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This is a list of South 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]

The list includes animal extinctions in the Galápagos, Falklands, and other islands near the continent. Extinct animals from the West Indies are covered in List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene. Extinctions from Easter Island, a territory of Chile in Polynesia, are covered in the List of Oceanian species extinct in the Holocene.

Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.

Mammals (class Mammalia)[edit]

Opossums (order Didelphimorphia)[edit]

Opossums (family Didelphidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Red-bellied gracile opossum Cryptonanus ignitus Jujuy, Argentina Last collected in 1962. The only known locality was destroyed by agriculture and urban development.[2]
Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
One-striped opossum Monodelphis unistriata Southeastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina Only collected twice, in 1821 in Brazil and 1899 in Argentina. The causes of decline are unknown, but possibly related to habitat loss through logging and agriculture.[3]

Armadillos, pampatheres, and glyptodonts (order Cingulata)[edit]

Long-nosed armadillos (family Dasypodidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments
Propraopus sulcatus Eastern South America Most recent remains at Toca do Serrote do Artur, Brazil dated to 6660-4880 BCE.[4]

Chlamyphorid armadillos and glyptodonts (family Chlamyphoridae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Doedicurus clavicaudatus South American pampas Most recent remains at Arroyo Seco, Argentina dated to 4765-4445 BCE.[4]
Eutatus seguini Northern Argentina and Uruguay Most recent remains at Arroyo Seco, Argentina dated to 6389-6060 BCE.[5]
Glyptodon clavipes Eastern Brazil to the Argentinian pampa[6] Most recent remains at Toca do Serrote do Artur, Brazil dated to 6660-4880 BCE.[4]
Glyptodon reticulatus Southern Brazil Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Upper Ribeira Valley, southeastern Sao Paulo, Brazil but without direct datation.[7]
Glyptotherium cylindricum Florida and Texas to northeastern Brazil Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil but without direct datation.[8]
Hoplophorus euphractus Eastern Brazil Most recent remains at Toca do Serrote do Artur, Brazil dated to 6660-4880 BCE.[4]
Neosclerocalyptus ornatus[9] Southern South America Most recent remains in Paraguay dated to 5120 BCE.[10]
Neuryurus sp. Eastern Argentina and Uruguay Most recent remains at Lobería, Argentina dated to c. 19050-8050 BCE.[11]
Panochthus tuberculatus Argentina to southern Brazil Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Luján, Argentina but without direct datation.[12]

Pachyarmatheres (family Pachyarmatheriidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Pachyarmatherium brasiliense Eastern Brazil Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil but without direct datation.[8]

Pampatheres (family Pampatheriidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Holmesina majus Minas Gerais and Ceará, Brazil Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil but without direct datation.[8]
Pampatherium sp. Brazil

Anteaters and sloths (order Pilosa)[edit]

Megalonychid ground sloths (family Megalonychidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Ahytherium aureum Eastern Brazil Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Upper Ribeira Valley, southeastern Sao Paulo, Brazil but without direct datation.[7]

Giant ground sloths (family Megatheriidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Eremotherium laurillardi Southern United States to Brazil Most recent remains in eastern Brazil dated to 7800-7740 BCE.[13]
Megatherium americanum Temperate South America and the Andes Most recent remains at Campo Laborde, Argentina were dated to 5270-4310 BCE and show signs of human hunting and processing.[9]

Mylodonts (family Mylodontidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Glossotherium robustum South America Most recent remains at El Cautivo, Ecuador dated to 6810-6650 BCE.[4]
Lestodon armatus Southern Brazil Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Upper Ribeira Valley, southeastern Sao Paulo, Brazil but without direct datation.[7]
Mylodon darwini Pampas and Patagonia Most recent remains at Cueva del Milodón, Chile dated to 10935-8804.[14]
Scelidodon chiliensis Western South America Most recent remains at Pampa de los Fósiles, Peru, dated to 7160-6760 BCE.[4]

Scelidotherid ground sloths (family Scelidotheriidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Catonyx cuvieri Eastern South America Most recent remains at Lagoa Santa, Brazil dated to 7830-7430 BCE.[4]
Scelidotherium leptocephalum Southern South America Most recent remains at Río Cuarto, Argentina dated to 5660-5540 BCE.[15]
Valgipes bucklandi Intertropical region of Brazil[8] Most recent remains at Lagoa Santa, Brazil dated to 9110-9030 BCE.[16]

Nothrotheriid ground sloths (family Nothrotheriidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Nothrotherium maquinense Eastern Brazil Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil but without direct datation.[8]

Elephant-like mammals (order Proboscidea)[edit]

Gomphotheres (family Gomphotheriidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Notiomastodon platensis South America Most recently dated at El Totumo, Colombia, to 4170-4050 BCE; however this date is uncalibrated and the remains are assigned to the Late Glacial. Other remains from Toro, Valle del Cauca are assigned to the Holocene but with no direct date.[17] Remains at El Cautivo, Ecuador were dated to 6810-6650 BCE.[4]

Rodents (order Rodentia)[edit]

Cavies (family Caviidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Galea tixiensis Río de la Plata basin to southern Bolivia Most recent remains at the Tandilia mountains, Argentina dated to around 950 CE.[18]
Giant capybara[19] Neochoerus sp. Southern United States to Brazil Found in sites of Minas Gerais, Bahia, and Rondonia, Brazil that date from the Late Pleistocene to early Holocene, but without exact dating.[8]

Tuco-tucos (family Ctenomyidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments
Ctenomys viarapaensis Pampa de Achala, Argentina Most recent remains at Quebrada del Real 1 dated to 5410 BCE - 1590 CE.[20]

Neotropical spiny rats (family Echimyidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments
Clyomys riograndensis Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Most recent remains dated to 1750 BCE.[21]
Dicolpomys fossor Río de la Plata basin and sourthern Brazil Most recent remains at Sambaquí de Puerto Landa, Argentina dated to 894-953 CE.[22]
Proclinodontomys mordax Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Most recent remains dated to 5250 BCE.[21]

Rock rats, degus, and viscacha rats (family Octodontidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments
Octomys sp. Western Argentina Most recent remains at Vaquerías Gruta 1, Argentina dated to 1150 BCE - 1570 CE. Related to the Mountain viscacha rat but different enough to be a new species.[23]

Hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice (family Cricetidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Bibimys massoiai Piauí, Brazil Most recent remains at Toca do Serrote do Artur dated to 6943-3656 BCE.[24]
Candango mouse Juscelinomys candango Brasilia, Brazil Last collected in 1960. Presumed extinct when the area was urbanized.[25]
Galápagos giant rat Megaoryzomys curioi Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Known from subfossil remains. Possibly extinct by introduced predators like feral dogs, cats, pigs, and black rats.[26]
Darwin's Galápagos mouse Nesoryzomys darwini Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands Last recorded in 1930. Extinct due to competition, pathogens transmitted by, or predation by black rats, house mice, brown rats, and feral cats.[27]
Indefatigable Galápagos mouse Nesoryzomys indefessus Santa Cruz and Baltra, Galápagos Islands Last collected in 1934. Extinct due to competition, pathogens transmitted by, or predation by black rats, house mice, brown rats, and feral cats.[28]
Vespucci's giant rat Noronhomys vespuccii Fernando de Noronha Island, Brazil Only recorded alive by Amerigo Vespucci in 1503; otherwise known from subfossil remains.[29]
Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Brucepattersonius talpinus Lagoa Santa, Brazil Known from Quaternary fossils.[24]
Fossorial giant rat Gyldenstolpia fronto Chaco Basin to southeastern Brazil Known from the holotype collected in the Argentinian Chaco in 1896, and four Quaternary fossils from Lagoa Santa, Brazil.[30]
Habrothrix clivigenis Lagoa Santa, Brazil Known from Quaternary fossils.[24]
Juliomys anoblepas
Zuniga's dark rice rat Melanomys zunigae Lomas de Atocongo, near Lima, Peru Last recorded in 1949. Declined due to habitat degradation caused by goat grazing and mining activity.[31]
Oxymycterus cosmodius Lagoa Santa, Brazil Known from Quaternary fossils.[24]

Bats (order Chiroptera)[edit]

Leaf-nosed bats (family Phyllostomidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Giant vampire bat Desmodus draculae Eastern South America Most recent remains in Centinela del Mar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina dated to 1675-1755 AD.[32]

Carnivorans (order Carnivora)[edit]

Cats (family Felidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
South American saber-toothed cat Smilodon populator Eastern South America Most recent remains at Lagoa Santa, Brazil dated to 7330-7030 BCE.[4]

Dogs (family Canidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Dire wolf Aenocyon dirus North America and western South America Most recent remains at Talara, Peru dated to 7320-6840 BCE; however this date is uncalibrated and the age of the remains could be older. Other late remains from Luján, Argentina were older than the most recent stratigraphical section dated to 9050-8050 BCE.[33]
Falkland Islands wolf Dusicyon australis Falkland Islands Exterminated by sheep farmers in 1876.[34]
Dusicyon avus Argentina and Uruguay Most recent remains in the Pampas dated to 1232-1397, and in southernmost Patagonia to 1454-1626.[35]
Fuegian dog Lycalopex sp. Tierra del Fuego and possibly southern Patagonia Only domestic descendant of the culpeo, bred by the Selk'nam people. Disappeared during the Selk'nam genocide in the early 20th century.[36][37]
Protocyon troglodytes Middle South America[38] to Yucatan[39] Most recent remains at Toca da Boa Vista, Brazil dated to 20,000-10,000 years ago.[33]

Bears (family Ursidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Arctotherium bonariense Argentina Recorded from the Middle Pleistocene to the Early Holocene.[40]
Arctotherium tarijense Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Chile Most recent remains at Cueva de los Chingues, Chile dated to 9310-9210 BCE.[41]
Arctotherium wingei Northeastern South America Most recent remains at Muaco, Venezuela dated to 7320-6840 BCE. However, this datation is uncalibrated and the remains could be older.[40]

Earless seals (family Phocidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Caribbean monk seal Neomonachus tropicalis Caribbean Sea, Bahamas, and Gulf of Mexico Last recorded in Venezuela before 1700.[42] The species was hunted for its skin, oil, and to remove competition for fishermen.[43]

Notoungulates (order Notoungulata)[edit]

Toxodonts (family Toxodontidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Toxodon platensis South America One tooth found at Abismo Ponta da Flecha, Brazil was dated to 4650-1450 BCE when testing its enamel, and 6050-3450 BCE when testing its dentine.[4]

Litopterns (order Litopterna)[edit]

Macrauchenids (family Macraucheniidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Macrauchenia patachonica Southwestern South America Most recent remains at Centinela del Mar, Argentina dated to 9381-9281 BCE.[44]
Xenorhinotherium bahiense North and east South America Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil but without direct datation.[8]

Odd-toed ungulates (order Perissodactyla)[edit]

Horses and allies (family Equidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Equus neogeus South America Most recent remains at Toca do Serrote do Artur, Brazil dated to 6660-4880 BCE.[4]
Hippidion saldiasi Eastern South America Most recent remains at Cueva del Medio, Chile dated to 10748-9456 BCE.[14]

Even-toed ungulates (order Artiodactyla)[edit]

Camels and llamas (family Camelidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Hemiauchenia paradoxa Northern Río de la Plata Basin and central Brazil[45] Found in Holocene sites of Argentina but without exact dates.[41]
Chilihueque Population of Lama guanicoe Central Chile A third domestic South American camelid recorded by Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries, bred by the Mapuche and different from llamas and vicuñas. DNA analysis of remains from Mocha Island (where camelids were introduced by people) indicates that it was a population of Patagonian guanaco that was managed, or domesticated independently from the llama. It disappeared when indigenous communities switched to sheep and horse farming after colonization.[46]
Palaeolama major Northern and eastern South America Most recent remains at Toca do Serrote do Artur, Brazil dated to 6660-4880 BCE.[4]

True deer (family Cervidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments
Antifer ultra Río de la Plata Basin to central Chile Most recent remains in Chile dated to around 7950 BCE. However this datation was not calibrated and the remains could be older.[47]
Morenelaphus brachyceros Temperate South America Most recently dated to 8050-5845 BCE; however this datation was not calibrated and the remains could be older. Other remains from southern Uruguay were dated, and calibrated, to 10010-9907 BCE.[6]

Birds (class Aves)[edit]

Landfowl (order Galliformes)[edit]

Chachalacas, guans, and curassows (family Cracidae)[edit]

Extinct in the wild[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Alagoas curassow Mitu mitu Alagoas and Pernambuco, Brazil Declined due to hunting and destruction of its habitat for sugarcane plantation, until the last known individual in the wild was killed near São Miguel dos Campos in either 1987 or 1988. All living individuals descent from three animals captured in 1977, and part of the current captive population is hybridized with the razor-billed curassow.[48] The species was reintroduced to the wild in 2019.[49]

Waterfowl (order Anseriformes)[edit]

Ducks, geese, and swans (family Anatidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Niceforo's pintail Anas georgica niceforoi Central Colombia Last recorded in 1952. Possibly extinct due to hunting and habitat degradation.[50]
Fighting shelduck[51] Neochen pugil Minas Gerais, Brazil Known from the late Pleistocene or early Holocene of Lagoa Santa, Brazil.[52]

Grebes (order Podicipediformes)[edit]

Grebes (family Podicipedidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Colombian grebe Podiceps andinus Bogotá wetlands, Colombia 1977[53]

Swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds (order Apodiformes)[edit]

Hummingbirds (family Trochillidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Bogotá sunangel Northern Andes? Heliantelus zusii 1909[50]
Alejandro Selkirk Island firecrown Sephanoides fernandensis leyboldi Alejandro Selkirk Island?, Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile 1908[50]
Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Letitia's thorntail Discosura letitiae Bolivia 1852[50]
Turquoise-throated puffleg Eriocnemis godini Northern Ecuador 1850[54]

Rails and cranes (order Gruiformes)[edit]

Rails (family Rallidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Peruvian rail Rallus semiplumbeus peruvianus Peruvian highlands and possibly Ecuador 1886[50]
Rallus sp. Fernando de Noronha Island, Brazil A flightless species known from subfossil remains, presumably extinct due to predation by introduced mammals.[51]

Shorebirds (order Charadriiformes)[edit]

Sandpipers (family Scolopacidae)[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Eskimo curlew Numenius borealis Northwestern Canada and Alaska, and Southern Cone 1939[55]

Storks and allies (order Ciconiiformes)[edit]

Storks (family Ciconiidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Asphalt stork Ciconia lydekkeri Contiguous United States to Argentina Known from the late Pleistocene or early Holocene of Lagoa Santa, Brazil.[52]

New World vultures (order Cathartiformes)[edit]

New World vultures and condors (family Cathartidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Pleistovultur nevesi Matozinhos, Brazil Known from a humerus dated around 10560-8040 BCE. Presumed extinct as a consequence of the disappearance of the megafauna.[51]
Winge's vulture[51] Wingegyps cartellei Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil Known from the late Pleistocene or early Holocene of Lagoa Santa.[52]

Parrots (order Psittaciformes)[edit]

Holotropical parrots (family Psittacidae)[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Glaucous macaw Anodorhynchus glaucus Border area of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay 2001[56]
Sinú parakeet Pyrrhura subandina Sinú Valley, Córdoba Department, Colombia 1949[57]
Extinct in the wild[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Spix's macaw Cyanopsitta spixii Sao Francisco River, Bahia, Brazil 2000[58]

Perching birds (order Passeriformes)[edit]

Antpittas (family Grallariidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Antioquia brown-banded antpitta Grallaria milleri gilesi Santa Helena, Antioquia, Colombia 1878[50]

Ovenbirds (family Furnariidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Alagoas foliage-gleaner Philydor novaesi Alagoas and Pernambuco, Brazil 2011[50]

Tanagers (family Thraupidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Darwin's ground finch Geospiza magnirostris magnirostris Floreana and San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands 1835[50]

Tyrant flycatchers (family Tyrannidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
San Cristóbal flycatcher Pyrocephalus dubius San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands 1987[59]

Reptiles (class Reptilia)[edit]

Turtles and tortoises (order Testudines)[edit]

Big-headed turtles (family Podocnemididae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Peltocephalus maturin Madeira River, Brazil Only known from a lower jaw dated to 12385-7060 BCE, roughly coinciding with the time when the area was first reached by Paleo-Amerindians.[60]

Tortoises (family Testudinidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Pinta Island tortoise Chelonoidis niger abingdonii Pinta, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador The last wild individual (Lonesome George) was captured in 1972 and died in Santa Cruz's Tortoise Center in 2012, but hybrid descendants survive in northern Isabela Island. Declined due to hunting and habitat destruction by grazing feral goats.[61]
Floreana giant tortoise Chelonoidis niger niger Floreana, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Disappeared from the wild in the mid-19th century, though hybrids survive in captivity and in northern Isabela Island. Likely extinct due to hunting and the impact of introduced mammals including pigs, dogs, cats, goats, donkeys, cattle, black rats and house mice.[62]
Santa Fe Island tortoise Chelonoidis niger 'Santa Fe Island' Santa Fe, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Undescribed lineage, known from subfossil bones.[63]

Amphibians (class Amphibia)[edit]

Frogs (order Anura)[edit]

True toads (family Bufonidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Maracay harlequin frog Atelopus vogli Güey River, Aragua, Venezuela Last collected in 1957. Its habitat was destroyed by agriculture.[64]
Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Green and red venter harlequin toad Atelopus pinangoi Near Piñango, Mérida, Venezuela Last recorded in 1997. Declined due to chytridiomycosis, habitat loss caused by logging and ranching, introduced trout, and climate change.[65]

Tree frogs and allies (family Hylidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Spiny-knee leaf frog Phrynomedusa fimbriata Sao Paulo and Paraná states, Brazil Last collected in the 1950s. Extinct due to air pollution and infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis[66]

Darwin's frogs (family Rhinodermatidae)[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Chile Darwin's frog Rhinoderma rufum Valparaíso and Biobío, Chile Last recorded in 1981. The cause of decline is unknown but chytridiomycosis has been suggested.[67]

Rain frogs (family Strabomantidae)[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Aragua robber frog Pristimantis anotis Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua, Venezuela Last collected in 1974. The cause of decline is unknown, though chytridiomycosis is present in the area.[68]

Ray-finned fish (class Actinopterygii)[edit]

Catfishes (order Siluriformes)[edit]

Pencil catfishes (family Trichomycteridae)[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Greasefish Rhizosomichthys totae Tota Lake, Colombia Last collected in 1958. Possibly extinct due to exotic fish introductions (Eremophilus mutisii, Grundulus bogotensis, Carassius auratus, Oncorhynchus mykiss) and chemical pollution caused by agriculture.[69]

Toothcarps (order Cyprinodontiformes)[edit]

Pupfishes (family Cyprinodontidae)[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Titicaca orestias Orestias cuvieri Lake Titicaca The causes of decline are unknown.[70]

Ovalentaria incertae sedis[edit]

Family Pomacentridae[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Galápagos damsel Azurina eupalama Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Last recorded during the 1982-83 El Niño event, which warmed the waters it inhabited and killed off the plankton on which it fed.[71]

Starfishes (class Asteroidea)[edit]

Order Forcipulatida[edit]

Family Heliasteridae[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
24-rayed sunstar Heliaster solaris Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Last recorded during the 1982-83 El Niño event.[72]

Insects (class Insecta)[edit]

Beetles (order Coleoptera)[edit]

Predaceous diving beetles (family Dytiscidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Megadytes ducalis Condeúba, Bahia, Brazil Only known from individuals collected in the 19th century.[73]
Meridiorhantus orbignyi Argentina and Brazil[74]

Arachnids (class Arachnida)[edit]

Order Mesostigmata[edit]

Family Halarachnidae[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Caribbean monk seal nasal mite Halarachne americana Caribbean Sea Extinct with its host.[75]

Clitellates (class Clitellata)[edit]

Order Opisthopora[edit]

Family Glossoscolecidae[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Scientific name Range Comments
Rhinodrilus fafner Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Only known from the holotype described in 1918.[76]

Slugs and snails (class Gastropoda)[edit]

Holocene extinctions of unknown date
Common name
scientific name 		Range Image
Littoridina gaudichaudii Ecuador[77]
Megalobulimus cardosoi Brazil[78]
Tomigerus gibberulus Brazil[79]
Tomigerus turbinatus Brazil[80]


Extinct in the wild
Common name
scientific name 		Range
Aylacostoma chloroticum Paraná River[81]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The source gives "11,700 calendar yr b2k (before CE 2000)". But "BP" means "before CE 1950". Therefore, the Holocene began 11,650 BP. Doing the math, that is c. 9700 BCE.

References[edit]

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