Lists of extinct species

This page features lists of extinct species, organisms that have become extinct, either in the wild or completely disappeared from Earth.

The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks. Intermediate minor rankings are not shown.

In actual theoretical practice, a species not definitely located in the wild in the last fifty years of current time is textually called “extinct”.

Plants

• List of recently extinct plants

Animals

By region

• List of extinct animals of Africa
  • List of extinct animals of Réunion
• List of extinct animals of Asia
  • List of extinct animals of India
  • List of extinct animals of the Philippines
• List of extinct animals of Europe
  • List of extinct animals of Catalonia
  • List of extinct animals of Caucasus
  • List of extinct animals of the British Isles
    • Extinct animals from the Isle of Man
  • List of extinct and endangered species of Italy
  • List of extinct and endangered animals of Lithuania
  • List of extinct animals of the Netherlands
  • List of extinct animals of the Nordics
  • List of extinct animals of Romania
• List of extinct animals of North America
  • List of extinct animals of Martinique and Guadeloupe
• List of extinct animals of Oceania
  • List of extinct animals of Australia
  • List of extinct animals of New Zealand
  • List of extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands
• List of extinct animals of South America

By taxon

• List of extinct bird species since 1500
• List of extinct mammals
  • List of extinct cetaceans
• List of extinct arachnids
  • List of extinct butterflies

Fossil taxa

• List of dinosaur genera
• List of fossil bird genera
• List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species
• List of fossil primates
• Lists of prehistoric fish

Recent extinction

• List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene
• List of bird extinctions by year
• List of extinct dog breeds
• List of recently extinct amphibians
• List of recently extinct arthropods
• List of recently extinct fishes
• List of recently extinct insects
• List of recently extinct invertebrates
• List of recently extinct mammals
• List of recently extinct molluscs
• List of recently extinct reptiles

See also

• Category:Extinct species
• Category:Species made extinct by human activities
• Category:Endangered species by reason they are threatened
• Extinction
• Extinction event
• Endangered species
• Extinct (disambiguation)
• Lists of organisms by population
• Lists of animals
• List of lists of lists §§ Natural and physical sciences​ and List of lists of lists