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Explore a list of 100 animals that have recently become extinct, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and invertebrates.
Since 1900, nearly 500 species of animal have gone extinct, according to a 2015 study. Here are ten that made the list.
Species Directory. WWF is committed to saving endangered species. Learn more about the species we are working to protecting from becoming endangered or extinct.
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.
The article provides a detailed list of 25 extinct animals, including the Tasmanian Tiger, Woolly Mammoth, Dodo, Passenger Pigeon, and the Mexican Grizzly Bear, among others, explaining the reasons behind their extinction.
A species that is extinct in the wild is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as only known by living members kept in captivity or as a naturalized population outside its historic range due to massive habitat loss.
They classify animals in various conservation statuses (depending on their number and population trends), including ‘Least Concern’, ‘Threatened’, ‘Endangered’, and lastly ‘Extinct’. This makes it easy for us to find out any animal’s ‘Conservation Status’.
Know about the animals that have gone extinct recently and, in the past, too. Also get details of animals that are going extent in the near future. Learn about why so many animals have gone extinct and if humans were responsible for it.
These incredible animals will never roam Earth again. These are just some of the animals that have gone extinct in the past 150 years.
This is a complete list of wild animal species and subspecies listed as extinct by the IUCN. Some of these species, such as Aylacostoma guaraniticum, Aylacostoma stigmaticum, and Partula faba have since become entirely extinct.