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As of 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 40 animal species as extinct in the wild. [1] That is approximately 0.04% of all evaluated animal species. The IUCN also lists five animal subspecies as extinct in the wild. This is a complete list of wild animal species and subspecies listed as extinct by the IUCN.
This page features lists of species and organisms that have become extinct. The reasons for extinction range from natural occurrences, such as shifts in the Earth's ecosystem or natural disasters, to human influences on nature by the overuse of natural resources, hunting and destruction of natural habitats.
A species is declared extinct after exhaustive surveys of all potential habitats eliminate all reasonable doubt that the last individual of a species, whether in the wild or in captivity, has died. [15] Recently extinct species are defined by the IUCN as becoming extinct after 1500 CE. [1]
The shy Australian animals died after only a century of European settlement. Despite the world's last captive thylacine dying in 1936, the secretive animal wasn't declared extinct until 1986.
The species recovery score is a 0%–100% scale, with 0% being the species is extinct or extinct in the wild and 100% being fully recovered. [40] In addition, the Green Status also classifies previous and future conservation impacts with the Green Scores of Conservation Dependency, Conservation Gain, Conservation Legacy, and Recovery Potential.
On 29 January 2010, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 842 (746 animals, 96 plants) extinct species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations. Kingdom Animalia [ edit ]
Extinct in the 1990s due to habitat destruction and fragmentation. [8] Flat pigtoe: Pleurobema marshalli: Tombigbee River, Mississippi and Alabama Extinct in 1984 due to loss of all habitat through impoundment or channelization. [8] Rio Grande monkeyface: Rotundaria couchiana: Rio Grande Extinct in the early 1900s due to habitat degradation. [8 ...
Pages in category "Extinct animals of the United States" The following 136 pages are in this category, out of 136 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .