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This category lists some of the species that have become extinct as a result of intentional or unintentional human activity. If a more specific reason is known, the species should also be assigned to a subcategory of Category:Species by threat. They may also need to be placed in Category:Extinctions since 1500.
The Holocene extinction, also referred to as the Anthropocene extinction, [3] [4] is an ongoing extinction event caused by human activities during the Holocene epoch. This extinction event spans numerous families of plants [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] and animals, including mammals , birds, reptiles, amphibians , fish, and invertebrates , impacting both ...
However an epizootic outbreak in 1919 reduced the animals to just 50, and the last individuals were poached in 1927. [63] The only captive animal, a male, lived in Germany between 1908 and 1925 and bred with females of the lowland wisent subspecies. As a result, several wisent populations carry its genes today.
There is evidence that the average size of mammalian fauna declined over the course of the Quaternary, [146] a phenomenon that was likely linked to disproportionate hunting of large animals by humans. [5] Extinction through human hunting has been supported by archaeological finds of mammoths with projectile points embedded in their skeletons ...
Neanderthals became extinct around 40,000 years ago. Hypotheses on the causes of the extinction include violence, transmission of diseases from modern humans which Neanderthals had no immunity to, competitive replacement, extinction by interbreeding with early modern human populations, natural catastrophes, climate change and inbreeding depression.
Extinction Date Probable causes [2] Quaternary: Holocene extinction: c. 10,000 BC – Ongoing: Humans [3] Quaternary extinction event: 640,000, 74,000, and 13,000 years ago: Unknown; may include climate changes, massive volcanic eruptions and Humans (largely by human overhunting) [4] [5] [6] Neogene: Pliocene–Pleistocene boundary extinction: 2 Ma
Some mammals declared as extinct may very well reappear. [1] For example, a study found that 36% of purported mammalian extinction had been resolved, while the rest either had validity issues (insufficient evidence) or had been rediscovered. [3] As of December 2015, the IUCN listed 30 mammalian species as "critically endangered (possibly ...
Probably habitat loss and hunting. The last pairs may have been killed by the 1876 cyclone season. [313] North Island little spotted kiwi: Apteryx owenii iredalei: North Island, New Zealand Hunting, habitat degradation, and predation by introduced mammals. [71] Labrador duck [314] Camptorhynchus labradorius: Atlantic coast of Canada and New ...