List of extinct animals of Africa
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The list of extinct animals in Africa features the animals that have become extinct on the African continent and its islands, like Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion, Seychelles, Saint Helena, Cape Verde, etc.
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[edit] Pleistocene Extinctions
- Anancus
- African Deinotherium Deinotherium bozai
- Damaliscus niro Giant blesbok
- Dinofelis Dirk-toothed cat
- Elephas recki
- Equus capensis
- Giraffa jumae
- Hipparion Three-toed horse
- Hippopotamus gorgops
- Homo erectus
- Homo habilis
- Homotherium Scimitar-toothed cat
- Mammuthus Mammoth
- Megalotragus Giant hartebeest
- Megantereon Sabre-toothed cat
- Metaxytherium
- Metridiochoerus Giant Warthog
- Paracamelus
- Paranthropus boisei
- Pelorovis Giant-horned buffalo (4 sp.)
- Sivatherium African Sivatherium
- Theropithecus oswaldi Giant Gelada
- Xenocyon lycaonoides African wolf
[edit] Global Holocene Extinctions
[edit] Mammals
- Antidorcas australis (ca 7000 BP, Cape province, South Africa)
- Antidorcas bondi (ca 7000 BP, Cape province, South Africa)
- Atlas Bear, Ursus arctos crowtheri (1844, North Africa)
- Atlas Wild Ass Equus africanus atlanticus, also known as Algerian Wild Ass. (300, North Africa)
- Bluebuck or Blue Antelope, Hippotragus leucophaeus (1799, South Africa)
- Bubal Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus (1923, North Africa)
- Canary Islands giant rats, Canariomys tamarani and C. bravoi (Canary Islands)
- Cape Serval, Leptailurus serval serval (South Africa)
- Cape Warthog, Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (1900, South Africa)
- Ethiopian Amphibious Rat, Nilopegamys plumbeus (Ethiopia) (possible extinct, only known by holotype found in 1927)
- Ethiopian Hyena, Hyaena crocuta hybridus (Ethiopia)
- Giant aye-aye, Daubentonia robusta (Madagascar)
- Giant Fossa, Cryptoprocta spelea (Madagascar)
- Hipposideros besaoka (Madagascar)
- Koala lemurs, three species in the genus Megaladapis (1500, Madagascar)
- Lava Mouse, Malpaisomys insularis (Canary Islands)
- Lesser Mascarene Flying Fox, Pteropus subniger (1862, Réunion)
- Madagascan Dwarf Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus lemerlei (Madagascar)
- Madagascan Pygmy Hippopotamus, Hippopotamus madagascariensis (Madagascar)
- Hippopotamus laloumena (Madagascar)
- North African Aurochs, Bos primigenius mauretanicus (Unknown date, North Africa)
- North African Elephant, Loxodonta africana pharaoensis (300, North Africa)
- North African Serval, Leptailurus serval constantina (North Africa)
- Plesiorycteropus (Madagascar)
- Quagga, Equus quagga quagga (1883, South Africa)
- Red Gazelle, Gazella rufina (1894, Algeria)
- Roberts' Lechwe, Kobus leche robertsi (Zambia)
[edit] Birds
- Alaotra Grebe, Tachybaptus rufolavatus (Madagascar)
- Aldabra Brush-warbler, Nesillas aldabrana (Seychelles)
- Aepyornis or Great Elephant Bird, Aepyornis maximus (Madagascar)
- Ascension Flightless Crake, Mundia elpenor (Saint Helena)
- Broad-billed Parrot, Lophopsittacus mauritianus (Mauritius)
- Delalande's Coua, Coua delalandei (Madagascar)
- Dodo, Raphus cucullatus (Mauritius)
- Large Saint Helena Petrel, Pterodroma rupinarum (Saint Helena)
- Mauritius Blue Pigeon, Alectroenas nitidissima (Mauritius)
- Mascarene Coot, Fulica newtoni (Réunion, Mauritius)
- Mascarene Parrot, Mascarinus mascarinus (Réunion)
- Mauritian Duck, Anas theodori (Mauritius)
- Mauritian Shelduck, Alopochen mauritianus (Mauritius)
- Mauritius Grey Parrot, Lophopsittacus bensoni (Mauritius)
- Mauritius Night-Heron, Nycticorax mauritianus (Mauritius)
- Mauritius Owl, Mascarenotus sauzieri (Mauritius)
- Newton's Parakeet, Psittacula exsul (Mauritius)
- Red Rail, Aphanapteryx bonasia (Mauritius)
- Réunion Flightless Ibis, Threskiornis solitarius (Réunion)
- Réunion Gallinule, Porphyrio coerulescens (Réunion)
- Réunion Kestrel, Falco buboisi (Réunion)
- Réunion Night-Heron, Nycticorax duboisi (Réunion)
- Réunion Owl, Mascarenotus grucheti (Réunion)
- Réunion Pigeon, Columba duboisi (Réunion)
- Réunion Shelduck, Mascarenachen kervazoi (Réunion)
- Réunion Starling, Fregilupus varius (Réunion)
- Rodrigues Night-Heron, Nycticorax megacephalus (Mauritius)
- Rodrigues Owl, Mascarenotus murivorus (Mauritius)
- Rodrigues Parrot, Necropsittacus rodericanus (Mauritius)
- Rodrigues Pigeon, Alectroenas rodericana (Mauritius)
- Rodrigues Rail, Aphanapteryx leguati (Mauritius)
- Rodrigues Solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria (Mauritius)
- Rodrigues Starling, Necropsar rodericanus (Mauritius)
- Seychelles Parakeet, Psittacula wardi (Seychelles)
- Small Saint Helena Petrel, Bulweria bifax (Saint Helena)
- Saint Helena Crake, Atlantisia podarces (Saint Helena)
- Saint Helena Cuckoo, Nannococcyx psix (Saint Helena)
- Saint Helena Dove, Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos (Saint Helena)
- Saint Helena Hoopoe, Upupa antaios (Saint Helena)
- Saint Helena Rail, Porzana astrictocarpus (Saint Helena)
- Tristan Moorhen, Gallinula nesiotis (Saint Helena)
- Canarian Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus meadewaldoi 1981 (Tenerife)
- Canary Islands Quail, Coturnix gomerae (Canary Islands)
- Eastern Canary Islands Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus canariensis exsul 1986 (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura)
- Madeiran Wood Pigeon, Columba palumbus maderensis 1924 (Madeira)
- Assumption Island White-throated Rail Dryolimnas cuvieri abbotti (between 1905 and 1937, Assumption, Astove, Cosmoledo)
[edit] Reptiles
- Cape Verde Giant Skink, Macroscincus coctei (Cape Verde)
- Eastwood's Long-tailed Seps, Tetradactylus eastwoodae (South Africa)
- Leiolopisma mauritiana (Mauritius)
- Saddle-backed Mauritius Giant Tortoise, Cylindraspis inepta (Mauritius)
- Domed Mauritius Giant Tortoise, Cylindraspis triserrata (Mauritius)
- Mozambique Centipede-eater, Aparallactus nigriceps (Mozambique)
- Réunion Giant Tortoise, Cylindraspis indica (Réunion)
- Rodrigues Giant Day Gecko, Phelsuma gigas (Rodrigues)
- Rodrigues day gecko, Phelsuma edwardnewtoni (Rodrigues)
- Domed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise, Cylindraspis peltastes (Rodrigues)
- Saddle-backed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise, Cylindraspis vosmaeri (Mauritius) 1795
- Round Island Burrowing Boa, Bolyeria multocarinata (Round Island, Mauritius)
- Seychelles Black Terrapin, Pelusios seychellensis (Seychelles)
- Typhlops cariei (Mauritius)
- Roque Chico de Salmor Giant Lizard, Gallotia simonyi simonyi 1935 (Canary Islands)
[edit] Fish
- Pantanodon madagascariensis (Madagascar)
- Ptychochromis onilahy (Madagascar)
[edit] Insects
- Saint Helena Giant Earwig, Labidura herculeana (1967 Saint Helena)
- Aplothorax burchelli (1967 Saint Helena)
- Sympetrum dilatatum (1964 Saint Helena)
[edit] Molluscs
- Caldwellia philyrina
- Chilonopsis blofeldi
- Chilonopsis exulatus
- Chilonopsis helena
- Chilonopsis melanoides
- Chilonopsis nonpareil
- Chilonopsis subplicatus
- Chilonopsis subtruncatus
- Chilonopsis turtoni
- Colparion madgei
- Ctenoglypta newtoni
- Cyclophorus horridulum
- Cyclosurus mariei
- Dupontia proletaria
- Erepta nevilli
- Gibbus lyonetianus
- Gonidomus newtoni
- Gonospira nevilli
- Gulella mayottensis
- Harmogenanina linophora
- Harmogenanina subdetecta
- Helenoconcha leptalea
- Helenoconcha minutissima
- Helenoconcha polyodon
- Helenoconcha pseustes
- Helenoconcha sexdentata
- Helenodiscus bilamellata
- Helenodiscus vernoni
- Nesopupa turtoni
- Pachnodus velutinus
- Pachystyla rufozonata
- Pseudohelenoconcha spurca
- Pupilla obliquicosta
- Rhachis comorensis
- Rhachis sanguineus
- Tropidophora desmazuresi
- Tropidophora semilineata
- Unio cariei
- Leiostyla lamellosa (Land Snail from Madeira)
- Pseudocampylaea loweii (Land Snail from Madeira)
[edit] Rediscovered
- Burchell's Zebra, Equus quagga burchellii
- Coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae
- Madagascar Pochard, Aythya innotata
- Omphalotropis plicosa - Living population have been found in 2002.[1]
[edit] Extinctions in the wild
- Barbary Lion, Panthera leo leo, (North Africa)
- Egyptian Barbary Sheep, Ammotragus lervia ornata (Egypt)
- Cape Lion, Panthera leo melanochaitus (Cape of Africa)
- Labrochromis ishmaeli (Freshwater fish from Lake Victoria; Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
- Scimitar Oryx, Oryx dammah (Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara)
- Paretroplus menarambo (Freshwater fish from Madagascar)
- Platytaeniodus degeni (Freshwater fish from Lake Victoria; Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
- Prognathochromis perrieri Yssichromis sp. nov. 'argens' Haplochromis lividus (Freshwater fish from Lake Victoria; Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
[edit] References
- ^ Florens F. B. V. & Baider C. (2007). "Relocation of Omphalotropis plicosa (Pfeiffer, 1852), a Mauritian endemic landsnail believed extinct". Journal of Molluscan Studies 73(2): 205-206. doi:10.1093/mollus/eym004.
- IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 March 2006.
[edit] See also
- List of extinct animals of Réunion
- List of extinct animals
- List of extinct animals of Asia
- List of extinct animals of Europe
- List of extinct animals of South America
- Extinct birds
