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This is a list of extinct animals of the Netherlands. A lot of animal species and subspecies once lived in the Netherlands but have disappeared today. Fossilized remains of the grey whale (Eschrichtuis robustus), have been found dated to 340 BC, demonstrating that this species once roamed the North Sea, although it is no longer found there. A lower jaw of a lynx (Lynx lynx lynx) was found at the remains of a Roman settlement near Valkenburg in the Netherlands. During excavations of sites dated to the Roman period (around 400BC) on the Rhine delta there were findings of important breeding sites of the Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus). According to the hunting rights of the bishops of Utrecht we know that brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos) were still found in the Netherlands as late as the 11th century. According to a hunting licence from Drenthe, elk (Alces alces alces) were also known to be in this country until 1025. The Atlantic Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis), which once appeared from the Bay of Biscay to Norway, have disappeared from the waters around the Netherlands. It is suspected that the last whales were caught at the end of the Middle Ages. In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. ...
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Binomial name Eschrichtius robustus Lilljeborg, 1861 Gray Whale range The Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) is a whale which travels between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. ...
The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ...
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Valkenburg aan de Geul - a town in the Netherlands. ...
Loreley At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (Dutch Rijn, French Rhin, German Rhein, Italian: Reno, Romansch: Rein, ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ...
Binomial name Pelecanus crispus Bruch, 1832 The Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) is a member of the pelican family. ...
Binomial name Pelecanus crispus Bruch, 1832 The Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) is a member of the pelican family. ...
The Diocese of Utrecht was established in 695 when Saint Willibrord was consecrated bishop of the Frisians at Rome by Pope Sergius I, and with the consent of the Frankish ruler, Pippin of Herstal, settled at the market-town of Utrecht. ...
Binomial name Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 The Brown Bear (Ursus arctos) is a species of bear that can reach weights of 130-700 kg (300 to 1500 pounds). ...
Capital Assen Queens Commissioner A.L. (Relus) ter Beek Religion (1999) Protestant 35% Catholic 8% Area • Land • Water 2,642 km² (7th) 38 km² Population (2005) • Total • Density 483,173 (10th) 183/km² (12th) Inclusion 1796 Anthem Mijn Drenthe ISO NL-DR Official website www. ...
Binomial name Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) Moose range map The moose (so named in North America) or elk (in Europe), Alces alces, is the largest member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from the others by the palmate antlers of its males. ...
Species Balaena mysticetus Eubalaena australis Eubalaena glacialis Eubalaena japonica Northern Right Whale range Southern Right Whale range The right whales are marine mammals belonging to the family Balaenidae. ...
Map of the Bay of Biscay. ...
The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...
Most animals on this list of extinct animals in the Netherlands luckily survive in other places in the world. However, some of them are now globally extinct, like the Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis), the European Wild Horse (Equus ferus) and the Aurochs (Bos primigenius primigenius). One skeleton of the Great Auk was excavated in a Roman settlement near Velsen. Bones were also found near Rotterdam. In the Netherlands there are no bone finds of the aurochs after the Roman period (400 AD). Maculinea alcon arenaria, an endemic Dutch subspecies of the Alcon Blue butterfly became extinct at the end of the 1970s. Binomial name Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758) The Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) is an extinct bird. ...
Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ...
Trinomial name Bos primigenius primigenius (Bojanus, 1827) Bos primigenius namadicus (Falconer, 1859) Bos primigenius mauretanicus (Thomas, 1881) See Ur (rune) for the rune. ...
Velsen (population: 67,642 in 2004) is a municipality in the north-western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland, on both sides of the North Sea Canal. ...
Rotterdam Location Coat of arms The coat of arms reads Sterker door Strijd, i. ...
Trinomial name Maculinea alcon arenaria (Lemke, 1942) Maculinea alcon arenaria was a subspecies of the Alcon Blue butterfly. ...
Binomial name Maculinea alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Maculinea alcon, more commonly known as Alcon Blue or Alcon Large Blue is a Lycaenid butterfly (this family includes the blues, coppers and hairstreaks) and is found in Europe and Northern Asia. ...
This list features the mammals, birds, fish, molluscs, butterflies, dragonflies, bees, pond damselflies, mayflies, grasshoppers and crickets that have disappeared from the Netherlands. As of now, there have been no known extinctions of reptiles and amphibians in the Netherlands.
Mammals
Binomial name Alces alces (Linnaeus, 1758) Moose range map The moose (so named in North America) or elk (in Europe), Alces alces, is the largest member of the deer family Cervidae, distinguished from the others by the palmate antlers of its males. ...
Binomial name Barbastella barbastellus (Schreber, 1774) The Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus), also known as the Western Barbastelle, is a European bat. ...
Trinomial name Bos primigenius primigenius (Bojanus, 1827) Bos primigenius namadicus (Falconer, 1859) Bos primigenius mauretanicus (Thomas, 1881) See Ur (rune) for the rune. ...
Binomial name Canis lupus Linnaeus, 1758 Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Wolf The Gray Wolf (Canis lupus; also spelled Grey Wolf, see spelling differences; also known as Timber Wolf or Wolf) is a mammal in the order Carnivora. ...
Binomial name Equus caballus Linnaeus, 1758 The horse (Equus caballus, sometimes seen as a subspecies of the Wild Horse, Equus ferus caballus) is a large odd-toed ungulate mammal, one of ten modern species of the genus Equus. ...
Binomial name Eschrichtius robustus Lilljeborg, 1861 Gray Whale range The Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) is a whale which travels between feeding and breeding grounds yearly. ...
Species Balaena mysticetus Eubalaena australis Eubalaena glacialis Eubalaena japonica Northern Right Whale range Southern Right Whale range The right whales are marine mammals belonging to the family Balaenidae. ...
For other meanings of Wild Cat and wildcat, see wildcat. ...
Binomial name Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus, 1758 Synonyms Vulpes fulva, Vulpes fulvus The Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the most familiar of the foxes. ...
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Binomial name Mustela lutreola (Linnaeus, 1761) The European Mink, Mustela lutreola, is a European member of the Mustelidae family found in some regions of Spain, France, Romania, Sweden, Poland and the greater part of Russia, though not found east of the Ural Mountains. ...
Binomial name Rhinolophus ferrumequinum (Schreber, 1774) The Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum is a European bat with a wingspan of 34-39cm. ...
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Binomial name Tursiops truncatus Montagu, 1821 Bottlenose Dolphin range (in blue) The Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is the most common and well-known dolphin species. ...
Binomial name Ursus arctos Linnaeus, 1758 Ursus arctos range map. ...
Birds Binomial name Anthus campestris (Linnaeus, 1758) The Tawny Pipit, Anthus campestris, is a medium-large passerine bird which breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia, and northwest Africa. ...
Binomial name Burhinus oedicnemus (Linnaeus, 1758) The Stone Curlew, Burhinus oedicnemus is the northern representative of the Stone-curlews, waders in the family Burhinidae. ...
Binomial name Emberiza hortulana Linnaeus, 1758 The Ortolan, or Ortolan Bunting, Emberiza hortulana, is a bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a passerine family now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. ...
Binomial name Lanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758 The Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) is a member of the shrike family. ...
Binomial name Lanius senator Linnaeus, 1758 The Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator) is a member of the shrike family Laniidae. ...
Binomial name Nycticorax nycticorax Linnaeus, 1758 The Black-crowned Night Heron (in Europe, often just Night Heron), Nycticorax nycticorax, is a medium-sized heron. ...
There are three species of wading birds in the plover family called Golden Plover. ...
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Binomial name Tringa glareola Linnaeus, 1758 The Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola, is a small wader. ...
Binomial name Upupa epops Linnaeus, 1758 The Hoopoe Upupa epops is in the same order of often colourful near passerine birds as the kingfishers, bee-eaters, and rollers. ...
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Binomial name Thymallus thymallus (Linnaeus, 1758) For other uses of grayling, see Grayling. ...
Binomial name Salmo trutta Linnaeus, 1758 Morphs Salmo trutta morpha trutta Salmo trutta morpha fario Salmo trutta morpha lacustris The Brown Trout (Salmo trutta morpha fario and morpha lacustris) and the Sea Trout ( morpha trutta) are fish of the same species distinguished chiefly by the fact that the brown trout...
Genera Pipefish (Syngnathidae) are small fish, which with the Seahorses form a distinct family. ...
Molluscs Binomial name Unio crassus Maton & Rackett, 1807 The thick shelled river mussel, Unio crassus, is a mussel of the family Unionidae. ...
Insects
Butterflies Binomial name Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758) The Black-veined White, (Aporia crataegi), is a butterfly of the Pieridae family. ...
Binomial name Argynnis paphia Linnaeus, 1758 The Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) is a European species of butterfly, which was in decline for much of the 1970s and 1980s but seems to be coming back to many of its old territories. ...
Binomial name Boloria euphrosyne Linnaeus, 1758 The Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. ...
Binomial name Cupidus minimus (Fuessly, 1775) The Small Blue (Cupido minimus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. ...
Binomial name Euphydryas aurinia Rottemburg, 1775 The Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. ...
Trinomial name Maculinea alcon arenaria (Lemke, 1942) Maculinea alcon arenaria was a subspecies of the Alcon Blue butterfly. ...
Binomial name Maculinea arion (Linnaeus,, 1758) The Large Blue (Maculinea arion) is a blue butterfly. ...
Binomial name Melitaea diamina Lang, 1789 The False Heath Fritillary (Melitaea diamina) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. ...
Binomial name Nymphalis antiopa Linnaeus, 1758 The mourning cloak or Camberwell beauty Nymphalis antiopa is a butterfly with wingspan 62–75 mm. ...
Binomial name Thymelicus acteon (Rottemburg, 1775) The Lulworth Skipper (Thymelicus acteon) is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. ...
Dragonflies - Coenagrion mercuriale mercuriale
- Nehalennia speciosa
Bees - Ammobates punctatus
- Andrena curvungula
- Andrena marginata
- Andrena nitidiuscula
- Andrena pandellei
- Andrena schencki
- Andrena thoracica
- Anthidium byssinum
- Anthophora aestivalis
- Anthophora bimaculata
- Anthophora borealis
- Anthophora plagiata
- Biastes truncatus
- Bombus confusus
- Bombus cullumanus
- Bombus pomorum
- Bombus subterraneus
- Coelioxys alata
- Dufourea minuta
- Halictus eurygnathus
- Halictus quadricinctus
- Lasioglossum laeve
- Lasioglossum laevigatum
- Nomada argentata
- Nomada furva
- Nomada mutabilis
- Nomada obtusifrons
- Nomada piccioliana
- Nomada rhenana
- Nomada roberjeotiana
- Osmia anthocopoides
- Osmia papaveris
- Osmia xanthomela
- Rophites quinquespinosus
- Thyreus orbatus
Pond Damselflies - Holocentropus insignis
- Hydroptila cornuta
- Hydroptila dampfi
- Ithytrichia lamellaris
- Micrasemodes minimus
- Oligoplectrum maculatum
- Sericostoma flavicorne
- Setodes viridis
- Silo piceus
Grasshoppers & Crickets - Locusta migratoria
- Psophus stridulus
- Tetrix bipunctata
Stoneflies - Euleuctra geniculata
- Isogenus nubecula
- Isoperla grammatica
- Isoptena serricornis
- Leuctra fusca
- Marthamea selysii
- Protonemura nitida
- Taeniopteryx nebulosa
- Xanthoperla apicalis
Mayflies - Ametropus fragilis
- Choroterpes picteti
- Ecdyonurus affinis
- Ecdyonurus dispar
- Habroleptoides modesta
- Habrophlebia lauta
- Heptagenia coerulans
- Isonychia ignota
- Oligoneuriella rhenana
- Palingenia longicauda
- Potamanthus luteus
- Siphlonurus aestivalis
- Siphlonurus alternatus
- Siphlonurus lacustris
Reintroductions and rediscoveries The last European Beaver in the Netherlands was killed in 1826. In 1988 European Beavers were reintroduced in the Biesbosch, and in 1994 beavers were released in the Gelderse Poort (a wilderness area between Arnhem and Nijmegen). The new beavers are doing very well; their numbers are increasing and they are spreading to other parts of the Netherlands. Binomial name Castor fiber Linnaeus, 1758 The European Beaver (Castor fiber) is an endangered aquatic mammal which was hunted almost to extinction in Europe, both for fur and for castoreum, a secretion of its scent gland believed to have medicinal properties. ...
Satellite image of the Rhine-Meuse delta, showing the Biesbosch (8) The Biesbosch (Reed Woods) is one of the largest natural parks of the Netherlands. ...
Arnhem is a municipality and a city in the east of the Netherlands, located on the Lower Rhine, and the capital of the Gelderland province. ...
Country Netherlands Province Gelderland Area 57. ...
Once these birds were very common in the Netherlands, but their number decreased fast in the 20th century. 1891 was the first year that no White Stork bred in the Netherlands. A conservation and reintroduction program that started in 1967 resulted in 396 pairs in 2000. Binomial name Ciconia ciconia Linnaeus, 1758 The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. ...
In 1956 this damselfly was thought to be extinct in the Netherlands, but was rediscovered in the National Park De Weerribben on May 9th, 1999. Binomial name Coenagrion armatum Norfolk Damselfly Coenagrion armatum is a blue damselfly of the family Coenagrionidae. ...
Under orders from the Dutch Government, in 1999 the Das&Boom foundation caught all the remaining European Hamsters in the Netherlands. These animals were placed in a breeding programme in Diergaarde Blijdorp (Rotterdam Zoo). They were extinct in the wild, but offspring from the breeding programme have been reintroduced in a hamster reserve in Sibbe in the southern province of Limburg. In 2003 more hamsters were released in a second hamster reserve in Amby, near Maastricht. These reintroductions were followed by four more reintroduction sin Heer, Sittard, Puth and Koningsbosch. The wild hamster population has now grown to ca. 600 burrows (12/2006). Binomial name Cricetus cricetus Linnaeus, 1758 The European Hamster, Cricetus cricetus, also known as the Black-bellied Hamster, is a species of hamster native to Europe. ...
Diergaarde Blijdorp is a zoo in the northwest of Rotterdam. ...
Capital Maastricht Queens Commissioner L.J.P.M. (Leon) Frissen Religion (1999) Roman Catholic 80% Protestant 3% Area • Land • Water 2,153 km² (9th) 56 km² Population (2005) • Total • Density 1,135,962 (6th) 528/km² (4th) Inclusion 1839 Anthem In t Bronsgroen Eikenhout ISO NL-LI Official website...
Amby is a former village, now a neighbourhood of Maastricht, in the Netherlands. ...
Flag of Maastricht. ...
Von Brauchitsch was the high army commander from 1938 to 1941 Heer (German: Heer ) is the german word for Army, though in English it refers to the Army branch of the Wermacht. ...
Sittard-Geleen is a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. ...
// Introduction Koningsbosch (in English Kings Forest) is a village within the municipality of Echt-Susteren, in the Dutch province of Limburg. ...
This bird became extinct in the Netherlands in the 19th century, due to overhunting because of their feathers which were used in the hat industry. In 1979 this bird first bred again in the Oostvaardersplassen nature reserve. The second time this bird bred again in the Netherlands was in 1994. After that year it bred yearly in the Netherlands. Their numbers are still increasing. Binomial name Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) The Little Egret, Egretta garzetta, is a small white heron. ...
The Oostvaarderplassen is a nature reserve in the Netherlands. ...
In 2001, one Common Crane pair bred successfully after 250 years in the Fochteloërveen, a nature reserve on the border of the provinces of Friesland and Drente. Binomial name Grus grus Linnaeus, 1758 The Common Crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian Crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. ...
Capital Leeuwarden Queens Commissioner drs. ...
Drenthe is a province of the Netherlands, located in the north-east of the country. ...
The last lonely otter in the Netherlands was killed by a car on September 17th, 1988 in the neighbourhood of Joure (Province of Friesland). The first otters were reintroduced in National Park De Weerribben (Province of Overijssel) on July 8th, 2002. Today they have been released in other parts of the Netherlands as well. Binomial name Lutra lutra (Linnaeus, 1758) The European Otter, Lutra lutra, is a European member of the Mustelidae or weasel family, and is typical of freshwater otters. ...
Joure (Frisian: De Jouwer) is a town in the dutch province of Friesland. ...
Capital Leeuwarden Queens Commissioner drs. ...
The 20th century saw the taming of the Zuiderzee as a large enclosure dam (the Afsluitdijk) was constructed. Completed in 1932, the Zuiderzee became the IJsselmeer and large areas of water could be reclaimed for farming and housing. After this the Harbour Porpoise, together with the Bottlenose Dolphin, disappeared from the waters around the Netherlands. They came back in the 1980s. Binomial name Phocoena phocoena Linnaeus, 1758 Harbour Porpoise range The Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) is one of six species of porpoise, and so one of about eighty cetacean species. ...
Landsat photo The Zuider Zee (pronounced , Dutch: Zuiderzee, pronounced ) was a shallow inlet of the North Sea in the northwest of the Netherlands, extending about 100 km inland and at most 50 km wide, with an overall depth of about 4 to 5 meters and a coastline of about 300...
Afsluitdijk The Afsluitdijk (Closure-dike) is a major dam in the Netherlands, constructed between 1927 and 1933 and running from Den Oever on Wieringen in North Holland province, to the village of Zurich (mun. ...
Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ...
Traditional boat on the IJsselmeer Landsat photo The IJsselmeer (or Lake IJssel) is a shallow lake of some 1250 km² in the central Netherlands bordering the provinces of Flevoland, North Holland and Friesland, with an average depth of 5 to 6 m. ...
Binomial name Tursiops truncatus Montagu, 1821 Bottlenose Dolphin range (in blue) The Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is the most common and well-known dolphin species. ...
1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
This bird was considered extinct in the Netherlands after it was last sighted breeding in 1972. In early 2005 five territoria and two breeding pairs were located again in the province of Utrecht. Binomial name Porzana pusilla Pallas, 1776 The Baillons Crake (Porzana pusilla) is a very small waterbird of the family Rallidae. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Utrecht is the smallest province of the Netherlands, and is located in the center of the country. ...
The Atlantic Salmon was very common in the Netherlands in the 17th century, but disappeared when the rivers were tamed and closed by the Dutch to protect their land. The salmon could not reach their breeding ground in the rivers Rhine and Meuse. A reintroduction program resulted in salmon in the IJsselmeer and the river Rhine. Binomial name Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 Atlantic salmon, known scientifically as Salmo salar, is a species of fish in the family Salmonidae, which is found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into the Atlantic. ...
Loreley At 1,320 kilometres (820 miles) and an average discharge of more than 2,000 cubic meters per second, the Rhine (Dutch Rijn, French Rhin, German Rhein, Italian: Reno, Romansch: Rein, ) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe. ...
The Meuse (Maas) at Maastricht Meuse near Grave The Meuse (Dutch & German Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea. ...
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. ...
External links - The Extinction Website
- Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
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