various mammals

List of extinct mammals in modern times

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Name Scientific name habitat last seen
Butterfly Bandicoot Perameles papillon Australia 1920 –1960
Panay Giant Fruit Bat Acerodon jubatus lucifer Panay 1996
Bubal Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus North Africa 1923
Caucasian Moose Alces alces caucasicus Europe (East), Asia Minor ?
Bola Batu Babirusa Babyrousa bolabatuensis Sulawesi ?
Burrowing Bettong (graii) Bettongia lesueur graii Australia ?
Caucasian Wisent Bison bonasus caucasicus Caucasus 1927
Carpathian Wisent Bison bonasus hungarorum Carpathians 1790
Oriente Cave Rat Boromys offella Cuba 1500 ?
Torre's Cave Rat Boromys torrei Cuba 1500 ?
Bory's White Bat Boryptera alba Réunion 1801
Aurochs Bos primigenius Europe, Asia, North Africa, India 1627
Kouprey Bos sauveli Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam 1982
Kenai Peninsula Wolf Canis lupus alces Kenai Peninsula 1925
Newfoundland Wolf Canis lupus beothucus Newfoundland 1911
Bernard's Wolf Canis lupus bernardi Canada 1918
South-eastern Spanish Wolf Canis lupus deitanus Spain 1930s
California Gray Wolf Canis lupus furlongi California ?
Cascade Mountain Wolf Canis lupus fuscus USA 1940
Hokkaido Wolf Canis lupus hattai Hokkaidō, Sachalin 1889
Japanese Wolf Canis lupus hodophilax Honshū 1905
Reed Wolf Canis lupus minor Balkan Peninsula 1900 ?
Mogollon Mountain Wolf Canis lupus mogollonensis Texas, Mexico ?
Texas Grey Wolf Canis lupus monstrabilis Texas, Mexico ?
Southern Rocky Mountain Wolf Canis lupus youngi USA 1940
Portuguese Ibex Capra pyrenaica lusitanica Portugal 1892
Pyrenean Ibex Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica Spain, France, Andorra 2000
Pluto Monkey Cercopithecus mitis mitis Angola ?
Eastern Elk Cervus elaphus canadensi Canada 1877
Merriam's Elk Cervus elaphus merriami USA (North) 1900
Furnace Canyon Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus leuconotus figginsi Colorado 1933
Big Thicket Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus leuconotus telmalestes Texas 1905
White-footed Rabbit-Rat Conilurus albipes Australia 1845
Buhler's Coryphomys Coryphomys buehleri Timor 1500 ?
Musser's Coryphomys Coryphomys musseri Timor 1500 ?
Giant Fossa Cryptoprocta spelea Madagaskar 1658 ?
Northern Sumatran Rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis Bangladesch, India, Myanmar 20th century
Western Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis longipes Kamerun 2006
Marysville California Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys californicus eximius California 1983
San Quintin Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys gravipes Mexico 1986
Morro Bay Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys heermanni morroensis California 1991
Dolphin Island Chisel-toothed Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys microps russeolus Dolphin Island, Great Salt Lake 1940s
Falkland Islands Wolf Dusicyon australis Falklandinseln 1876
Ekbletomys hypenemus Antigua, Barbuda 1500 or later
Equus ferus gmelini Russland 1880s
Equus ferus sylvaticus Poland 1808
Queen Of Sheba's Gazelle Gazella bilkis Jemen 1951 or later
Saudi Gazelle Gazella saudiya Arabian Peninsula 1980s
King Genet Genetta poensis Elfenbeinküste, Kongo, Liberia, Ghana, Bioko 1946
Cuban coney Geocapromys columbianus Cuba 1500 ?
Little Swan Island hutia Geocapromys thoracatus Schwaneninseln 1950s ?
Sherman's Pocket Gopher Geomys pinetis fontanelus Georgia 1950
Goff's Southeastern Pocket Gopher Geomys pinetis goffi Florida 1955
Insular Cave Rat Heteropsomys insulans Puerto Rico, Vieques 1500 ?
Imposter hutia Hexolobodon phenax Dominican Republic, Haiti 1500 ?
Lemerle's Hippopotamus Hippopotamus lemerlei Madagaskar 1500 ?
Hippopotamus madagascariensis Madagaskar ?
Bluebuck Hippotragus leucophaeus South Africa 1799 or 1800
Montane hutia Isolobodon montanus Dominican Republic, Haiti 1500 ?
San Rafael hutia Hyperplagiodontia araeum Hispaniola ?
Puerto Rican hutia Isolobodon portoricensis Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico 1500 ?
Candango Mouse Juscelinomys candango Brazil 1960s
Robert's Lechwe Kobus leche robertsi Sambia 20th century
Peruvian chinchilla Lagostomus crassus Peru 1500 ?
South-western Banded Hare-​wallaby Lagostrophus fasciatus albipilis Australia 1906
Togo Mouse Leimacomys buettneri Togo 1890
Japanese River Otter Lutra nippon Shikoku 1979 ?
Barbuda Giant Rice Rat Megalomys audreyae Barbuda 1600 ?
Grenada giant rice rat Megalomys camerhogne Grenada Bank (Carribean) ?
Martinique Muskrat Megalomys desmarestii Martinique 1902
Barbados Rice Rat Megalomys georginae Barbados 19th century
Santa Lucia Giant Rice Rat Megalomys luciae Saint Lucia 1881
Lesser Antillean rice rat Antillomys rayi Antilles ?
Galápagos Giant Rat Megaoryzomys curioi Santa Cruz, Isabela 20th century
Zuniga's Dark Rice Rat Melanomys zunigae Peru 1940s
Bramble Cay Melomys Melomys rubicola Bramble Cay 2009
Dwarf hutia Mesocapromys nanus Cuba 1937
San Felipe hutia Mesocapromys sanfelipensis Cuba 1978 ?
Izenhood Kangaroo Mouse Microdipodops megacephalus nexus Nevada 1980s
Ash Meadows Montane Vole Microtus montanus nevadensis Nevada 1933
Chihuahuan Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus chihuahuensis Mexico 1998
Gull Island Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus nesophilus Great Gull Island, Long Island Sund 1898
Caribbean Monk Seal Monachus tropicalis Caribbean 1952
Gloomy Tube-nosed Bat Murina tenebrosa Tsushima, Japan 1960s
Insular Myotis Myotis insularum Samoa 1860s
Singapore Whiskered Bat Myotis oreias Singapore 1840 ?
Formosan Clouded Leopard Neofelis nebulosa Taiwan 1983
Anthony's Woodrat Neotoma anthonyi Isla Todos Santos 1926
Bunker's Woodrat Neotoma bunkeri Isla Coronados 1932
Neotoma insularis Isla Angel de la Guardia, Niederkalifornien, Mexico 1990s
San Martín Island Woodrat Neotoma martinensis St. Martin 1950s
Sea Mink Neogale macrodon USA (Ostküste) 1860
Darwin's Galápagos Mouse Nesoryzomys darwini Santa Cruz 1930
Indefatigable Galápagos Mouse Nesoryzomys indefessus Santa Cruz 1934
Ethiopian amphibious rat Nilopegamys plumbeus Ethiopia 1927
Vespucci's Rodent Noronhomys vespuccii Fernando de Noronha ?
Short-tailed Hopping Mouse Notomys amplus Australia 1896
Long-tailed Hopping Mouse Notomys longicaudatus Australia 1970s ?
Big-eared Hopping Mouse Notomys macrotis Australia 1840s
Darling Downs Hopping Mouse Notomys mordax Australia 1840s
Great Hopping Mouse Notomys robustus Australia 19th century
St. Vincent Pygmy Rice Rat Oligoryzomys victus St. Vincent 1870s
Jamaican Rice Rat Oryzomys antillarum Jamaica 1870s
Lower Californian rice rat Oryzomys peninsulae Baja California 1896 or later
Nelson's Rice Rat Oryzomys nelsoni María Madre, Marias-Inseln 1897
Kenya Oribi Ourebia ourebi kenyae Kenya 1925
Mongolian Argali Ovis jubata China 1970s
Large Sloth Lemur Palaeopropithecus ingens Madagaskar 1620 ?
Barbary Lion Panthera leo leo North Africa 1942
Cape Lion Panthera leo melanochaitus Natal 1865
Zanzibar Leopard Panthera pardus adersi Sansibar rediscovered in 2018
Bali Tiger Panthera tigris sondaica (balica) Bali 1940s
Javan Tiger Panthera tigris sondaica Java 1980s
Caspian Tiger Panthera tigris virgata Iran 1960s
Nevis Rice Rat Pennatomys nivalis St. Kitts, Nevis 1930s
Marl Bandicoot Perameles myosuros Australia 20th century
San Bernardino White-eared Pocket Mouse Perognathus alticolus alticolus California 1934
Chadwick Beach Cotton Mouse Peromyscus gossypinus restrictus Florida 1938
Island Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus streatori San Miguel Island 1860s ?
Puebla Deer Mouse Peromyscus mekisturus Puebla, Mexico 1940s
Pemberton's Deer Mouse Peromyscus pembertoni San Pedro Nelasco 1930s
Pallid Beach Mouse Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus Florida 1959
Cape Warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus South Africa 1870s
Small Haitian hutia Plagiodontia spelaeum Haiti ?
Samana hutia Plagiodontia ipnaeum Dominican Republic, Haiti ?
Barbados Raccoon Procyon lotor gloveralleni Barbados 1964
Sardinian Pika Prolagus sardus Korsika, Sardinien 1774 ?
Long-eared Mouse Pseudomys auritus Australia 19th century
Blue-gray Mouse Pseudomys glaucus Australia 1956
Gould's Mouse Pseudomys gouldii Australia rediscovered in 2021
Puma concolor cougar Maine 1938
Twisted-toothed Mouse Quemisia gravis Dominican Republic, Haiti 1550
Queen Charlotte Islands Caribou Rangifer tarandus dawsoni Graham Island 1908
Arctic Reindeer Rangifer tarandus eogroenlandicus Greenland 1900
Maclear's rat Rattus macleari Christmas Island, Australia 1904
New Ireland forest rat Rattus sanila New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago) ?
Bulldog rat Rattus nativitatis Christmas Island, Australia 1903
Indian Giant Squirrel Ratufa indica dealbata India 1945
Vietnamese Rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus Vietnam 2009
Sundarbans Rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis Bangladesch, Assam, Myanmar 1910
Mitred Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus mitratus Bihar, India 1844
Lemke's hutia Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei Haiti ?
Shomburgk's Deer Rucervus schomburgki Thailand 1938
Camp Verde Cotton Rat Sigmodon arizonae arizonae Arizona 1932
Yavapai Arizona Cotton Rat Sigmodon arizonae jacksoni Arizona 1916
Florida Giant Rat Solomys salamonis Salomonen 20th century
Cebu Warty Pig Sus cebifrons cebifrons Cebu 2000
Anatolian Boar Sus scrofa libycus Turkey, Anatolien ?
Sardinian Wild Boar Sus scrofa meridionalis Sardinien, Korsika ?
Kansas Bog Lemming Synaptomys cooperi paludis Kansas 1646
Southern Bog Lemming Synaptomys cooperi relictus Nebraska 1968
Hidden Forest Uinta Chipmunk Tamias umbrinus nevadensis Nevada 1960
Fish Spring Pocket Gopher Thomomys bottae abstrusus Nevada 1933
San Antonio Pocket Gopher Thomomys bottae curtatus Nevada 1931
Harquahala Southern Pocket Gopher Thomomys bottae subsimilis Arizona 1917
Louie's Western Pocket Gopher Thomomys mazama louiei Washington 1956
Tacoma Pocket Gopher Thomomys mazama tacomensis Washington 1962
Vietnam Mouse-Deer Tragulus versicolor Vietnam rediscovered in 2019
Emma's Giant Rat Uromys emmae Paidaido-Inseln 1940s ?
Emperor Rat Uromys imperator Guadalcanal 1888
Guadalcanal Rat Uromys porculus Guadalcanal 1888
California Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos californicus California 1922
Atlas Bear Ursus arctos crowtheri North Africa 1869
Mexican Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos horribilis Mexico 1964
Malabar Large-spotted Civet Viverra civettina India 1980s
Jamaican Monkey Xenothrix mcgregori Jamaica 18th century
Japanese Sea Lion Zalophus japonicus Japanisches Meer (Japan, Korea, Russland) 1951 ?
Desert Bettong Bettongia anhydra Australia 1950/60s
Brush-tailed Bettong Bettongia penicillata Australia (Southeast) 1920s
Nullarbor Dwarf Bettong Bettongia pusilla Australia 19th century
Sherman's Short-tailed Shrew Blarina shermani Florida 1955
Haitian edible rat Brotomys contractus Haiti 1600?
Hispaniolan Edible Rat Brotomys voratus Hispaniola 1546
Desert Rat-Kangaroo Caloprymnus campestris Australia 1935
Florida Red Wolf Canis rufus floridianus USA 1910
Northern pig-footed bandicoot Chaeropus yirratji Australia 1950s
Southern pig-footed bandicoot Chaeropus ecaudatus Australia 1907
Visagie's Golden Mole Chrysochloris visagiei South Africa ?
Ilin Island Cloudrunner Crateromys paulus Ilin Island 1653
Christmas Island Shrew Crocidura trichura Christmas Island, Australia 1990s ?
De Winton's Golden Mole Cryptochloris wintoni South Africa rediscovered in 2023
Red-bellied Gracile Mouse Opossum Cryptonanus ignitus Argentina 1962 ?
Wondiwoi Tree-Kangaroo Dendrolagus mayri Wandammenhalbinsel rediscovered in 2018
Giant Vampire Bat Desmodus draculae Mittel- and South America 1820 ?
Syrian Wild Ass Equus hemionus hemippus Naher Osten 1929
Quagga Equus quagga quagga Africa (South) 1883
Red Gazelle Eudorcas rufina Algerien, Marokko 1894
Steller’s Sea Cow Hydrodamalis gigas Beringmeer 1768
Yunnan Lar Gibbon Hylobates lar yunnanensis China 2000
Lake Mackay Hare-Wallaby Lagorchestes asomatus Australia 1940–1960
Eastern Hare-Wallaby Lagorchestes leporides Australia 1890
Baiji Lipotes vexillifer China 2002
Toolache Wallaby Notamacropus greyi Australia 1940 or 1970s
Lesser Bilby Macrotis leucura Australia 1960s
Armenian Whiskered Bat Myotis hajastanicus Sewansee, Armenien 1980s
New Zealand Greater Short-tailed Bat Mystacina robusta Stewart Island, New Zealand (South Island) 1967
Puerto Rican nesophontes Nesophontes edithae Puerto Rico 16th century
Atalaye nesophontes Nesophontes hypomicrus Hispaniola 1500 ?
Greater Cuban nesophonets Nesophontes major Cuba 1500 ?
Cayman nesophontes Nesophontes hemicingulus Cayman Brac, Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands) ?
Western Cuban nesophontes Nesophontes micrus Cuba 1500 ?
St. Michel nesophontes Nesophontes paramicrus Hispaniola 1500 ?
Haitian nesophontes Nesophontes zamicrus Hispaniola 1500 ?
Lord Howe Long-eared Bat Nyctophilus howensis Lord-Howe-Insel 1889
(Rodent) Octomys rosiae Argentina ?
Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby Onychogalea lunata Australia 1956
Desert Bandicoot Perameles eremiana Australia 1943
Telefomin Cuscus Phalanger matanim Papua-Neuguinea 1998 ?
Christmas Island Pipistrelle Pipistrellus murrayi Christmas Island, Australia 2009
Sturdee’s Pipistrelle Pipistrellus sturdeei Ogasawara-Inseln late 19th century
Broad-faced Potoroo Potorous platyops Australia 1875
Montane Monkey-faced Bat Pteralopex pulchra Guadalcanal 1990s ?
Small Samoan Flying Fox Pteropus allenorum Samoa 1856
Aru Flying Fox Pteropus aruensis Aru-Inseln, Indonesien 1990s ?
Dusky Flying Fox Pteropus brunneus Australia 1859
Large Samoan Flying Fox Pteropus coxi Samoa 1840
Okinawa Flying Fox Pteropus loochoensis Okinawa 19th century
Large Palau Flying Fox Pteropus pilosus Palau-Inseln, Karolinen 1874
Small Mauritian Flying Fox Pteropus subniger Réunion, Mauritius 1864
Guam Flying Fox Pteropus tokudae Guam 1968
Seram Bandicoot Rhynchomeles prattorum Seram 1920s
Marcano's Solenodon Solenodon marcanoi Hispaniola 1500 or later
Glacier Bay Water Shrew Sorex alaskanus Alaska 1970s ?
Thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus Tasmania 1936
Tule Shrew Sorex ornatus juncensis Baja California rediscovered in 2015
San Cristóbal Island Rice Rat Aegialomys galapagoensis galapagoensis San Cristóbal 1835
Alcorn's Pocket Gopher Pappogeomys alcorni Mexico 1998 ?
Capricorn Rabbit-rat Conilurus capricornensis Australia 1788
Liverpool Plains striped bandicoot Perameles fasciata Australia 1922
South-eastern striped bandicoot Perameles notina Australia late 19th century
Argentinean Warrah Dusicyon avus South America 17th or 20th century
Lesser Yellow Bat Scotophilus borbonicus Madagaskar, Réunion late 19th century
Southern Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis bicornis South Africa, Namibia around 1850
North-eastern Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis brucii Somalia, Äthiopien bis Sudan early 20th century
South-western Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis chobiensis Namibia ?
Sicilian Wolf Canis lupus cristaldii Sizilien 1928 or later
Badlands Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis auduboni North America 1925
Sonnerat's shrew Diplomesodon sonnerati India rediscovered in 2022?
Puerto Rican Long-nosed Bat Monophyllus plethodon frater Puerto Rico 1850 ?
Puerto Rican Flower Bat Phyllonycteris major Puerto Rico 1850 ?
Cuban Fig-eating Bat Phyllops vetus Cuba, Île des Pins 1750 ?
Heslop's Pygmy Hippo Choeropsis liberiensis heslopi Nigeria 1945 or earlier
Cayman hutia Geocapromys caymanensis Kaimaninseln after 1500 ?
Angel Island mouse Peromyscus guardia guardia Isla Ángel de la Guarda, Estanque 1990s ?
Angel Island mouse (harbisoni) Peromyscus guardia harbisoni Isla Granito 1990s ?
Angel Island mouse (mejiae) Peromyscus guardia mejiae Mejia 1990s ?
Senegalese giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis senegalensis Senegal 1970s ?
Omilteme cottontail Sylvilagus insonus Mexico rediscovered in 2025
Little Bettong Bettongia haoucharae Australia after 1500
Woylie (francisca) Bettongia ogilbyi francisa St. Francis Island (Australia) around 1900
Woylie (odontoploica) Bettongia ogilbyi odontoploica Bernier Island (Australia) after 1500
Southern Bettong Bettongia gaimardi gaimardi Australia 1920s ?
Lava Mouse Malpaisomys insularis Fuerteventura, Lanzarote (Kanaren) 1270–1395
Oregon Bison Bison bison oreganus Oregon, Idaho, California (USA) around 1850
Tixi yellow-toothed cavy Galea tixiensis Argentina 19th century
Tora Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus tora Nordostafrika around 2010 ?
Lesser stick-nest rat Leporillus apicalis Central Australia 1933 or 1970
Cheesman's vlei rat Otomys cheesmani Ethiopia 1937
Mt. Kahuzi climbing mouse Dendromus kahuziensis Congo 1972
Giant thick rat Grammomys gigas Kenya 1910
Velvet climbing mouse Dendroprionomys rousseloti Congo 1966
Togo mouse Leimacomys buettneri Togo 1890
Egyptian pygmy shrew Crocidura religiosa Egypt early 1900s
Crest-tailed mulgara Dasycercus cristicaudata Australia 1867 or earlier
Southern mulgara Dasycercus archeri Australia 1920–1925
Little mulgara Dasycercus marlowi Australia 1965
Northern mulgara Dasycercus woolleyae Australia 1962
Hooijer's rat Cordimus hooijeri Bonaire (Antilles) after 1500
St Kilda house mouse Mus musculus muralis St Kilda (Scotland) 1930s

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