| Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Approximate Date of Extinction |
| Giant Moa |
Dinornis robustus |
1500 |
| Lesser Puerto Rican Ground Sloth |
Acratocnus odontrigonus |
1500 |
| Chinese elephant |
Elephas maximus rubridens |
1530 |
| Aurochs |
Bos primigenius primigenius |
1627 |
| Dodo |
Raphus cucullatus |
1681 |
| Reunion Flightless Ibis |
Threskiornis solitarius |
1705 |
| Guam Flycatcher |
Myiagra freycineti |
1726 |
| Atlantic Gray Whale |
Eschrichtius gibbosus gibbosus |
1750 |
| Jamacian Red Macaw |
Ara gossei |
1765 |
| Steller's Sea Cow |
Hydrodamalis gigas |
1768 |
| Carpathian Wisent |
Bison bonasus hungarorum |
1790 |
| Blue Buck |
Hippotragus leucophaeus |
1800 |
| Guadeloupe Conure |
Aratinga labati |
1800 |
| Kangaroo Island Emu |
Dromaius baudinianus |
1805 |
| Caucasian Moose |
Alces alces caucasicus |
1810 |
| Ascension Flightless Crake |
Atlantisia elpenor |
1815 |
| Dwarf Emu |
Dromaius ater |
1827 |
| King Island Emu |
Dromaius ater |
1830 |
| Madagascan Pygmy Hippopotamus |
Hippopotamus madagascariensis |
1830 |
| Spectacled Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax perspicillatus |
1832 |
| Lsser Antillean Macaw |
Ara guadeloupensis |
1833 |
| Atlas Bear |
Ursus arctos crowtheri |
1844 |
| Great Auk |
Pinguinus impennis |
1844 |
| Dark Flying Fox |
Pteropus subniger |
1859 |
| Lesser Mascarene Flying Fox |
Pteropus subniger |
1862 |
| Cueban Macaw |
Ara tricolor |
1864 |
| Cape Lion |
Panthera leo melanochaitus |
1865 |
| Broad Faced Potoroo |
Potorous platyops |
1875 |
| New Zealand Quail |
Coturnix novaezelandiae |
1875 |
| Eastern Elk |
Cervus canadensis canadensis |
1880 |
| Tarpan |
Equus ferus ferus |
1880 |
| Quagga |
Equus quagga quagga |
1883 |
| Eastern Hare-Wallaby |
Lagorchestes leporides |
1890 |
| Panay Giant Fruit Bat |
Acerodon lucifer |
1892 |
| Portuguese Ibex |
Capra pyrenaica lusitanica |
1892 |
| Sea Mink |
Mustela macrodon |
1894 |
| Arabian Gazelle |
Gazella arabica |
1900 |
| Cape Warthog |
Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus |
1900 |
| Puerto Rican Long-tongued Bat |
Phyllonycteris major |
1900 |
| Right whale |
Eubalaena glacialis |
1900 |
| Southern California Kit Fox |
Vulpes macrotis macrotis |
1903 |
| Honshu Wolf |
Canis lupus hodophilax |
1905 |
| Chatham Island Bellbird |
Anthornis melanocephala |
1906 |
| Greater Koa-Finich |
Rhodacanthis palmeri |
1906 |
| Yunnan Box Turtle |
Cuora yunnanensis |
1906 |
| Huia |
Heteralocha acutirostris |
1907 |
| Badlands Bighorn Sheep |
Ovis canadiensis audubonis |
1910 |
| Eastern Bettong |
Bettongia gaimardi gaimardi |
1910 |
| Newfoundland Wolf |
Canis lupus beothucus |
1911 |
| Laughing Owl |
Sceloglaux albifacies |
1914 |
| Passenger Pigeon |
Ectopistes migratorius |
1914 |
| Banks Island Wolf |
Canis lupus bernardi |
1920 |
| Kamchatka Giant Bear |
Ursus isabellinus pruinosus |
1920 |
| Barbary Lion |
Panthera leo leo |
1922 |
| Brush-tailed Bettong |
Bettongia penicillata penicillata |
1923 |
| California Grizzly Bear |
Ursus arctos californicus |
1925 |
| Florida Red Wolf |
Canis rufus floridanus |
1925 |
| Caucasian Wisent |
Bison bonasus caucasicus |
1927 |
| Syrian Wild Ass |
Equus hemionus hemippus |
1927 |
| Darwin's Galapagos Mouse |
Nesoryzomys darwini |
1930 |
| Mauritius Blue Pigeon |
Alectroenas nitidissima |
1930 |
| Queen Charlotte Islands Caribou |
Rangifer tarandus dawsoni |
1930 |
| Western Barred Bandicoot |
Perameles bougainville fasciata |
1930 |
| Heath Hen |
Tympanuchus cupido cupido |
1932 |
| Toolache Wallaby |
Macropus greyi |
1932 |
| Lessr Billby |
Macrotis leucura |
1933 |
| Tasmanian Tiger |
Thylacinus cynocephalus |
1933 |
| Buff Nosed Rat Kangaroo |
Caloprymnus campestris |
1935 |
| Southern Rocky Mountain Wolf |
Canis lupus youngi |
1935 |
| Bali Tiger |
Panthera tigris balica |
1937 |
| Schomburgk's Deer |
Cervus schomburgki |
1938 |
| Canary Islands Oystercatcher |
Haematopus meadewaldoi |
1940 |
| Cascade Mountains Wolf |
Canis lupus fuscus |
1940 |
| Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf |
Canis lupus irremotus |
1940 |
| Mogollon Mountain Wolf |
Canis lupus mogollonensis |
1942 |
| Texas Gray Wolf |
Canis lupus monstrabilis |
1942 |
| Desert Bandicoot |
Perameles eremiana |
1943 |
| Kansas Bog Lemming |
Synaptomys cooperi paludis |
1946 |
| Pig-footed Bandicoot |
Chaeropus ecaudatus |
1950 |
| Burrowing Bettong |
Bettongia lesueur graii |
1960 |
| Caspian Tiger |
Panthera tigris virgata |
1960 |
| Kakawahie |
Paroreomyza flammea |
1963 |
| Barbados Raccoon |
Procyon gloveralleni |
1964 |
| Crescent Nail-Tailed Wallaby |
Onychogalea lunata |
1965 |
| Guam Flying Fox |
Pteropus tokudae |
1968 |
| Nebraska Bog Lemming |
Synaptomys cooperi relictus |
1968 |
| Tacoma Pocket Gopher |
Thomomys mazama tacomensis |
1970 |
| Texas Red Wolf |
Canis rufus rufus |
1970 |
| Northern Sumatran Rhinoceros |
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis |
1975 |
| Java Tiger |
Panthera tigris sondaica |
1980 |
| Penasco Chipmunk |
Tamias minimus atristriatus |
1980 |
| Caribbean Monk Seal |
Monachus tropicalis |
1982 |
| Blue Pike |
Stizostedion vitreum glacum |
1983 |
| Bush Wren |
Xenicus longipes |
1984 |
| Dangs Giant Squirrel |
Ratufa indica dealbata |
1986 |
| Deepwater Cisco |
Coregonus johannae |
1986 |
| Longjaw Cisco |
Coregonus alpenae |
1986 |
| Silver Trout |
Salvelinus agassizi |
1986 |
| Puerto Rican Flower Bat |
Phyllonycteris major |
1988 |
| Black Fin Cisco |
Coregonus nigripinnis |
1990 |
| Big Thicket Hog-nosed Skunk |
Conepatus mesoleucus telmalestes |
1994 |
| Bubal Hartebeest |
Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus |
1994 |
| Carolina Elkteo |
Alasmidonta robusta |
1994 |
| Dusky Flying Fox |
Pteropus brunneus |
1994 |
| Paradise Parrot |
Psephotus pulcherrimus |
1994 |
| Red Gazelle |
Gazella rufina |
1994 |
| Round Island Birrowing Boa |
Bolyeria multocarinata |
1994 |
| Paradise Parrot |
Psephotus pulcherrimus |
1995 |
| Pallid Hairy Dwarf Porcupine |
Sphiggurus pallidus |
1996 |
| Swan Island Hutia |
Geocapromys thoracatus |
1996 |
| Queen of Sheba's Gazelle |
Gazella bilkis |
1999 |
| Brown Pigtoe |
Pleurobema hagleri |
2000 |
| Miss Waldron's Red Colobus Monkey |
Procolobus badius waldroni |
2000 |
| Pyrenean Ibex |
Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica |
2000 |
| Seychelles Balck Terrapin |
Pelusios seychellensis |
2000 |
| Western Black Rino |
Diceros bicornis longipes |
2006 |
| White River Dolphin |
Lipotes vexillifer |
2006 |
| Ref http://www.iucnredlist.org/ |
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