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 |
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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 | ![]() |
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Delissea subcordata | ||||||
Dusicyon australis | Falklands Wolf | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Nesiota elliptica | Saint Helena Olive | ![]() |
December 2003 | |||
Partula labrusca | Vine Raiatea Tree Snail | 2002 | ||||
Phalacrocorax perspicillatus | Spectacled Cormorant | ![]() |
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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 | ![]() |
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Zalophus japonicus | Japanese Sea Lion | |
1974 |
See also
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