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List Of Extinct Species (Major Animal Species)

Common Name Scientific Name Approximate Date of Extinction
Giant Moa Dinornis robustus 1500
Lesser Puerto Rican Ground Sloth Acratocnus odontrigonus 1500
Chinese elephant Elephas maximus rubridens 1530
Aurochs Bos primigenius primigenius 1627
Dodo Raphus cucullatus 1681
Reunion Flightless Ibis Threskiornis solitarius 1705
Guam Flycatcher Myiagra freycineti 1726
Atlantic Gray Whale Eschrichtius gibbosus gibbosus 1750
Jamacian Red Macaw Ara gossei 1765
Steller's Sea Cow Hydrodamalis gigas 1768
Carpathian Wisent Bison bonasus hungarorum 1790
Blue Buck Hippotragus leucophaeus 1800
Guadeloupe Conure Aratinga labati 1800
Kangaroo Island Emu Dromaius baudinianus 1805
Caucasian Moose Alces alces caucasicus 1810
Ascension Flightless Crake Atlantisia elpenor 1815
Dwarf Emu Dromaius ater 1827
King Island Emu Dromaius ater 1830
Madagascan Pygmy Hippopotamus Hippopotamus madagascariensis 1830
Spectacled Cormorant Phalacrocorax perspicillatus 1832
Lsser Antillean Macaw Ara guadeloupensis 1833
Atlas Bear Ursus arctos crowtheri 1844
Great Auk Pinguinus impennis 1844
Dark Flying Fox Pteropus subniger 1859
Lesser Mascarene Flying Fox Pteropus subniger 1862
Cueban Macaw Ara tricolor 1864
Cape Lion Panthera leo melanochaitus 1865
Broad Faced Potoroo Potorous platyops 1875
New Zealand Quail Coturnix novaezelandiae 1875
Eastern Elk Cervus canadensis canadensis 1880
Tarpan Equus ferus ferus 1880
Quagga Equus quagga quagga 1883
Eastern Hare-Wallaby Lagorchestes leporides 1890
Panay Giant Fruit Bat Acerodon lucifer 1892
Portuguese Ibex Capra pyrenaica lusitanica 1892
Sea Mink Mustela macrodon 1894
Arabian Gazelle Gazella arabica 1900
Cape Warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus 1900
Puerto Rican Long-tongued Bat Phyllonycteris major 1900
Right whale Eubalaena glacialis 1900
Southern California Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis macrotis 1903
Honshu Wolf Canis lupus hodophilax 1905
Chatham Island Bellbird Anthornis melanocephala 1906
Greater Koa-Finich Rhodacanthis palmeri 1906
Yunnan Box Turtle Cuora yunnanensis 1906
Huia Heteralocha acutirostris 1907
Badlands Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadiensis audubonis 1910
Eastern Bettong Bettongia gaimardi gaimardi 1910
Newfoundland Wolf Canis lupus beothucus 1911
Laughing Owl Sceloglaux albifacies 1914
Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius 1914
Banks Island Wolf Canis lupus bernardi 1920
Kamchatka Giant Bear Ursus isabellinus pruinosus 1920
Barbary Lion Panthera leo leo 1922
Brush-tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata penicillata 1923
California Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos californicus 1925
Florida Red Wolf Canis rufus floridanus 1925
Caucasian Wisent Bison bonasus caucasicus 1927
Syrian Wild Ass Equus hemionus hemippus 1927
Darwin's Galapagos Mouse Nesoryzomys darwini 1930
Mauritius Blue Pigeon Alectroenas nitidissima 1930
Queen Charlotte Islands Caribou Rangifer tarandus dawsoni 1930
Western Barred Bandicoot Perameles bougainville fasciata 1930
Heath Hen Tympanuchus cupido cupido 1932
Toolache Wallaby Macropus greyi 1932
Lessr Billby Macrotis leucura 1933
Tasmanian Tiger Thylacinus cynocephalus 1933
Buff Nosed Rat Kangaroo Caloprymnus campestris 1935
Southern Rocky Mountain Wolf Canis lupus youngi 1935
Bali Tiger Panthera tigris balica 1937
Schomburgk's Deer Cervus schomburgki 1938
Canary Islands Oystercatcher Haematopus meadewaldoi 1940
Cascade Mountains Wolf Canis lupus fuscus 1940
Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Canis lupus irremotus 1940
Mogollon Mountain Wolf Canis lupus mogollonensis 1942
Texas Gray Wolf Canis lupus monstrabilis 1942
Desert Bandicoot Perameles eremiana 1943
Kansas Bog Lemming Synaptomys cooperi paludis 1946
Pig-footed Bandicoot Chaeropus ecaudatus 1950
Burrowing Bettong Bettongia lesueur graii 1960
Caspian Tiger Panthera tigris virgata 1960
Kakawahie Paroreomyza flammea 1963
Barbados Raccoon Procyon gloveralleni 1964
Crescent Nail-Tailed Wallaby Onychogalea lunata 1965
Guam Flying Fox Pteropus tokudae 1968
Nebraska Bog Lemming Synaptomys cooperi relictus 1968
Tacoma Pocket Gopher Thomomys mazama tacomensis 1970
Texas Red Wolf Canis rufus rufus 1970
Northern Sumatran Rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis 1975
Java Tiger Panthera tigris sondaica 1980
Penasco Chipmunk Tamias minimus atristriatus 1980
Caribbean Monk Seal Monachus tropicalis 1982
Blue Pike Stizostedion vitreum glacum 1983
Bush Wren Xenicus longipes 1984
Dangs Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica dealbata 1986
Deepwater Cisco Coregonus johannae 1986
Longjaw Cisco Coregonus alpenae 1986
Silver Trout Salvelinus agassizi 1986
Puerto Rican Flower Bat Phyllonycteris major 1988
Black Fin Cisco Coregonus nigripinnis 1990
Big Thicket Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus mesoleucus telmalestes 1994
Bubal Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus 1994
Carolina Elkteo Alasmidonta robusta 1994
Dusky Flying Fox Pteropus brunneus 1994
Paradise Parrot Psephotus pulcherrimus 1994
Red Gazelle Gazella rufina 1994
Round Island Birrowing Boa Bolyeria multocarinata 1994
Paradise Parrot Psephotus pulcherrimus 1995
Pallid Hairy Dwarf Porcupine Sphiggurus pallidus 1996
Swan Island Hutia Geocapromys thoracatus 1996
Queen of Sheba's Gazelle Gazella bilkis 1999
Brown Pigtoe Pleurobema hagleri 2000
Miss Waldron's Red Colobus Monkey Procolobus badius waldroni 2000
Pyrenean Ibex Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica 2000
Seychelles Balck Terrapin Pelusios seychellensis 2000
Western Black Rino Diceros bicornis longipes 2006
White River Dolphin Lipotes vexillifer 2006
Ref http://www.iucnredlist.org/

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