predation by the sea lamprey which colonized the lakes in the 1940s, and hybridization with other ciscoes.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Deepwater cisco | Coregonus johannae | Lakes Michigan and Huron | Last collected in Lake Michigan in 1951, and in Lake Huron in 1952. Extinct due to overfishing, sea lamprey predation, and hybridization with other ciscoes.<ref name="Miller"/> | File:FMIB 42892 Bloater of Lake Michigan - Leucichthys johannae (Wagner).jpeg |
| Lake Ontario kiyi | Coregonus kiyi orientalis | Lake Ontario | Last collected in 1964. Extinct due to overfishing, introduced fishes, and deterioration of water quality caused by eutrophication and chemical pollution.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Blackfin cisco | Coregonus nigripinnis | Lakes Michigan and Huron | Last collected in 1923 in Lake Huron, and 1969 in Lake Michigan. Extinct due to overfishing, sea lamprey predation, and hybridization with other ciscoes.<ref name="Miller"/> | File:FMIB 42893 Blackfin of Lake Michigan - Leucichthys nigripinnis (Gill).jpeg |
| Yellowfin cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarkii macdonaldi | Twin Lakes, Colorado | Extinct around 1910 as a result of competition and hybridization with introduced fishes.<ref name="Miller"/> | File:FMIB 51774 Yellow-fin Trout of Twin Lakes, Salmo macdonaldi Jordan & Evermann Twin Lakes, Colo.jpeg |
| Alvord cutthroat trout | Oncorhynchus clarki ssp. | Alvord Basin in Oregon and Nevada | Only known from individuals hybridized with the rainbow trout, which was introduced to the area in the early 1930s.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Silver trout | Salvelinus agassizi | Dublin Pond and Christine Lake, New Hampshire | Last recorded in Christine Lake in 1926 and in Dublin Pond in 1930. Extinct due to overfishing and several exotic fish introductions.<ref name="Miller"/> | File:Salvelinus agassizi.jpg |
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shortnose cisco | Coregonus reighardi | Lakes Michigan, Ontario, and Huron | Last collected in 1985. Declined due to overfishing and sea lamprey predation.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Coregonus reighardi.png |
Silversides (order Atheriniformes)
Neotropical silversides (family Atherinopsidae)
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberca silverside | Chirostoma bartoni | La Alberca caldera, Lerma River basin, Mexico | Not recorded after the crater lake dried during a drought in 2006.<ref name="chirostoma">Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Least silverside | Chirostoma charari | La Mintzita spring, Michoacan, Mexico | Last recorded in 1957. Declined due to overuse of water resources, deforestation of gallery forests, pollution, hypereutophication, and hybridization with other Chirostoma species.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Toothcarps (order Cyprinodontiformes)
Pupfishes (family Cyprinodontidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villa Lopez pupfish | Cyprinodon ceciliae | Bolsón de Sandía, Nuevo León, Mexico | Last recorded in 1988. The spring it was endemic dried completely in 1991 as a consequence of water extraction for agriculture use.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| Cachorrito de la Trinidad | Cyprinodon inmemoriam | Ojo La Trinidad, northern Mexico | Only known from the holotype collected in 1984. The spring it was found in was destroyed by water extraction.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| Tecopa pupfish | Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae | Tecopa Hot Springs, California | Last recorded before 1972.<ref name = "Noecker">Noecker, R. J., & Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division. (1998, January). In Endangered species list revisions: a summary of delisting and downlisting. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.</ref> | File:Tecopapupfish.png |
| Catarina pupfish | Megupsilon aporus | Potosí Spring, Nuevo León, Mexico | Last recorded in the wild in 1994, and in captivity in 2012. Extinct due to groundwater extraction and introduced fish species.<ref name="megupsilon">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Megupsilon aporus - last male.tif |
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parras pupfish | Cyprinodon latifasciatus | Parras drainage basin, Coahuila, Mexico | Last collected in 2012. Declined due to pollution, introduced guppies and green swordtails.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Extinct in the wild
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potosi pupfish | Cyprinodon alvarezi | Potosí Spring, Galeana, Nuevo León, Mexico | Last recorded in the wild in 1994. Declined due to near total habitat loss as a result of groundwater extraction, predation and competition with introduced species.<ref name="potosi">Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| La Palma pupfish | Cyprinodon longidorsalis | Bolsón de Sandía, Nuevo León, Mexico | Last recorded in the wild in 1994, as a result of groundwater extraction.<ref name="lapalma">Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Charco Palma pupfish | Cyprinodon veronicae | Disappeared from the wild in 1995 as a result of groundwater extraction, which caused in 1997 the complete drying of the spring it was endemic to.<ref name="veronicae">Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Topminnows and North American killifishes (family Fundulidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteline topminnow | Fundulus albolineatus | Spring Creek, Huntsville, Alabama | Last collected in 1889. Probably extinct due to habitat degradation through channelization and construction, water extraction for urban use, or introduced common carp and goldfish.<ref name="Miller"/> | File:FMIB 34122 Fundulus albolineatus.jpeg |
Splitfins (family Goodeidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parras characodon | Characodon garmani | Southern Coahuila, Mexico | Known only from the holotype collected around the 1880s. Likely extinct due to habitat alteration.<ref name="Miller">Miller, R.R., Williams, J.D., & Williams, J.E. (1989). Extinctions of North American fishes during the past century. Fisheries, 14(6), 22-38.</ref> | |
| Raycraft Ranch killifish | Empetrichthys latos concavus | Pahrump Valley, Nevada | Last collected in 1953. Likely extinct due to introduced carp and bullfrogs; after its probable extinction, the spring it was endemic to was filled to eliminate mosquitos.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Pahrump Ranch poolfish | Empetrichthys latos pahrump | Nye County, Nevada | Last recorded in 1958. Likely extinct due to excessive water extraction, introduced carp and bullfrogs.<ref name="Miller"/> | |
| Ash Meadows killifish | Empetrichthys merriami | Ash Meadows, Nevada | Last collected in 1948. Likely extinct due to habitat alteration and predation by introduced bullfrogs and crayfish.<ref name="Miller"/> | File:Empetrichthys.merriami.dsj.jpg |
Extinct in the wild
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banded allotoca | Allotoca goslinei | Jalisco, Mexico | Last recorded in the wild in 2004. Declined rapidly from 2000 after green swordtails were introduced in its last known location.<ref name="allotoca">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Goodeid fishes (10.3897-zookeys.885.38152) Figure 1.jpg |
| Golden skiffia | Skiffia francesae | Teuchitlan River and Laguna de Sayula, Jalisco, Mexico | Declined due to habitat degradation and exotic fish introductions. The last known wild population disappeared when the El Molino pond dried during a drought in 2010.<ref name="skiffia">Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Poeciliids (family Poeciliidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amistad gambusia | Gambusia amistadensis | Goodenough Spring, Texas | Endemic to a spring flooded by a dam in 1969. In anticipation, several individuals were collected and kept in captivity, but all were found to be hybridized with mosquitofish after 1974.<ref name="Miller"/> |
| San Marcos gambusia | Gambusia georgei | San Marcos River and spring, Texas | Last recorded in 1983. Extinct due to reduced spring flows, pollution, introduced fishes and ornamental plants, and hybridization with mosquitofish.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graceful priapella | Priapella bonita | Motzorongo River, Veracruz, Mexico | Last recorded in 1965. The cause of extinction is unknown.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Extinct in the wild
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monterrey platyfish | Xiphophorus couchianus | Atlantic slope of Mexico | Last collected in the wild in 1967. Declined due to habitat destruction, pollution, predation and competition with introduced species.<ref name="Xcouchianus">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:016776F000199W000002.jpg |
| Marbled swordtail | Xiphophorus meyeri | Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico | Last recorded in the wild in 1997. Declined due to water abstraction for mining activities.<ref name="Xmeyeri">Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Lionfishes and sculpins (order Scorpaeniformes)
Cottids (family Cottidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah Lake sculpin | Cottus echinatus | Utah Lake | Last collected in 1928. Extinct due to pollution, increased salinity, and decreasing water level caused by agriculture, as well as introduced fish species.<ref name="Miller"/> |
Sticklebacks (family Gasterosteidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hadley Lake sticklebacks | Gasterosteus spp. | Hadley Lake, British Columbia | Two undescribed species extinct in 1999. Other species of the same genus survive in the lake.<ref name="Cosewic">Cosewic (2005). Canadian Species at Risk. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 64 pp., page 6.</ref> |
Perchs and allies (order Perciformes)
Perchs (family Percidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland darter | Etheostoma sellare | Lower Susquehanna River, United States | Last confirmed record in 1986 and a possible one in 1988. Its range contracted after the damming of the Susquehanna; the last known location has degraded water quality caused by agriculture.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Maryland Darter - Dave Neely (illustration).jpg |
| Blue walleye | Sander vitreus glaucus | Lakes Ontario and Erie, and Niagara River | Population began to fluctuate wildly in 1915 as a result of over-fishing before it collapsed in 1958. The final individuals may have hybridized with walleye.<ref name=Noecker/> | File:Blue walleye.jpg |
Malacostracans (class Malacostraca)
Isopods (order Isopoda)
Marine pillbugs (family Sphaeromatidae)
Extinct in the wild
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socorro isopod | Thermosphaeroma thermophilum | Sedillo Spring, Socorro County, New Mexico | The wild population died out in 1988 after a valve control system for surface discharge was installed in the spring and subsequently closed. Captive-bred animals were released in the same place in 1989, and further introduced to locations in New Mexico beginning in 1990.<ref name="isopod">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Thermosphaeroma thermophilum male.jpg |
Decapods (order Decapoda)
Family Atyidae
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasadena freshwater shrimp | Syncaris pasadenae | Los Angeles River drainage basin, California | Last collected in 1933. Its habitat was destroyed by urbanization.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Family Astacidae
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sooty crayfish | Pacifastacus nigrescens | San Francisco Bay, California | Not recorded since the signal crayfish was introduced in the late 19th century.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Pacifastacus nigrescens.jpeg |
Family Cambaridae
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambarellus alvarezi | Potosí Spring, Nuevo León, Mexico | Endemic to a spring that was drained by pumping groundwater in 1994.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| Sandhills crayfish | Procambarus angustatus | Sand Hills, Georgia | Only known from the holotype collected in around 1856.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Spring cave crayfish | Cambarus veitchorum | White Spring Cave, Limestone County, Alabama | Last collected in 1968.<ref name="veitchorum">Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Bigcheek cave crayfish | Procambarus delicatus | Ocala National Forest, Lake County, Florida | Last recorded in 1976. Declined due to disturbance and pollution caused by tourism.<ref name="delicatus">Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Amphipods (order Amphipoda)
Whale lice (family Cyamidae)
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Cyamus rhytinae | Bering Sea | Parasite of Steller's sea cow.<ref name = "Beall"/> |
Insects (class Insecta)
Mayflies (order Ephemeroptera)
Spiny-headed burrowing mayflies (family Palingeniidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robust burrowing mayfly | Pentagenia robusta | Ohio River area | Only known from the holotype collected in 1926. Likely sensitive to changes in water flow, quality, and sedimentation.<ref name="Pentagenia">Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Family Acanthametropodidae
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pecatonica River mayfly | Acanthometropus pecatonica | United States | Last recorded in 1927.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Stoneflies (order Plecoptera)
Green stoneflies (family Chloroperlidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Robert's stonefly | Alloperla roberti | United States<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids (order Orthoptera)
Short-horned grasshoppers (family Acrididae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Valley grasshopper | Conozoa hyalina | Central Valley, California | Last recorded before 1953.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| Rocky Mountain locust | Melanoplus spretus | Western and central Canada and United States | Last collected in 1902. Possibly extinct due to destruction of its riparian breeding habitat in the northern Rocky Mountains.<ref name="Hochkirch">Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Rocky Mountain locust.jpg |
Katydids (family Tettigoniidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch Dunes shieldback katydid | Neduba extincta | United States | Last recorded in 1937.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Book lice, bark lice, and sucking lice (order Psocodea)
Chicken body lice (family Menoponidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| California condor louse | Colpocephalum californici | North America | Conservation-induced extinctions<ref name = "Rozsa">Rózsa, L., & Vas, Z. (2015). Co-extinct and critically co-endangered species of parasitic lice, and conservation-induced extinction: should lice be reintroduced to their hosts?. Oryx, 49(1), 107-110.</ref> produced when the last California condors were taken into captivity and deloused in the mid-1980s.<ref name="Turvey" /> |
| Second unnamed species of California condor lice | |||
| Longimenopon dominicanum | Guadalupe Island, Mexico | Parasite of the Guadalupe storm petrel.<ref name="Beall"/> |
Possibly extinct
| Scientific name | Range | Comments | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austromenopon confine | Americas | citation | CitationClass=web
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Bird chewing lice (family Philopteridae)
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Acutifrons caracarensis | Guadalupe Island, Mexico | Parasite of the Guadalupe caracara, co-extinct with its host.<ref name = "Rozsa"/> |
Possibly extinct
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Cummingsiella breviclypeata | Americas | Parasite of the slender-billed curlew.<ref name="Beall"/> |
Mammal lice (family Trichodectidae)
Possibly extinct
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferret louse | Neotrichodectes sp. | Great Plains | Possibly a related, but different species to the weasel louse (N. minutus), disappeared when the last black-footed ferrets were taken into captivity and deloused.<ref name="Turvey" /> |
Beetles (order Coleoptera)
True weevils (family Curculionidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Ross weevil | Trigonoscuta rossi | Fort Ross, California | Last recorded in 1975. The cause of extinction is unknown.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Yorba Linda weevil | Trigonoscuta yorbalindae | Yorba Linda desert dunes, California | Last recorded in 1975. Its habitat was destroyed by urbanization.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Butterflies and moths (order Lepidoptera)
Pygmy moths and midget moths (family Nepticulidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phleophagan chestnut moth | Ectoedemia phleophaga | United States | Last recorded in the 1900s.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Trumpet leaf-miner moths (family Tischeriidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Chestnut clearwing moth | Tischeria perplexa | United States<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Shiny head-standing moths (family Argyresthiidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chestnut ermine moth | Argyresthia castaneella | United States | Last recorded in 1923.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Gossamer-winged butterflies (family Lycaenidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xerces blue | Glaucopsyche xerces | San Francisco, California, United States | Last collected in 1941.<ref>de-Dios, T., Fontsere, C., Renom, P., Stiller, J., Llovera, L., Uliano-Silva, M., ... & Lalueza-Fox, C. (2021). Whole-genomes from the extinct Xerces Blue butterfly can help identify declining insect species. BioRxiv, 2021-11.</ref> | File:Glaucopsyche xerces.jpg |
Grass moths (family Crambidae)
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Oeobia sp. nov. | United States | Last recorded in 1911.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Caddisflies (order Trichoptera)
Long-horned caddisflies (family Leptoceridae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athens caddisfly | Triaenodes phalacris | United States<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| Three-toothed caddisfly | Triaenodes tridontus | United States | Last recorded in 1991.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Family Rhyacophilidae
| Common name | Scientific name | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Castle Lake caddisfly | Rhyacophila amabilis | United States<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Arachnids (class Arachnida)
Order Mesostigmata
Family Halarachnidae
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean monk seal nasal mite | Halarachne americana | Caribbean Sea | Extinct with its host.<ref>Seal, West Indian Monk. Published 13 July 2004 by the American Society of Mammalogists.</ref> | File:Halarachne americana (cropped).jpg |
Order Sarcoptiformes
Family Analgidae
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Diplaegidia gladiator | Eastern North America | Parasite of the passenger pigeon.<ref name = "Beall"/> |
Family Psoroptoididae
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Chiasmalges carolinensis | Eastern and central United States | Parasite of the Carolina parakeet.<ref name = "Beall"/> |
Family Pterolichidae
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Genoprotolichus simplex | Eastern and central United States | Parasites of the Carolina parakeet.<ref name = "Beall"/> |
| Lopharalichus beckeri | ||
| Neorhytidelasma conuropsis |
Family Pteronyssidae
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Pterotrogus principalis | Southern United States and Cuba | Parasite of the ivory-billed woodpecker.<ref name = "Beall"/> |
Family Xolalgidae
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Fainalges gracilitarsus | Eastern and central United States | Parasites of the Carolina parakeet.<ref name = "Beall"/> |
| Protonyssus proctorae |
Snails and slugs (class Gastropoda)
Mud snails (family Hydrobiidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olive marstonia | Marstonia olivacea | Big Spring Creek, Madison County, Alabama | Extinct in the 1960s due to impoundment in the Tennessee Valley.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| Corded purg | Pyrgulopsis nevadensis | Nevada<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Pyrgulopsis nevadensis shell.jpg |
Family Lithoglyphidae
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cahaba pebblesnail | Clappia cahabensis | Cahaba River, Alabama | Unconfirmed last record in 2005.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Clappia cahabensis shell.png |
| Umbilicate pebblesnail | Clappia umbilicata | Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Clappia umbilicata shell 2.png | |
| Oachita pebblesnail | Somatogyrus amnicoloides | Arkansas<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | ||
| Thick-lipped pebblesnail | Somatogyrus crassilabris | White River, Baxter County, Arkansas | Only known from the holotype collected in 1915.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | |
| Tennessee pebblesnail | Somatogyrus currierianus | Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | ||
| Channeled pebblesnail | Somatogyrus wheeleri | Arkansas<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Family Lottiidae
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eelgrass limpet | Lottia alveus | Atlantic Canada<ref name="Cosewic" /> and the United States<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | Extinct in 1929.<ref name="Cosewic" /> |
| Rocky shore limpet | Lottia edmitchelli | San Nicolas Island and Los Angeles, California<ref name=lindberg84>Lindberg, D. R. (1984). A recent specimen of Collisella edmitchelli from San Pedro, California (Mollusca: Acmaeidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 83(3), 148-151.</ref> | Last recorded in 1861. Extinct due to habitat loss.<ref name = "Dulvy">Dulvy, N. K., Pinnegar, J. K., & Reynolds, J. D. (2009). Holocene extinctions in the sea. In Holocene extinctions, pgs. 129-150.</ref> |
Bladder snails (family Physidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Fish Lake physa | Physella microstriata | Utah<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Ramshorn snails (family Planorbidae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoal sprite | Amphigyra alabamensis | Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Amphigyra alabamensis shell.jpg | |
| Boulder snail | Athearnia crassa | Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, and Virginia<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | ||
| Carinate flat-top snail | Neoplanorbis carinatus | United States<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref><ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | ||
| Angled flat-top snail | Neoplanorbis smithi | |||
| Little flat-top snail | Neoplanorbis tantillus | Coosa River, Alabama | Extinct due to several impoundments between 1914 and 1967.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Neoplanorbis tantillus shell.jpg |
| Umbilicate flat-top snail | Neoplanorbis umbilicatus | United States<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | ||
| Acorn ramshell | Planorbella multivolvis | Michigan<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
Pleurocerids (family Pleuroceridae)
| Common name | Scientific name | Range |
|---|---|---|
| Short-spired elimia | Elimia brevis | Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Closed elimia | Elimia clausa | St. Clair County, Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Fusiform elimia | Elimia fusiformis | Coosa River, Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Shouldered elimia | Elimia gibbera | Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| High-spired elimia | Elimia hartmaniana | United States<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Constricted elimia | Elimia impressa | Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Hearty elimia | Elimia jonesi | Coosa River, Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Ribbed elimia | Elimia laeta | Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Wrinkled elimia | Elimia macglameriana | Alabama and Georgia<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Pupa elimia | Elimia pupaeformis | Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref><ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Pygmy elimia | Elimia pygmaea | |
| Rough-lined elimia | Elimia pilsbryi | Coosa River, Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Excised slitshell | Gyrotoma excisa | Last recorded in 1924.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref><ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref><ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref><ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref><ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Striate slitshell | Gyrotoma lewisii | |
| Pagoda slitshell | Gyrotoma pagoda | |
| Ribbed slitshell | Gyrotoma pumila | |
| Pyramid slitshell | Gyrotoma pyramidata | |
| Round slitshell | Gyrotoma walkeri | |
| Agate rocksnail | Leptoxis clipeata | Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Maiden rocksnail | Leptoxis formosa | Alabama and Georgia<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Rotund rocksnail | Leptoxis ligata | Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref><ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref><ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Lyrate rocksnail | Leptoxis lirata | |
| Bigmouth rocksnail | Leptoxis occultata | |
| Coosa rocksnail | Leptoxis showalterii | United States<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref><ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref><ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> |
| Squat rocksnail | Leptoxis torrefacta | |
| Striped rocksnail | Leptoxis vittata |
Horn snails (family Potamididae)
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Cerithidea fuscata | Northeast Pacific Ocean | Last recorded in 1935. Extinct due to overexploitation.<ref name = "Dulvy"/> |
Bivalves (class Bivalvia)
Order Unionida
Family Unionidae
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | Comments | Pictures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coosa elktoe | Alasmidonta mccordi | Coosa River, Alabama | Extinct in 1964 due to loss of all habitat through impoundment or channelization.<ref name="Turvey" /> | |
| Carolina elktoe | Alasmidonta robusta | North and South Carolina<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | Taxonomic status uncertain.<ref name="Turvey" /> | |
| Ochlockonee arcmussel | Alasmidonta wrightiana | Ochlockonee River, Florida | Extinct since the 1930s due to habitat fragmentation or degradation.<ref name="Turvey" /> | |
| Arc-form pearly mussel | Epioblasma arcaeformis | Cumberland and Tennessee River systems<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | Extinct since the 1940s due to loss of all habitat through impoundment or channelization.<ref name="Turvey" /> | File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.327100 - Epioblasma arcaeformis (Lea, 1831) - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg |
| Angled riffleshell | Epioblasma biemarginata | Cumberland and Tennessee River systems<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | Extinct in 1970 due to habitat destruction.<ref name="Turvey" /> | File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.418038 - Epioblasma biemarginata (Lea, 1857) - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg |
| Arcuate pearly mussel | Epioblasma flexuosa | Tennessee, Cumberland, and Ohio River systems<ref>NatureServe Explorer</ref> | Extinct in the 1920s or 1930s, due to loss of habitat through impoundment or channelization.<ref name="Turvey" /> | File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.327105 - Epioblasma flexuosa (Rafinesque, 1820) - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg |
| Curtis pearly mussel | Epioblasma florentina curtisii | Little Black River, Missouri | Extinct in the 1990s due to habitat degradation.<ref name="Turvey" /> | |
| Yellow blossom | Epioblasma florentina florentina | Holston River, Tennessee | Extinct in the 1940s due to loss of habitat through impoundment or channelization.<ref name="Turvey" /> | |
| Acorn pearly mussel | Epioblasma haysiana | Cumberland and Tennessee River systems<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | Extinct in 1970 due to habitat degradatation and fragmentation.<ref name="Turvey" /> | File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.418521 - Epioblasma haysiana (Lea, 1834) - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg |
| Stone's pearly mussel | Epioblasma lenior | Tennessee River system | Extinct in 1967 due to loss of habitat through impoundment or channelization.<ref>NatureServe</ref> | |
| Lewis pearly mussel | Epioblasma lewisii | Cumberland and Tennessee River systems<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | Extinct in 1950 due to loss of habitat through impoundment or channelization.<ref name="Turvey" /> | |
| Upland combshell | Epioblasma metastriata | Conasauga River, Georgia | Extinct in 1980s due to habitat destruction and fragmentation.<ref name="Turvey" /> | |
| Southern acornshell | Epioblasma othcaloogensis | Conasauga River, Georgia | Extinct in the 1970s due to habitat destruction and fragmentation.<ref name="Turvey" /> | |
| Fine-rayed pearly mussel | Epioblasma personata | Tennessee, Ohio, and Wabash River systems | Last collected in 1924.<ref>NatureServe</ref> Extinct in the 1920s or 1930s due to loss of habitat through impoundment or channelization.<ref name = "Turvey"/> | |
| Nearby pearly mussel | Epioblasma propinqua | Tennessee, Cumberland, Ohio, and Wabash River systems<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | Extinct in 1936 due to loss of habitat through impoundment or channelization.<ref name="Turvey" /> | File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.418310 - Epioblasma propinqua (Lea, 1857) - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg |
| Sampson's pearly mussel | Epioblasma sampsonii | Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | Extinct in the 1930s or 1940s due to habitat destruction and fragmentation.<ref name="Turvey" /> | File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.MOL.327113 - Epioblasma sampsonii (Lea, 1862) - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg |
| Steward's pearly mussel | Epioblasma stewardsonii | Tennessee and Coosa River systems<ref>NatureServe</ref> | Extinct in the 1940s due to loss of habitat through impoundment or channelization.<ref name="Turvey" /> | File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.419405 - Epioblasma stewardsonii (Lea, 1852) - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg |
| Green-blossom pearly mussel | Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum | Tennessee River system | Last fresh shells collected in the 1980s.<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.419400 - Epioblasma torulosa (Rafinesque, 1820) - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg |
| Tubercled-blossom pearly mussel | Epioblasma torulosa torulosa | Tennessee and Ohio River systems<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | Extinct in the 1970s due to loss of all habitat through impoundment or channelization.<ref name="Turvey" /> | |
| Turgid-blossom pearly mussel | Epioblasma turgidula | Southern Appalachians and Cumberland Plateau<ref>NatureServe</ref> | Extinct in 1976 due to loss of all habitat through impoundment or channelization.<ref name="Turvey" /> | File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.210667 - Epioblasma turgidula (Lea, 1858) - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg |
| Lined pocketbook | Lampsilis binominata | Flint River, Georgia | Extinct in the 1970s due to habitat degradation.<ref name="Turvey" /> | File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - ZMA.MOLL.418098 - Lampsilis binominata Simpson, 1900 - Unionidae - Mollusc shell.jpeg |
| Highnut | Pleurobema altum | United States<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | ||
| Longnut | Pleurobema nucleopsis | United States<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | ||
| Alabama clubshell | Pleurobema troschelianum | Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | ||
| True pigtoe | Pleurobema verum | Alabama<ref>Template:Cite iucn</ref> | ||
| Black clubshell | Pleurobema curtum | East Fork Tombigbee River, Mississippi | Extinct in the 1990s due to habitat destruction and fragmentation.<ref name="Turvey" /> | File:NMNH-UniocurtusHolotypeUSNM84737.jpg |
| Flat pigtoe | Pleurobema marshalli | Tombigbee River, Mississippi and Alabama | Extinct in 1984 due to loss of all habitat through impoundment or channelization.<ref name="Turvey" /> | |
| Rio Grande monkeyface | Rotundaria couchiana | Rio Grande | Extinct in the early 1900s due to habitat degradation.<ref name="Turvey" /> | |
| Stirrup shell | Theliderma stapes | Sipsey River, Alabama | Extinct in the 1980s due to habitat fragmentation and destruction.<ref name="Turvey" /> |
Roundworms (phylum Nematoda)
Order Rhabditida
Family Onchocercidae
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Agamofilaria oxyura | Rampart Cave, Arizona | Parasite of the Shasta ground sloth. Most recent remains dated to c. 9050 BCE.<ref name = "Beall"/> |
Family Strongyloididae
| Scientific name | Range | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Strongyloides shastensis | Rampart Cave, Arizona | Parasite of the Shasta ground sloth. Most recent remains dated to c. 9050 BCE.<ref name = "Beall"/> |
See also
- List of Hawaiian animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene
- Holocene extinction
- Peopling of the Americas
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- IUCN Red List