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Mammalian species

List of extinct mammals, modern style

    
Archaeoindris fontoynonti
    
Giant aye-aye (Daubentonia robusta)
    
Hadropithecus
    
Megaladapis edwardsi
    
Mesopropithecus
    
Pachylemur

Mammal subspecies

    
Anatolian wild ass (Equus hemionus anatoliensis)


Fish

    
Long Pine whitefish (Coregonus alpenae)
    
Gravenche (Coregonus hiemalis)
    
Coregonus johannae
    
Short nose whitefish (Coregonus reighardi)
    
Utah sculpin (Cottus echinatus)
    
Tecopa-fish (Cyprinodon nevadensis Calidae)
    
White Stripes Fundulus (Fundulus albolineatus) (status disputed)
    
Amistad fish (Gambusia amistadensis)
    
Lepidomeda altivelis
    
Amanto (Orestias cuvieri)
    
New Zealand trout pike Ling (Prototroctus oxyrhynchus)
    
Blue Walleye (Sander vitreus glaucus, Stizostedion vitreum glaucum formerly)
    
Galapagos damselfish (Azurina eupalama) (last revised 1983)
    
Rhizosomichthys totae (last seen 1957)
    
Alburnus danubicus (last seen in 1943)

Amphibians

    
Golden toad (Bufo periglenes)
    
Gastric brooding frog (Rheobatrachus)

Reptiles

    
Roosevelt anole (Anolis roosevelti)
    
Cylindraspis
    
Rodrigues giant gecko (Phelsuma gigas)
    
Rodrigues day gecko (Phelsuma edwardnewtoni)
    
Podarcis lilfordi rodriquezi subspecies of the Balearic lizard in the bay by Mao.
    
Tarentola albertschwartzi, giant gecko of the island of Jamaica

Insects

    
Tobias' caddisfly (Hydropsyche tobiasi) - up to 1938 occurred in the Middle Rhine
    
St Helena giant earwig (Labidura herculeana) - catchy largest in the world, not seen since 1967.
    
Lycaena dispar dispar - British subspecies of the Great Fire Falters
    
Mecodema punctellum
    
Rocky Mountain locust (Melanoplus spretus)
    
Aplothorax burchelli, giant beetles of St. Helena. Last seen 1967th
    
Agrotis laysanensis, cutworms from Laysan. Last seen 1911th
    
Sloanus Urania, Urania moths of Jamaica. Last seen in 1894 or 1895th

Molluscs

    
Achatinella abbreviata viviparous Baumschneckenart, endemic to Oahu, last seen 1963rd
    
Seen Achatinella buddii viviparous Baumschneckenart, endemic to Oahu, last 1900th
    
Partula turgida, snail species from Raiatea, the last specimen died in 1996 at London Zoo.
    
Partula arguta, snail of Huahine, the last specimen died in 1995 at London Zoo.

Other animal species

    
Rhinodrilus Fafner, a giant worm from Brazil, known only by the holotype of 1918.

Extinct species of plants

    
Acacia kingiana, known only from the holotype of Western Australia from 1923
    
Achyranthes atollensis, 1964 just reported on the Kure Atoll
    
Garlic (Allium sativum), the wild form
    
Anonidium usambarense
    
Argyroxiphium virescens, most recently in 1945 demonstrated
    
Begonia eiromischa
    
Bonatea lamprophylla
    
Clermontia multiflora
    
Cyanea comata
    
Cyanea giffardii
    
Cyanea linearifolia
    
Cyanea longissima
    
Cyanea quercifolia
    
Silphium, Sylphion, silphion Laserpitum (Ferula historica)
    
Overlooked Filzkraut (Filago neglecta), as against 1930 in Lorraine proved
    
Long runs engined hawkweed (Hieracium longistolonosum) Mikroendemit Tegernheimer the mountains and on Scheibelberg near Regensburg, last occupied in 1937
    
Haplostachys bryanii
    
Hibiscadelphus crucibracteatus
    
Kokia lanceolata
    
Lobelia remyi
    
Melicope obovata
    
St Helena olive tree (Nesiota elliptica), extinct in the wild in 1994, in cultivation in 2003
    
Pyramids spiral palm (Pandanus pyramidalis)
    
Radula visianica
    
Bodensee-saxifrage (Saxifraga oppositifolia ssp. Amphibia)
    
Streblorrhiza speciosa
    
Vanvoorstia bennettiana
    
Viola cryana
    
Weinmannia spiraeoides, known only from the holotype of the island of Ovalau in Fiji in 1840.
    
Wikstroemia villosa
    
Polystichum fuentesii, only the holotype of Easter Island from 1911 known.




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