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| Name | Scientific name | original habitat | last seen | husbandry | reintroduction attempt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mammals | |||||
| Pere David's deer / milu | Elaphurus davidianus | East Asia | 1900 | e.g. Zoo Berlin, Wilhelma Stuttgart | since 1985, population 2,800 in 2020 |
| Northern white rhinoceros | Ceratotherium simum cottoni | Congo, Uganda, Chad, Sudan | 2008 | Ol Pejeta Conservancy (Kenya) | population 2 animals, embryo transfer planned |
| Birds | |||||
| Spix's macaw | Cyanopsitta spixii | Brazil | 2016 | e.g. Al Wabra (Qatar), Loro Parque (Tenerife) | since 2019 |
| Hawaiian crow | Corvus hawaiiensis | Hawaiian Islands | 2002 | San Diego Zoo (California) | failed in 1998 & 2020, in December 2024 on Maui |
| Alagoas curassow | Mitu mitu | Brazil | 1980s | in Brazil | since 2018 |
| Socorro dove | Zenaida graysoni | Socorro (Pacific) | 1972 | e.g. Zoo Frankfurt/Main, Zoo Wuppertal | population 189 (January 2025) |
| Guam kingfisher | Todiramphus c. cinnamominus | Guam (Pacific) | 1986 | e.g. Bronx Zoo (New York), San Diego Zoo | 2024 on Palmyra |
| Guam rail | Gallirallus owstoni | Guam (Pacific) | 1987 | e.g. Bronx Zoo (New York), Philadelphia Zoo | since 2010 |
| Bali myna | Leucopsar rothschildi | Bali (Indonesia) | 2006 ? | e.g. Zoo Leipzig, Walsrode Bird Park | since 2011 |
| Fish | |||||
| Yangtze sturgeon | Acipenser dabryanus | Yangtze River (China) | 2000 | ||
| Monterrey platy | Xiphophorus couchianus | San Juan River (Mexico) | 1995 | e.g. Zoo Leipzig | |
| Muzquiz platy | Xiphophorus meyeri | Rio Salado (Mexico) | 1997 | e.g. Zoo Leipzig | |
| Gosline's highland splitfin | Allotoca goslinei | Río Ameca (Mexico) | 2004 | Haus des Meeres (Vienna) | |
| Frances' highland splitfin | Skiffia francesae | Río Ameca (Mexico) | 2010 | e.g. Haus des Meeres (Vienna), Wilhelma Stuttgart | since 2022 |
| Ameca highland splitfin | Ameca splendens | Río Ameca (Mexico) | 2010 | e.g. Wilhelma Stuttgart, Zoo Leipzig | since 2016 |
| Gosline's highland splitfin | Allotoca goslinei | Río Ameca (Mexico) | 2004 | e.g. Haus des Meeres (Vienna) | |
| El Potosi pupfish | Cyprinodon alvarezi | Nuevo Leon (Mexico) | 1994 | e.g. Schonbrunn Zoo (Vienna) | |
| Longfin pupfish | Cyprinodon longidorsalis | Nuevo Leon (Mexico) | 1994 | e.g. Schonbrunn Zoo (Vienna), Zoo Rostock | |
| Charco Azul pupfish | Cyprinodon veronicae | Nuevo Leon (Mexico) | 1995 | e.g. All-Weather Zoo Munster, Zoo Berlin | |
| Tequila splitfin | Zoogoneticus tequila | Río Ameca (Mexico) | 2003 | e.g. Wilhelma Stuttgart, Zoo Leipzig | |
| Perrier's mouthbrooder | Haplochromis perrieri | Lake Victoria | 1980s ? | Zoo Wroclaw (Poland) | |
| Ishmael's mouthbrooder | Haplochromis ishmaeli | Lake Victoria | 1991 | ||
| Striped Allotoca | Allotoca goslinei | Ameca Basin (Mexico) | 2004 | Haus des Meeres (Vienna) | |
| Kunimasu | Oncorhynchus kawamurae | Lake Tazawa (Japan) | 2010 | ? | planned |
| Red-tailed shark | Epalzeorhynchos bicolor | Thailand | ? | e.g. Zoo Leipzig, Sea Life Speyer | |
| Ameca shiner | Notropis amecae | Río Ameca (Mexico) | 2001 | e.g. Haus des Meeres (Vienna), Aquazoo Dusseldorf, | since 2015 |
| White salmon | Stenodus leucichthys | Caspian Sea, Volga, Ural, Terek | 1960s | ||
| Racovitza's rudd | Scardinius racovitzai | Lake Petea, Romania | 2014 | Schönbrunn Zoo (Vienna), Hungary, Czech Republic | – |
| Yarkon bream | Acanthobrama telavivensis | Israel | 1999 | in Asia | since 2006 |
| Reptiles | |||||
| Christmas Island blue-tailed skink | Cryptoblepharus egeriae | Christmas Island (Australia) | 2010 | on Christmas Island | 300 animals on the Cocos Islands |
| Christmas Island gecko | Lepidodactylus listeri | Christmas Island (Australia) | 2012 | on Christmas Island | |
| Seychelles giant tortoise | Aldabrachelys hololissa | Seychelles | 1840s | Blackpool Zoo (UK) | since 2011 |
| Arnold's giant tortoise | Aldabrachelys arnoldii | Seychelles | 1840s | Silhouette (Seychelles) | since 2011 |
| Amphibians | |||||
| Wyoming toad | Anaxyrus baxteri | Wyoming (USA) | 1991 | e.g. Kansas City Zoo, Detroit Zoo | since 1989 |
| Kihansi spray toad | Nectophrynoides asperginis | Tanzania | 2006 | e.g. Detroit Zoo, Bronx Zoo (New York) | |
| Invertebrates | |||||
| (crown snail) | Aylacostoma chloroticum | Argentina, Paraguay | ? | ? | since 2010 |
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