List of extinct mammals
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- A large number of prehistoric mammals are extinct, e.g. Megafauna. See List of prehistoric mammals.
This is an incomplete list of historically known extinct mammals, their dates of extinction, and former range. Mammals included are organisms which have been described by science, but which have subsequently become extinct. Many of these animals have become extinct as a result of human hunting, for food or sport, or through the destruction of habitat.
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[edit] Marsupials
- Red-bellied Gracile Opossum (1962, Argentina)
- Broad-faced Potoroo (1875, Australia)
- Eastern Hare Wallaby (1890, Australia)
- Crescent Nailtail Wallaby (1956, Australia)
- Toolache Wallaby (1943, Australia)
- Lesser Bilby (1950s, Australia)
- Lake Mackay Hare-wallaby (1932, Australia) [1]
- Desert Rat-kangaroo (1935, Australia)
- Thylacine (1936, Tasmania)
- Desert Bandicoot (1943, Australia)
- Pig-footed Bandicoot (1950s, Australia)
[edit] Sirenians
- Steller's Sea Cow (1768), Commander Islands
[edit] Rodents
- Flores Cave Rat (Indonesia)
- Verhoeven's Giant Tree Rat (Indonesia)
- Cuban Coney (1500, Cuba) [2]
- Big-eared Hopping Mouse (1843, Australia)
- Darling Downs Hopping Mouse (1846, Australia)
- White-footed Rabbit-rat (1870s, Australia)
- Short-tailed Hopping Mouse (1896, Australia)
- Bulldog Rat (1903, Christmas Island)
- Maclear's Rat (1903, Christmas Island)
- Guadalcanal Rat (1899, Solomon Islands)
- Long-Tailed Hopping Mouse (1901, Australia)
- Martinique Musk Rat (1903, Martinique) [3]
- Darwin's Galapagos Mouse (1930, Galapagos Islands)[4]
- Gould's Mouse (1930, Australia)
- Lesser Stick Nest Rat (1933, Australia)
- Indefatigable Galapagos Mouse (1934, Galapagos Islands) [5]
- Emperor Rat (1960s Solomon Islands)
- Nelson's Rice Rat (1897, Islas Marias) [6]
- Hispaniolan Edible Rat (~1546, Hispaniola)[7]
- Oriente Cave Rat (?, Cuba) [8]
- Torre's Cave Rat (?, Cuba)[9]
- Imposter Hutia (?, Hispaniola) [10]
- Montane Hutia (?, Hispaniola) [11]
- Little Swan Island hutia (1955, Swan Islands)
- St Lucy Giant Rice Rat (1852), Saint Lucia) [12]
- Martinique Giant Rice Rat (1902), Martinique) [13]
- Pemberton's Deer Mouse (1931), San Pedro Island) [14]
- Ilin Island Cloudrunner (1953) Ilin Island) [15]
[edit] Lagomorphs
- Sardinian Pika (1774, Sardinia) [16]
[edit] Soricimorphs
- Marcano's Solenodon (?, Hispaniola) [17]
- Christmas Island Shrew (1985, Christmas Island) (officially critically endangered, but has not been reliably seen since 1985) [18]
- Balearic Shrew (Europe) [19]
[edit] Bats
- Puerto Rican Flower Bat (Puerto Rico) [20]
- Lesser Mascarene Flying Fox (1864, Réunion, Mauritius)
- Large Palau Flying Fox (1874, Palau)
- Panay Giant Fruit Bat (1892, Philippines) [21]
- Nendo Tube-nosed Fruit Bat (1907, Solomon Islands)
- Guam Flying Fox (1968, Guam)
- New Zealand Greater Short-tailed Bat (1988, New Zealand)
- Dusky Flying Fox (1870) Percy Island) [22]
- Sturdee's Pipistrelle (2000) Japan) [23]
- Lord Howe Long-eared Bat (1996, Australia) [24]
[edit] Cetaceans
[edit] Artiodactyls
- Aurochs (1627, Poland)
- Bluebuck (1799, South Africa)
- Arabian Gazelle (1825, Farasan Islands) [25]
- Red Gazelle (1894, Algeria)
- Schomburgk's Deer (1932, Thailand)
- Queen of Sheba's Gazelle (1951, Yemen) [26]
Subspecies
[edit] Carnivores
- Falkland Island Wolf (1876, Falkland Islands)
- Sea Mink (1894, Northeastern North America)
- Caribbean Monk Seal (1952, Jamaica)
- Japanese Sea Lion (1950s, Japan)
Subspecies
- Javan Tiger (1950s, Java)
- Bali Tiger (1950s, Bali)
- Caspian Tiger (1950s, Tajikistan)
- Barbary Lion (possibly extinct in the wild 1890, Algeria)
- Japanese Wolf (1930s, Japan)
- Mexican grizzly bear (1960s, Mexico)
[edit] Perissodactyls
Subspecies
- Western Black Rhinoceros (2006, West Africa)
- Quagga (1883, South Africa)
- Tarpan (1919, Eurasia)
- Syrian Wild Ass (1928, Syria)
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/11160 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/16645 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/essaybooks/biodiversity/browneyes.pdf American Museum of Natural History
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/14706 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/9004 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15583 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/3121 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2885 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/2886 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/10034 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/10859 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12981 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/12980 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/16645 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/5501 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/18338 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/20322 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136379 IUCN Red List
- ^ http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=709800 ITIS
- ^ http://www.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/Taxonomy/tax-species-result.cfm?source=animals&genus=Phyllonycteris&species=major&tabname=all
- ^ http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/A/Acerodon_lucifer/
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/18718
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/17365
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/15006
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/8981
- ^ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/8987
