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Extinct subspecies such as the Javan tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) [6] are not listed here as the species, in this case Panthera tigris, is still extant. The IUCN Redlist classification for each species serves as a citation, and the superscripted "IUCN" by the date is a link to that species' page.
As of 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 40 animal species as extinct in the wild. [1] That is approximately 0.04% of all evaluated animal species. The IUCN also lists five animal subspecies as extinct in the wild. This is a complete list of wild animal species and subspecies listed as extinct by the IUCN.
List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene; List of European species extinct in the Holocene. List of extinct animals of the British Isles; List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene. List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene; List of Oceanian animals extinct in the Holocene. List of Australia-New Guinea ...
The list of extinct mammals could go on for ages, but each animal has a unique story. With today’s advanced research, we can learn so much from animals that haven’t even existed during our ...
Despite the world's last captive thylacine dying in 1936, the secretive animal wasn't declared extinct until 1986. More recently in 2007 the Baiji dolphin , a rare river dolphin native to China ...
This category lists some of the species that have become extinct due to human activity, whether intentionally or unintentionally. If a more specific reason is known, the species should also be assigned to a subcategory of Category:Species by threat. They may also need to be placed in Category:Extinctions since 1500.
With the end of 2018 comes the near-certain reality that some critters, after millions of years of existence on Earth, are gone for good. There's little question that humanity's continued ...
The Pyrenean ibex, the only animal to have been brought back from extinction and the only one to go extinct twice. Main article: De-extinction Some, such as Harvard geneticist George M. Church , believe that ongoing technological advances will let us "bring back to life" an extinct species by cloning , using DNA from the remains of that species.