Lists of extinct species

The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks. Intermediate minor rankings are not shown.

This page features lists of extinct species, organisms that have become extinct, either in the wild or completely disappeared from Earth. In practice, a species not definitely located in the wild in the last 50 years is called extinct.

• Lists of extinct animals
• List of extinct plants
• List of recently extinct amphibians
• List of recently extinct arthropods
• List of recently extinct bird species
• List of recently extinct fishes
• List of recently extinct insects
• List of recently extinct invertebrates
• List of recently extinct mammals
• List of recently extinct molluscs
• List of recently extinct reptiles

See also

• Category:Extinct species
• Category:Species made extinct by human activities
• Category:Endangered species by reason they are threatened
• Extinction
• Extinction event
• Endangered species
• Extinct (disambiguation)
• Domain (biology): Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
• Kingdom (biology): Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Archaea/Archaeabacteria, Bacteria/Eubacteria