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The Holocene extinction, also referred to as the Anthropocene extinction, [3] [4] is an ongoing extinction event caused by human activities during the Holocene epoch. This extinction event spans numerous families of plants [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and animals, including mammals , birds, reptiles, amphibians , fish, and invertebrates , impacting both ...
The Holocene is considered to have started with the Holocene glacial retreat around 11650 years Before Present (c. 9700 BC). It is characterized by a general trend towards global warming , the expansion of anatomically modern humans ( Homo sapiens ) to all emerged land masses, the appearance of agriculture and animal husbandry , and a reduction ...
The Holocene extinction, otherwise referred to as the sixth mass extinction or Anthropocene extinction, [109] [110] is an ongoing extinction event of species during the present Holocene epoch (with the more recent time sometimes called Anthropocene) as a result of human activity.
This is a list of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) [a] and continues to the present day. [1] This list includes the Antilles archipelago and the Bermuda Islands, collectively known as the West Indies.
This is a list of North American animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) [A] and continues to the present day. [1] Recently extinct animals in the West Indies and Hawaii are in their own respective lists.
Most recent remains dated to the early Holocene. [19] Spermophilus severskensis: Desna River region Highly specialised for grazing, with the narrowest range of all Pleistocene ground quirrels. The latest possible date is the Atlantic, and its extinction was probably related to the local collapse of mammoth steppe. [18] Spermophilus superciliosus
Only known from the holotype collected in 1927. The cause of extinction is unknown, but habitat loss due to agriculture has been suggested. [122] Pseudophilautus temporalis: Sri Lanka Only known from the lectotype and type series collected in 1864. The cause of extinction is unknown, but habitat loss due to agriculture has been suggested. [123]
However, a few species have disappeared from Africa as part of the ongoing Holocene extinction, driven by human activity. Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands, Macaronesia, and Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha are biogeographically distinct from mainland Africa and have a much greater number of Holocene extinctions. Recently ...