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  2. Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene - Wikipedia

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    The following list is incomplete by necessity, since the majority of extinctions are thought to be undocumented, and for many others there isn't a definitive, widely accepted last, or most recent record. According to the species-area theory, the present rate of extinction may be up to 140,000 species per year. [1]

  3. List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene

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    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.

  4. Category:Holocene extinctions - Wikipedia

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    Holocene extinctions, biological taxa that went extinct during the current geological/paleobiological Holocene epoch of the Quaternary Period. Extinct plant/flora and animal/fauna species of the last 12,000 years (occurring from ~10,000 BCE to the present day.

  5. Holocene extinction - Wikipedia

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    Mass extinctions are characterized by the loss of at least 75% of species within a geologically short period of time (i.e., less than 2 million years). [18] [51] The Holocene extinction is also known as the "sixth extinction", as it is possibly the sixth mass extinction event, after the Ordovician–Silurian extinction events, the Late Devonian extinction, the Permian–Triassic extinction ...

  6. Lists of extinct species - Wikipedia

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    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. List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene; List of Oceanian animals extinct in the Holocene. List of Australia-New Guinea ...

  7. List of European species extinct in the Holocene - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of European species 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] This list includes the European continent and its surrounding islands.

  8. List of Macaronesian animals extinct in the Holocene

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    This is a list of Macaronesian 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] Macaronesia is a collection of four volcanic archipelagos in the North Atlantic, off the coast of Africa. [2]

  9. List of African animals extinct in the Holocene - Wikipedia

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    A breeding program aims to create similar-looking animals, but these are not true quaggas. This list of African species extinct in the Holocene 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. [1]