SNo Common Name\Scientific Name Extinction Date Range Mammals
Prehistoric extinctions (beginning of the Holocene to 1500 AD) Atlas Wild Ass 1 300 North Africa Equus africanus atlanticus Canary Islands Giant Rats 2 Before 1500 AD. Spain (Canary Islands) Canariomys bravoi and Canariomys tamarani Giant Aye-aye 3 1000 AD. Madgascar Daubentonia robusta Giant Fossa 4 Unknown Madgascar Cryptoprocta spelea 5 Hipposideros besaoka 10000 BC. Madgascar Homotherium 6 10000 BC. Africa Homotherium sp. Koala Lemur 7 1420 AD. Madagascar Megaladapis sp. Lava Mouse 8 Before 1500 Spain (Canary Islands) Malpaisomys insularis Malagasy Aardvark 9 200 BC Madagascar Plesiorycteropus sp. Malagasy Hippopotamus 10 1000 AD. Madgascar Hippopotamus sp. Megalotragus 11 10000 BC. Africa Megalotragus sp. North African Elephant 12 300 AD. North Africa Loxodonta africana pharaoensis Pelorovis 13 2000 BC. Africa Pelorovis sp. Sivatherium 14 6000 BC. Africa Sivatherium sp. Recent Extinctions (1500 to present) Atlas Bear 1 1870s North Africa Ursus arctos crowtheri Aurochs Unknown (Africa), 2 North Africa Bos primigenius 1627(Europe) Bluebuck 3 1799 South Africa Hippotragus leucophaeus Bubal Hartebeest 4 1923 North Africa Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus Cape Lion 5 1860 South Africa Panthera leo melanochaitus Cape Serval 6 Unknown South Africa Leptailurus serval serval Cape Warthog 7 1900 South Africa Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus Kenya Oribi 8 Unknown Kenya Ourebia ourebi kenyae Large Sloth Lemur 9 1500s Madagascar Palaeopropithecus sp. Lesser Mascarene Flying Fox 10 Early 1800s Mauritius and France (Reunion) Pteropus subniger Quagga 11 August 12, 1883 Namibia and South Africa Equus quagga quagga Red Gazelle 12 1894 Algeria Eudorcas rufinaa Robert's Lechwe 13 Unknown South Africa Kobus leche robertsi Western Black Rhinoceros 14 1996 Cameroon Diceros bicornis longipes Possibly Extinct Bouvier’s Red Colobus 1 1970s Central Africa Procolobus pennantii bouvieri De Winton's Golden Mole 2 1907 South Africa Cryptochloris wintoni Ethiopian Amphibious Rat 3 1927 Ethiopia Nilopegamys plumbeus Wimmer's Shrew 4 1976 Côte d'Ivoire Crocidura wimmeri Birds
Alaotra Grebe 1 1985 Madagascar Tachybaptus rufolavatus Aldabra Brush-warbler 2 1983 Seychelles Nesillas aldabrana Ascension Flightless Crake 3 1656? United Kingdom (Ascension) Mundia elpenor Ascension Night Heron 4 1600s United Kingdom (Ascension) Nycticorax olsoni Broad-billed Parrot 5 1680 Mauritius Lophopsittacus mauritianus Canary Islands Oystercatcher 6 1940 Spain (Canary Islands) Haematopus meadewaldoi Canary Islands Quail 7 Unknown Spain (Canary Islands) Coturnix gomerae Delalande's Coua 8 1834 Madagascar Coua delalandei Dodo 9 1662 Mauritius Raphus cucullatus Eastern Canary Islands Chiffchaff 10 1986 Spain (Canary Islands) Phylloscopus canariensis exsul Elephant Bird 11 1600s Madagascar Aepyornis sp. Large Saint Helena Petrel 12 Unknown United Kingdom (Saint Helena) Pseudobulweria rupinarum Madeiran Wood Pigeon 13 1924 Portugal (Madeira) Columba palumbus maderensis Mascarene Coot 14 1693? Mauritius and France (Reunion) Fulica newtoni Mascarene Parrot 15 1834 France (Reunion) Mascarinus mascarinus Mauritian Duck 16 1690s Mauritius and France (Reunion) Anas theodori Mauritian Shelduck 17 1690s Mauritius and France (Reunion) Alopochen mauritianus Mauritius Blue Pigeon 18 1830s Mauritius Alectroenas nitidissimus Mauritius Grey Parrot 19 1764 Mauritius and France (Reunion) Psittacula bensoni Mauritius Night-Heron 20 Late 1600s Mauritius Nycticorax mauritianus Mauritius Owl 21 1850 Mauritius Mascarenotus sauzieri Newton's Parakeet 22 1875 Mauritius Psittacula exsul Red Rail 23 1700s Mauritius Aphanapteryx bonasia Réunion Flightless Ibis 24 Early 1700s France (Réunion) Threskiornis solitarius Réunion Gallinule 25 1730 France (Réunion) Porphyrio coerulescens Réunion Kestrel 26 1700s France (Reunion) Falco duboisi Réunion Night-Heron 27 1700s France (Reunion) Nycticorax duboisi Réunion Owl 28 1700s France (Reunion) Mascarenotus grucheti Réunion Pigeon 29 1705 France (Reunion) Nesoenas duboisi Réunion Shelduck 30 1690s France (Reunion) Mascarenachen kervazoi Réunion Starling 31 1850s France (Réunion) Fregilupus varius Rodrigues Night-Heron 32 1750s Mauritius Nycticorax megacephalus Rodrigues Owl 33 1750s Mauritius Mascarenotus murivorus Rodrigues Parrot 34 1750s Mauritius Necropsittacus rodericanus Rodrigues Rail 35 1750s Mauritius Erythromachus leguati Rodrigues Solitaire 36 1778 Mauritius Pezophaps solitaria Rodrigues Starling 37 1750s Mauritius Necropsar rodericanus Saint Helena Crake 38 Early 1600s United Kingdom (Saint Helena) Porzana astrictocarpus Saint Helena Cuckoo 39 late 1700s United Kingdom (Saint Helena) Nannococcyx psix Saint Helena Dove 40 After 1502 United Kingdom (Saint Helena) Dysmoropelia dekarchiskos Saint Helena Hoopoe 41 Early 1500s United Kingdom (Saint Helena) Upupa antaios Saint Helena Rail 42 After 1502 United Kingdom (Saint Helena) Porzana astrictocarpus Seychelles Parakeet 43 1886 Seychelles Psittacula wardis Small Saint Helena Petrel 44 After 1502 United Kingdom (Saint Helena) Bulweria bifax Tristan Moorhen 45 late 1800s United Kingdom (Tristan da Cunha) Gallinula nesiotis Reptiles
Prehistoric extinctions (beginning of the Holocene to 1500 AD) Voay 1 100s AD. Madagascar Voay robustus Recent Extinctions (1500 to present) Cape Verde Giant Skink 1 1920s Cape Verde Macroscincus coctei Domed Mauritius Giant Tortoise 2 Early 1700s Mauritius Cylindraspis triserrata Domed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise 3 1800s Mauritius Cylindraspis peltastes Eastwood's Long-tailed Seps 4 1912 South Africa Tetradactylus eastwoodae Hoffstetter's Worm Snake 5 Unknown Mauritius Typhlops cariei Mauritian Giant Skink 6 1650 Mauritius Didosaurus maurtianus Mozambique Centipede-eater 7 Unknown Mozambique Aparallactus nigriceps Réunion Giant Tortoise 8 1840s France (Reunion) Cylindraspis indica Rodrigues Day Gecko 9 1917 Mauritius Phelsuma edwardnewtoni Rodrigues Giant Day Gecko 10 1842 Mauritius Phelsuma gigas Roque Chico de Salmor Giant Lizard 11 1930s Spain (Canary Islands) Gallotia simonyi simonyi Round Island Burrowing Boa 12 1975 Mauritius Bolyeria multocarinata Saddle-backed Mauritius Giant Tortoise 13 Early 1700s Mauritius Cylindraspis inepta Saddle-backed Rodrigues Giant Tortoise 14 1800s Mauritius Cylindraspis vosmaeri Amphibians
Possibly Extinct Du Toit's Torrent Frog 1 1962 Kenya Arthroleptides dutoiti Togo Slippery Frog 2 Unknown Ghana and Togo Conraua derooi
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