This list of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene features animals known to have become extinct in the last 12,000 years on the Asian continent and its islands.
Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.
Common name/scientific name | Range |
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Flores cave rat Spelaeomys florensis |
Flores, Indonesia[1] |
Ochotona transcaucasica | Caucasus[2] |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Bubal hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus |
1200-586 BCE[3] | North Africa and southern Levant | ![]() |
Alor Island giant rat Alormys aplini |
1050 BCE[4] | Alor Island, Indonesia | |
Steppe bison Bison priscus |
2550-2450 BCE[5] | Northern Eurasia and North America | ![]() |
Indian aurochs Bos primigenius namadicus |
1800 BCE[6] | Indian subcontinent | ![]() |
Eurasian aurochs Bos primigenius primigenius |
1900-1745 BCE[7] | Mid-latitude Eurasia[8] | ![]() |
Short-horned water buffalo Bubalus mephistopheles |
1750-1650 BCE[9] | South, central, and east China | ![]() |
Miyako roe deer Capreolus tokunagai |
9050-8050 BCE[4] | Miyako Island, Ryukyu, Japan | |
Woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis |
8050-7650 BCE[10] | Northern Eurasia | ![]() |
Buhler's coryphomys Coryphomys buehleri |
50 BCE[4] | Timor | |
Timor giant rat Coryphomys musseri |
50 BCE[4] | Timor | ![]() |
Chinese cave hyena Crocuta crocuta ultima |
9550 BCE[11] | East Asia | ![]() |
Miyako long-tailed rat Diplothrix miyakoensis |
9050-8050 BCE[4] | Miyako Island, Ryukyu, Japan | |
Syrian elephant Elephas maximus asurus |
800-700 BCE[12] | Mesopotamia | ![]() |
European wild ass Equus hemionus hydruntinus |
1294-1035 BCE[13] | Europe and southwest Asia | ![]() |
Lena horse Equus lenensis |
440-280 BCE[14] | Northern Siberia | |
Ovodov's horse Equus ovodovi |
c. 1500 BCE[15] | Southern Siberia to Manchuria[16] | |
Cypriot genet Genetta plesictoides |
9050 BCE[4] | Cyprus | |
Hooijer's giant rat Hooijeromys nusantenggara |
1050 BCE[4] | Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia | |
Imperial gibbon Junzi imperialis |
c. 240 BCE[17] | Shaanxi, China? | |
Woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius |
1795-1675 BCE[18] | Northern Eurasia and North America | ![]() |
Irish elk Megaloceros giganteus |
4901-4831 BCE[19] | Europe and southern Siberia | ![]() |
Asian straight-tusked elephant Palaeoloxodon namadicus |
7330-6250 BCE (unconfirmed)[20] |
South and east Asia | ![]() |
Verhoeven's giant tree rat Papagomys theodorverhoeveni |
1050 BCE[4] | Flores, Indonesia | ![]() |
Sumba Island giant rat Raksasamys tikusbesar |
1935-1700 BCE[4] | Sumba Island, Indonesia |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Caucasian Moose Alces alces caucasicus |
c. 1900[21] | Northern Caucasus and Transcaucasian coast of the Black Sea | |
Caucasian wisent Bison bonasus caucasicus |
1927[22] | Caucasus Mountains | ![]() |
Hokkaidō wolf Canis lupus hattai |
c. 1889[23] | Hokkaidō, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, Iturup and Kunashir[24] | ![]() |
Japanese wolf Canis lupus hodophilax |
1905[23] | Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, Japan | ![]() |
Syrian wild ass Equus hemionus hemippus |
1927[25] | Fertile Crescent | ![]() |
Queen of Sheba's gazelle Gazella bilkis |
1951[26] | Southwestern Yemen | ![]() |
Saudi gazelle Gazella saudiya |
1970[27] | Arabian Peninsula | ![]() |
Steller's sea cow Hydrodamalis gigas |
1762-1763[28] | Bering Sea | ![]() |
Hokkaidō otter Lutra lutra whiteleyi |
1950s[29] | Hokkaidō and southern Kuril Islands[30] | |
Japanese otter Lutra nippon |
1983[30] | Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, Japan | ![]() |
Formosan clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa brachyura |
1983[31] | Taiwan | ![]() |
Bali tiger Panthera tigris balica |
1937[32] | Bali, Indonesia | ![]() |
Javan tiger Panthera tigris sondaica |
1984[32] | Java, Indonesia | ![]() |
Caspian tiger Panthera tigris virgata |
1979[32] | Western and Central Asia | |
Christmas Island pipistrelle Pipistrellus murrayi |
2009[33] | Christmas Island | |
Sturdee's pipistrelle Pipistrellus sturdeei |
1889[34] | Haha-jima, Bonin Islands, Japan | |
Vietnamese rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus |
2010[35] | Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and eastern Thailand | ![]() |
Indian Javan rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis |
1920[35] | Northeastern India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar | ![]() |
Schomburgk's deer Rucervus schomburgki |
1938[36] | Central Thailand | ![]() |
Japanese sea lion Zalophus japonicus |
1951[37] | Japanese archipelago and Korea | ![]() |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Kouprey Bos sauveli |
1969[38] | Notheastern Cambodia | ![]() |
Ilin Island cloudrunner Crateromys paulus |
1953[39] | Mindoro and Ilin Island, Philippines | |
Christmas Island shrew Crocidura trichura |
1985[40] | Christmas Island | |
Northern Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis |
unknown[41] | India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar | ![]() |
Baiji Lipotes vexillifer |
2002[42] | Middle and lower Yangtze River, China | ![]() |
Gloomy tube-nosed bat Murina tenebrosa |
1962[43] | Tsushima and possibly Yaku Island, Japan | |
Cebu warty pig Sus cebifrons cebifrons |
1960s[44] | Cebu, Philippines[45] | |
Malabar large-spotted civet Viverra civettina |
1989[46] | Western Ghats, India | ![]() |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Reintroduction | Image |
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Lowland wisent Bison bonasus bonasus |
18th century | Central Europe to southern Siberia | 1946 (Caucasus) 1982 (Altai)[47] |
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Bactrian camel Camelus bactrianus |
after 4000-3000 BCE[upper-alpha 1] | Central and eastern Asian steppe[49] | ||
Dromedary Camelus dromedarius |
404 BCE[50] | Arabian Peninsula | ![]() | |
Pere David's deer Elaphurus davidianus |
c. 400[51] | Northeastern China | 1985[52] | ![]() |
African wild ass Equus africanus |
3000 BCE[53] | North Africa, Levant, and Arabian Peninsula | ![]() | |
Przewalski's horse Equus ferus przewalskii |
1969 | Central and eastern Asian steppe | 1994[54] | ![]() |
Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius |
1200-586 BCE[3] | Subsaharan Africa, Egypt, and the Levantine coast[55] | ![]() | |
Arabian oryx Oryx leucoryx |
1972[56] | Arabian Peninsula | 1982[57] | ![]() |
Muskox Ovibos moschatus |
820-620 BCE[14] | Northern Eurasia and North America | 1974[58] | ![]() |
South China tiger Panthera tigris amoyensis |
c. 2000[59][60] | Southern China | ![]() | |
Lesser kudu Tragelaphus imberbis |
1968?[61][53] | East Africa and western Arabian Peninsula | ![]() |
Common name/scientific name | Range |
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Daito bush warbler Horornis diphone restricta |
Daito Islands, Japan[62] |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Bennu heron Ardea bennuides |
2550 BCE[63] | Arabian Peninsula | ![]() |
Asian ostrich Struthio asiaticus |
7600-6245 BCE[64] | Eastern Europe through Kazakhstan to India and China[65] | ![]() |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Car Nicobar sparrowhawk Accipiter butleri butleri |
1901[66] | Car Nicobar, Nicobar Islands | |
Iwo Jima rail Amaurornis cinerea breviceps |
1911[66] | Naka Iwo Jima and Minami Iwo Jima, Bonin Islands | |
Bonin grosbeak Carpodacus ferreorostris |
1828[67] | Bonin Islands, Japan | ![]() |
Cyprus dipper Cinclus cinclus olympicus |
1945[68] | Cyprus | |
Bonin wood pigeon Columba versicolor |
1889[69] | Bonin Islands, Japan | ![]() |
Ryukyu wood pigeon Columba jouyi |
1936[66] | Ryukyu, Japan | |
Cebu hanging parrot Loriculus philippensis chrysonotus |
1943[66] | Cebu, Philippines | ![]() |
Siquijor hanging parrot Loriculus philippensis siquijorensis |
1908[66] | Siquijor, Philippines | |
Bonin nankeen night heron Nycticorax caledonicus crassirostris |
1889[66] | Chichi-jima and Nakōdo-jima, Bonin Islands | ![]() |
Ticao tarictic hornbill Penelopidis panini ticaensis |
1971[66] | Ticao Island, Philippines | |
Bornean Baillon's crake Porzana pusilla mira |
1912[66] | Borneo | |
Daito varied tit Sittiparus varius orii |
1938[66] | Kitadaitōjima, Okinawa, Japan | |
Arabian ostrich Struthio camelus syriacus |
c. 1941[70] | Arabian Peninsula and Near East | ![]() |
Tawi-tawi buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus suluensis |
1950s[66] | Jolo and Tawi-tawi, Sulu archipelago, Philippines | |
Spectacled cormorant Urile perspicillatus |
1850[71] | Commander Islands, Russia | ![]() |
Bonin thrush Zoothera terrestris |
1828[72] | Bonin Islands, Japan | ![]() |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Mukojima white-eye Apalopteron familiare familiare |
1930s[73] | Mukojima, Bonin Islands | ![]() |
Sangihe dwarf kingfisher Ceyx fallax sangirensis |
1997[66] | Sangihe Islands, Indonesia | ![]() |
Rück's blue flycatcher Cyornis ruckii |
1918[74] | Northern Sumatra coast, Indonesia | ![]() |
White-eyed river martin Eurochelidon sirintarae |
1978[75] | Central Thailand | ![]() |
Sulu bleeding-heart Gallicolumba menagei |
1891[66] | Tawi-tawi, Sulu archipelago, Philippines | ![]() |
Slender-billed curlew Numenius tenuirostris |
2001[66] | Western Eurasia and North Africa | ![]() |
Himalayan quail Ophrysia superciliosa |
1876[66] | Uttarakhand, India | ![]() |
Siau scops owl Otus siaoensis |
1866[66] | Siau Island, Indonesia | ![]() |
Negros fruit dove Ptilinopus arcanus |
1953[76] | Negros Island, Philippines | ![]() |
Pink-headed duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea |
1949[77] | Northeast India, Bangladesh, and northern Myanmar | ![]() |
Crested shelduck Tadorna cristata |
1964[78] | Primorye, Hokkaidō, and South Korea; possibly North Korea and northeastern China | ![]() |
Javan lapwing Vanellus macropterus |
1940[79] | Java, Indonesia | ![]() |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Northern bald ibis Geronticus eremita |
2014[80] | Mediterranean region |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range |
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Ryukyu tortoise Manouria oyamai |
c. 9050 BCE[81] | Ryukyu, Japan |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Chinese gharial Hanyusuchus sinensis |
1292-1630[82] | South China and Hainan | ![]() |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus |
c. 1900[83] | Subsaharan Africa, Egypt, and the Levant | ![]() |
Christmas Island blue-tailed skink Cryptoblepharus egeriae |
2010[84] | Christmas Island | ![]() |
Christmas Island chained gecko Lepidodactylus listeri |
2012[85] | Christmas Island |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Yunnan lake newt Cynops wolterstorffi |
1979[86] | Kunming Lake, Yunnan, China | |
Gunther's streamlined frog Nannophrys guentheri |
1882[87] | Sri Lanka | ![]() |
Pseudophilautus adspersus | 1886[88] | Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka | ![]() |
Pseudophilautus dimbullae | 1933[89] | Dimbulla, Sri Lanka | |
Pseudophilautus eximius | 1933[90] | Dimbulla, Sri Lanka | |
Pseudophilautus extirpo | 1882[91] | Sri Lanka | |
Pseudophilautus halyi | 1899[92] | Pattipola, Sri Lanka | |
Pseudophilautus leucorhinus | before 1856[93] | Sri Lanka | |
Pseudophilautus maia | 1876[94] | Poojagoda, Sri Lanka | |
Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi | 1927[95] | Sri Lanka | |
Pseudophilautus nanus | 1869[96] | Southern Sri Lanka | ![]() |
Sharp-nosed bush frog Pseudophilautus nasutus |
1869[97] | Sri Lanka | ![]() |
Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus | 1872[98] | Sri Lanka | ![]() |
Pseudophilautus pardus | before 1859[99] | Sri Lanka | |
Pseudophilautus rugatus | 1927[100] | Sri Lanka | |
Pseudophilautus temporalis | 1864[101] | Sri Lanka | ![]() |
Variable bush frog Pseudophilautus variabilis |
1858[102] | Sri Lanka | ![]() |
Pseudophilautus zal | before 1947[103] | Sri Lanka | |
Pseudophilautus zimmeri | 1927[104] | Point de Galle, Sri Lanka |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Beyşehir bleak Alburnus akili |
1955[105] | Lake Beyşehir, Turkey | |
Anabarilius macrolepis | 1981[106] | Yilong Lake, Yunnan, China | |
Pait Barbodes amarus |
1982[107] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Baolan Barbodes baoulan |
1991[108] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Bagangan Barbodes clemensi |
1975[109] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Barbodes disa | 1964[110] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Katapa-tapa Barbodes flavifuscus |
1964[111] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Barbodes herrei | 1974[112] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Barbodes katolo | 1977[113] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Kandar Barbodes lanaoensis |
1964[114] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Barbodes manalak | 1977[115] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Bitungu Barbodes pachycheilus |
1964[116] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Bagangan Barbodes palaemophagus |
1975[117] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Barbodes palata | 1964[118] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Bagangan Barbodes resimus |
1964[119] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Barbodes tras | 1976[120] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Bitungu Barbodes truncatulus |
1973[121] | Lake Lanao, Philippines | |
Lost shark Carcharinus obsoletus |
1934[122] | Southern South China Sea | |
Yilong carp Cyprinus yilongensis |
1981[123] | Yilong Lake, Yunnan, China | ![]() |
Hula bream Mirogrex hulensis |
1975[124] | Lake Hula, Israel | |
Siamese flat-barbelled catfish Platytropius siamensis |
1975-1977[125] | Chao Phraya and Bang Pakong River basins, Thailand | |
Chinese paddlefish Psephurus gladius |
2003[126] | Yangtze and Yellow River basins, China | ![]() |
Syr Darya sturgeon Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi |
1960s[127] | Syr Darya River | ![]() |
Schizothorax saltans | 1953[128] | Talas River basin, Kazakhstan | |
Tristramella intermedia | 1970s[129] | Lake Hula, Israel | |
Tristramella magdelainae | 1950s[130] | Damascus, Syria |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Yangtze sturgeon Acipenser dabryanus |
2000[131] | Yangtze River basin, China | ![]() |
Kunimasu Oncorhynchus kawamurae |
1940[132] | Lake Tazawa, Japan | ![]() |
Beloribitsa Stenodus leucichthys |
1960s[133] | Caspian Sea, Volga, Ural, and Terek River drainages | ![]() |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range |
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Amynthas japonicus | 1820s[134] | Nagasaki?, Japan |
Common name/scientific name | Range | Image |
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Gastrocopta chichijimana | Bonin Islands, Japan[135] | |
Gastrocopta ogasawarana | Bonin Islands, Japan[136] | |
Hirasea planulata | Bonin Islands, Japan[137] | |
Lamellidea monodonta | Bonin Islands, Japan[138] | |
Lamellidea nakadai | Bonin Islands, Japan[139] | |
Littoraria flammea | China[140] | |
Trochoidea picardi | Israel[141] | |
Vitrinula chaunax | Bonin Islands, Japan[142] | |
Vitrinula chichijimana | Bonin Islands, Japan[143] | |
Vitrinula hahajimana | Bonin Islands, Japan[144] |
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