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This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

Quaternary extinctions

• Late Quaternary prehistoric birds
• List of prehistoric mammals
• List of extinct cetaceans

Prehistoric birds are various taxa of birds that became extinct before recorded history, or more precisely, before they could be studied alive by bird scientists. ... // Middle Cretaceous–Recent Family Ornithorhynchidae Genus Monotrematum Monotrematum sudamericanum Obdurodon Steropodon Family Kollikodontidae Genus Kollikodon Family Tachyglossidae Genus Zaglossus Zaglossus hacketti Zaglossus robustus Genus Megalibgwilia to be sorted Kryoryctes cadburyi Teinolophos Zaglossus Late Jurassic–Eocene Family Albionbaataridae Family Allodontidae Family Eobaataridae Family Hahnodontidae Family Paulchoffatiidae Family Pinheirodontidae Family Plagiaulacidae Family... The list of extinct cetaceans features the extinct species of the order Cetacea. ...

Modern extinction

• Extinct birds

Since 1500, over 100 species of birds have become extinct, and this rate of extinction seems to be increasing. ...

Europe

• List of extinct animals of Europe

See also: The list of extinct animals in Europe features the animals that have become extinct on the European continent and some in other dependent territories of European countries. ...

• List of extinct animals of the British Isles
• List of extinct animals of Catalonia
• List of extinct and endangered animals of Lithuania
• List of extinct animals of the Netherlands

<Italic text nowiki>Sorry this page no longer exist</nowiki> ... This is a list of extinct animals of Catalonia. ... This is a list of extinct, endangered and threatened animals of the Lithuania. ... This is a list of extinct animals of the Netherlands. ...

North America

• List of extinct animals of Canada
• List of extinct animals of the United States

The list of extinct Canadian animals includes several species that no longer exist. ... This is an incomplete list of extinct animals of the United States. ...

Central and South America

• List of extinct animals of South America

See also: List of extinct animals of Martinique and Guadeloupe Falkland Island fox or Antarctic Wolf by John Gerrard Keulemans. ... The list of extinct animals in Martinique and Guadeloupe in features the animals that have become extinct in the French Overseas Departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe. ...

Asia

• List of extinct animals of Asia

The list of extinct animals of Asia features the animals that have become extinct along the history in the Asian Continent. ...

Oceania

• List of extinct animals of Australia
• List of extinct animals of New Zealand

Following is a complete list of Australian vertebrate extinctions from 1788 to the present. ... This is a list of extinct New Zealand animals. ...

Endangered species

See Endangered species The Siberian Tiger is a subspecies of tiger that are critically endangered. ...

No longer considered extinct

See Lazarus species The takahe is an example of a Lazarus taxon. ...

Images

Replica of Tyrannosaurus rex at the Senckenberg Museum Image File history File linksMetadata Saurier2. ... Binomial name Tyrannosaurus rex Osborn, 1905 Synonyms Manospondylus gigas Dynamosaurus imperiosus Dinotyrannus megagracilis Nanotyrannus lancensis? Tyrannosaurus (IPA pronunciation or ; from the Greek τυραννόσαυρος, meaning tyrant lizard) is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur. ... T. Rex The Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt is the largest museum of natural history in Germany. ...	The Remingtonocetid Kutchicetus: an artist's impression. Illustration by Carl Buell and taken from [1]. Image File history File links Kutchicetus. ...	Paleomastodon Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	A drawing of Phororhacos, a giant prehistoric bird by Charles R. Knight published in Animals of the Past, 1901. Image File history File links Phororhacos. ...
Augsburg's depiction of an Aurochs. The Aurochs is one of Europe's most famous extinct animals Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1510x916, 243 KB) Original caption: Augsburger Abbildung des Urs (echten Auerochsen). ... Binomial name Subspecies Bos primigenius primigenius   (Bojanus, 1827) Bos primigenius namadicus   (Falconer, 1859) Bos primigenius mauretanicus   (Thomas, 1881) See Ur (rune) for the rune. ...	Quagga from Regent's Park Zoo, London, 1870. The Quagga is one of Africa's most famous extinct animals Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Trinomial name Equus quagga quagga Boddaert, 1785 The quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra, which was once found in great numbers in South Africas Cape Province and the southern part of the Orange Free State. ...	The Laysan Rail, an extinct bird from Hawaii Laysan Rail, Illustration from Rothschild (1893-1900). ... Binomial name Porzana palmeri (Frohawk, 1892) The Laysan Rail was a tiny inhabitant of the North West Hawaiian atoll of Laysan. ...	Last seen in a Hobart zoo in 1936, the Thylacine is Australia's most famous extinct animal A pair of thylacines that lived at the US National Zoological Park in Washington DC from 1902 to 1905. ... Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ... Binomial name (Harris, 1808) The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. ...

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Extinct animals

• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species