List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene

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The list of extinct animals of Asia features the animals that have become extinct along the history in the Asian Continent. This list only involves extinctions of the Holocene epoch.

Map of Asia

Global Holocene extinctions

Mammalia

Prehistoric extinctions (beginning of the Holocene to 1500 CE)

Common name/scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Cave lion
Panthera spelaea 		10000 BC
 Northern Asia and had a widespread across Europe and Southern Asia Cave lion
Chinese elephant
Elephas maximus rubridens 		1500 BC
 Eastern China --
Cyprus dwarf hippopotamus
Hippopotamus minor 		Unknown
 Cyprus Cyprus dwarf hippopotamus
Elasmotherium
Elasmotherium sp. 		29000 BC
 Northern Asia Elasmotherium sibiricum
Giant tapir
Tapirus augustus 		2000 BC
 China Giant tapir
Giant deer
Megaloceros giganteus 		5700 BC[1]
 Northern Asia Irish elk
Stegodon
Stegodon florensis insularis 		2150 BC
 Indonesia (Flores) and Philippine Islands Stegodon
Steppe wisent
Bison priscus 		3400 BC[2]
Central Asia to Siberia Steppe wisent
Syrian elephant
Elephas maximus asurus 		100 BC
 Middle East Syrian elephant
Woolly mammoth
Mammuthus primigenius 		2000 BC
 Northern Asia Woolly mammoth
Woolly rhinoceros
Coelodonta antiquitatis 		10000 BC
 Northern Asia Woolly rhinoceros

Recent extinctions (1500 AD to present)

Common name/scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Aurochs
Bos primigenius[3] 		India (13th century AD), Eurasia (1627)
 Northern Asia and Indian Subcontinent Aurochs
Bali tiger
Panthera tigris sondaica[4] 		1937
 Indonesia (Bali) Bali tiger
Buhler's coryphomys
Coryphomys buehleri[5] 		1500s
 Indonesia (Timor) --
Caspian tiger
Panthera tigris tigris[6] 		1970s
 Turkey to China Caspian tiger
Caucasian elk
Alces alces caucasicus 		1850s
 Caucasus Mountains, Iran and Turkey Caucasian moose
Caucasian wisent
Bison bonasus caucasicus 		1925
 Caucasus Mountains Caucasian wisent
Cebu warty pig
Sus cebifrons cebifrons 		2000
 Philippines --
Flores cave rat
Spelaeomys florensis 		1500s
 Indonesia (Flores) --
Flores long-nosed rat
Paulamys naso [7] 		1500s
 Indonesia (Flores) --
Formosan clouded leopard
Neofelis nebulosa brachyura 		1990s
 Taiwan Formosan clouded leopard
Hokkaidō wolf
Canis lupus hattai 		1889
 Japan (Hokkaidō) Hokkaidō wolf
Honshū wolf
Canis lupus hodophilax 		1905
 Japan (Honshū) Honshū wolf
Ilin Island cloudrunner
Crateromys paulus[8] 		April 4, 1953
 Philippines --
Indian Javan rhinoceros
Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis 		Before 1925
 Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), and India Indian Javan rhinoceros
Japanese river otter
Lutra lutra whiteleyi 		1979
 Japan Japanese river otter
Japanese sea lion
Zalophus japonicus[9] 		1974
 Sea of Japan Japanese sea lion
Javan tiger
Panthera tigris sondaica[10] 		1970s
 Indonesia (Java) Javan tiger
Northern Sumatran rhinoceros
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis 		Unknown
 Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), and India Northern Sumatran rhinoceros
Queen of Sheba's gazelle
Gazella bilkis[11] 		1951
 Yemen --
Saudi gazelle
Gazella saudiya[12] 		Unknown
 Arabian Peninsula --
Schomburgk's deer
Rucervus schomburgki[13] 		1938
 Thailand Schomburgk's deer
Steller's sea cow
Hydrodamalis gigas[14] 		1768
 Russia (Commander Islands) Steller's sea cow
Sturdee's pipistrelle
Pipistrellus sturdeei[15] 		Unknown
 Japan (Bonin Islands) --
Verhoeven's giant tree rat
Papagomys theodorverhoeveni 		1500s
 Indonesia (Flores) --
Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros
Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus 		2010
 Vietnam to Malaysia Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros

Possibly extinct

Common name/scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Baiji
Lipotes vexillifer[16] 		August 2004
 Yangtze River, China Baiji
Gloomy tube-nosed bat
Murina tenebrosa [17] 		1962
 Tsushima Island, Japan --
Kouprey
Bos sauveli [18] 		1988
 Cambodia, Laos, Thailand & Vietnam
Malabar civet
Viverra civettina[19] 		1987
 India Malabar civet

Birds

Common name/scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Arabian ostrich
Struthio camelus syriacus 		1966
 Middle East Arabian ostrich
Asian ostrich
Struthio asiaticus 		10,000 BC
 Middle East to Central Asia Asian ostrich
Bering cackling goose
Branta hutchinsii asiatica
disputed subspecies 		1929
 Russia (Komandorski and Kuril Islands) --
Bonin grosbeak
Carpodacus ferreorostris 		1828
 Japan (Bonin Islands) Bonin grosbeak
Bonin nankeen night heron
Nycticorax caledonicus crassirostris 		1889
 Japan (Bonin Islands) Bonin nankeen night heron
Bonin thrush
Zoothera terrestris 		1827
 Japan (Bonin Islands) Bonin thrush
Bonin wood pigeon
Columba versicolor 		1889
 Japan (Bonin Islands) Bonin wood pigeon
Bennu heron
Ardea bennuides 		2000 BC
 United Arab Emirates Bennu heron
Cebu hanging parrot
Loriculus philippensis chrysonotus 		Unknown
 Philippines (Cebu) Cebu hanging parrot
Cyprus dipper
Cinclus cinclus olympicus
disputed subspecies 		1950
 Cyprus --
Mukojima white-eye
Apalopteron familiare familiare 		1930
 Japan (Bonin Islands) Mukojima white-eye
Ryukyu kingfisher
Todiramphus miyakoensis 		1887
 Japan (Ryukyu Islands) --
Ryukyu wood pigeon
Columba jouyi 		1936
 Japan (Ryukyu Islands) --
Spectacled cormorant
Phalacrocorax perspicillatus 		1850
 Russia Spectacled cormorant

Possibly extinct

Common name/scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Black-browed babbler
Malacocincla perspicillata 		1843 to 1848
 Indonesia --
Catanduanes bleeding heart
Gallicolumba luzonica rubiventris 		1971
 Philippines --
Crested shelduck
Tadorna cristata 		1985
 Japan, North Korea and South Korea Crested shelduck
Himalayan quail
Ophrysia superciliosa 		1876
 India Himalayan quail
Javan lapwing
Vanellus macropterus 		1940
 Indonesia (Java) Javan lapwing
Negros fruit dove
Ptilinopus arcanus 		1953
 Philippines Negros fruit dove
Pink-headed duck
Rhodonessa caryophyllacea 		1950s
 Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar) and India Pink-headed duck
Rück's blue flycatcher
Cyornis ruckii 		1918
 Indonesia (Sumatra) --
Siau scops owl
Otus manadensis siaoensis 		1866
 Indonesia (Sulawesi) --
Slender-billed curlew
Numenius tenuirostris 		1998
 Russia (Siberia) Slender-billed curlew
Sulu bleeding-heart
Gallicolumba menagei 		1891
 Philippines Sulu bleeding-heart
Vaurie's nightjar
Caprimulgus centralasicus 		1929
 China --
White-eyed river martin
Pseudochelidon sirintarae 		1980
 Thailand White-eyed river martin

Reptiles

Prehistoric extinctions (beginning of the Holocene to 1500 CE)

Common name/scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Megalochelys atlas
Megalochelys atlas 		10000 BC
 Indian Subcontinent to Indonesia Colossochelys atlas

Amphibians

Common name/scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Gunther's streamlined frog
Nannophrys guentheri[20] 		1882
 Sri Lanka Nannophrys guentheri
Pseudophilautus adspersus[21] 1886
 Sri Lanka Philautus adspersus
Pseudophilautus dimbullae[22] 1933
 Sri Lanka --
Pseudophilautus eximius[23] 1933
 Sri Lanka --
Pseudophilautus extirpo [24] 1882
 Sri Lanka --
Pseudophilautus halyi[25] 1899
 Sri Lanka --
Pseudophilautus leucorhinus[26] 1856
 Sri Lanka --
Pseudophilautus maia [27] 1860
 Sri Lanka --
Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi [28] Unknown
 Sri Lanka --
Pseudophilautus nanus [29] 1869
 Sri Lanka Pseudophilautus nanus
Pseudophilautus nasutus[30] 1869
 Sri Lanka Pseudophilautus nasutus
Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus[31] 1872
 Sri Lanka Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus
Pseudophilautus pardus[32] Before 1876
 Sri Lanka --
Pseudophilautus rugatus [33] 1927
 Sri Lanka --
Pseudophilautus temporalis[34] 1864
 Sri Lanka Pseudophilautus temporalis
Pseudophilautus variabilis [35] Unknown
 Sri Lanka Pseudophilautus variabilis
Pseudophilautus zal [36] Before 1947
 Sri Lanka --
Pseudophilautus zimmeri[37] 1927
 Sri Lanka --
Yunnan lake newt
Cynops wolterstorffi[38] 		1979
 China (Yunnan) Yunnan lake newt

Fish

Annelida (Oligochaeta) Earthworms

Molluscs

See also

References

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