List of recently extinct species

This is a list of recently extinct species and subspecies:[1][2]

Species Common name Authority Image Date of
extinction
Notes
Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica Pyrenean Ibex January 6, 2000
Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii Pinta Island Tortoise June 24, 2012 This is an extinct subspecies of Galápagos tortoise. The last remaining individual was Lonesome George.
Cryptoprocta spelea Giant Fosa
Delissea kauaiensis
Delissea niihauensis
Delissea subcordata
Dusicyon australis Falklands Wolf
Dusicyon avus
Lipotes vexillifer Yangtze River Dolphin Before 2006, possibly August 19, 2007
Melamprosops phaeosoma Po'o-uli November 28, 2004
Neomonachus tropicalis Caribbean Monk Seal
Nesiota elliptica Saint Helena Olive December 2003
Partula labrusca Vine Raiatea Tree Snail 2002
Phalacrocorax perspicillatus Spectacled Cormorant
Pipistrellus murrayi Christmas Island Pipistrelle August 27, 2009
Plectostoma sciaphilum
Psephurus gladius Chinese Paddlefish January 8, 2007
Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus April 29, 2010
Rucervus schomburgki Schomburgk's Deer
Zalophus japonicus Japanese Sea Lion 1974

See also

References

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