This page features lists of extinct species, organisms that have become extinct, either in the wild or completely disappeared from Earth.

In actual theoretical practice, a species not definitely located in the wild in the last fifty years of current time is textually called "extinct".

Plants

• List of recently extinct plants

Animals

By region

• List of African animals extinct in the Holocene
  • List of extinct animals of Réunion
• List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene
  • List of extinct animals of India
  • List of extinct animals of the Philippines
• List of European animals extinct in the Holocene
  • List of extinct animals of Catalonia
  • List of Caucasian animals extinct in the Holocene
  • List of extinct animals of the British Isles
    • Extinct animals from the Isle of Man
  • List of extinct and endangered species of Italy
  • List of extinct and endangered species of Lithuania
  • List of extinct animals of the Netherlands
  • List of extinct animals of the Nordics
  • List of extinct animals of Romania
• List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene
  • List of extinct animals of Martinique and Guadeloupe
• List of Oceanian animals extinct in the Holocene
  • List of Australian species extinct in the Holocene
  • List of Hawaiian animals extinct in the Holocene
  • List of New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene
• List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene

By taxon

• List of extinct bird species since 1500
• List of recently extinct mammals
  • List of extinct cetaceans
• List of extinct arachnids
  • List of extinct butterflies

Fossil taxa

• List of dinosaur genera
• List of fossil bird genera
• List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species
• List of fossil primates
• Lists of prehistoric fish

Recent extinction

• List of bird extinctions by year
• List of extinct dog breeds
• List of recently extinct amphibians
• List of recently extinct arthropods
• List of recently extinct fishes
• List of recently extinct insects
• List of recently extinct invertebrates
• List of recently extinct mammals
• List of recently extinct molluscs
• List of recently extinct reptiles

See also

• Category:Extinct species
• Category:Species made extinct by human activities
• Category:Endangered species by reason they are threatened
• Extinction
• Extinction event
• Endangered species
• Extinct (disambiguation)
• Lists of organisms by population
• Lists of animals
• List of lists of lists §§ Natural and physical sciences​ and List of lists of lists

This article includes a species-related list of lists.