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Map of North America. This is a list of North American animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) [A] and continues to the present day. [1] Recently extinct animals in the West Indies and Hawaii are in their own respective lists.
Extinct animals of the United States (1 C, 136 P) Pages in category "Extinct animals of North America" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
In southern North America, Central America and South America, gomphotheres did not become extinct until shortly after the arrival of humans to the Americas, approximately 12,000 years ago, as part of the Late Pleistocene megafauna extinctions of most large mammals across the Americas.
List of Macaronesian animals extinct in the Holocene; List of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha animals extinct in the Holocene; List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene; List of European species extinct in the Holocene. List of extinct animals of the British Isles; List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene
The American lion (Panthera atrox (/ ˈ p æ n θ ər ə ˈ æ t r ɒ k s /), with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 130,000 to 12,800 years ago.
List of extinct animals of Romania; List of fossil species in the La Brea Tar Pits, California, United States; List of fossil species in the London Clay, England; List of White Sea biota species by phylum, Russia; Paleobiota of the Hell Creek Formation, northern United States; Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation, western United States
Pages in category "Extinct animals of the United States" ... List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene; List of North American animals extinct in ...
An extinct beaver species: Western North America: Late Miocene to Early Pleistocene [1] Castoroides: Giant beavers: North America: Up to 100 kg (220 lb) Pleistocene [1] Ceratogaulus: Horned gophers: North America: Smallest horned mammal: Late Miocene to Pliocene [2] Spelaeomys: S. florensis: A large cave rat: Flores-Extinct by 1500 [3] "Giant ...