List of extinct animals of Martinique and Guadeloupe
The list of extinct animals in Martinique and Guadeloupe features the animals of the French Overseas Departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe that have become extinct. Several of the bird species listed are hypothetical. Assuming these birds were true species, 9 animal extinctions have occurred in Martinique, and 9 animal extinction in Guadeloupe. The Lesser Antillean macaw (Ara guadeloupensis) may have been found in both Guadeloupe and Martinique, which makes a total of 17 recent animal extinction in these two French overseas departments.
Mammals
- Antillean giant rice rat, Megalomys desmarestii (1902)
Birds
- Guadeloupe burrowing owl, Speotyto cunicularia guadeloupensis
- Guadeloupe parakeet, Aratinga labati (18th century, hypothetical)
- Guadeloupe parrot, Amazona violacea (1779)
- Lesser Antillean macaw, Ara guadeloupensis (1760, hypothetical)
- Martinique house wren, Troglodytes aedon martinicensis
- Martinique parrot, Amazona martinicana (1779, hypothetical)
Reptiles
- Martinique giant ameiva, Ameiva major
- Martinique lizard, Leiocephalus herminieri (1830s)
- Ameiva cineracea (early 20th century, Guadeloupe)
Molluscs
- Amphicyclotulus guadeloupensis (Guadeloupe)
- Incerticyclus cinereus (Martinique)
- Incerticyclus martinicensis (Martinique)
- Oleacina guadeloupensis (Guadeloupe)
- Pleurodonte desidens (Martinique)