Recent North American extinctions (1500 CE to present)
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Antillean Cave Rat
Insular Cave Rat Heteropsomys insulans, 1600s
Corozal Rat
Eastern Cougar Puma concolor couguar, 2011
Puerto Rican Shrew Nesophontes edithae. 1600s
Puerto Rican Long-nosed Bat Monophyllus frater
Puerto Rican Long-tongued Bat
Lesser Puerto Rican Ground Sloth
Sherman's Pocket Gopher
Goff's Pocket Gopher Geomys pinetis goffi
Tacoma Pocket Gopher Thomomys mazama tacomensis
Giant Deer Mouse
Pallid Beach Mouse Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus, 1959
Gull Island Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus nesophilus, 1897
Louisiana Vole
Puerto Rican Hutia Isolobodon portoricensis
Puerto Rican Paca
Lesser Puerto Rican Agouti
Greater Puerto Rican Agouti
Sea Mink Mustela macrodon, 1860
Caribbean Monk Seal Monachus tropicalis, 1952
Steller's Sea Cow Hydrodamalis gigas, 1768
Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit subpopulation of Pygmy Rabbit
Arizona Wapiti
Colorado Hog-nosed Skunk
Smith Island Cottontail
Allen's Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Banks Island Wolf Canis lupus bernardi, 1920
Cascade Mountains Wolf Canis lupus fuscus, 1940
Antillean Giant Rice Rat
Eastern Elk Cervus canadensis canadiensis, 1887
Merriam's Elk Cervus canadensis merriami, 1913
Arizona Jaguar Panthera onca arizonensis, 1905
Tule Shrew Sorex ornatus juncensis, 1905
Labrador Duck
Heath Hen
Cuban Red Macaw Ara tricolor, 1860s
Spectacled Cormorant
Atitlán Grebe
Bermuda Night Heron
Virgin Islands Screech-Owl
Mauge's Parakeet
Carolina Parakeet Conuropsis carolinensis
Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius
Guadalupe Caracara
Bahaman Barn Owl
Brace's Emerald
Gould's Emerald
Great Auk
Grand Cayman Thrush Turdus ravidus
Dusky Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens
Guadeloupe Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia guadeloupensis
Guadeloupe Parakeet Aratinga labati (18th century)
Guadeloupe Parrot Amazona violacea (1779)
Lesser Antillean Macaw Ara guadeloupensis (1760)
Martinique House Wren Troglodytes aedon martinicensis
Martinique Parrot Amazona martinicana (1779)
Slender-billed Grackle Quiscalus palustris
Navassa curly-tailed lizard
Navassa iguana
Navassa Island dwarf boa
Sulcate blind snake
Saint Croix racer
Martinique giant ameiva, Ameiva major
Martinique lizard, Leiocephalus herminieri (1830s)
Ameiva cineracea (early 20th century, Guadeloupe)
Vegas Valley Leopard Frog
Catahoula salamander also called Ainsworth's Salamander
Golden toad, Costa Rica
Longjaw cisco
Deepwater cisco
Lake Ontario kiyi
Blackfin cisco
Yellowfin cutthroat trout
Alvord cutthroat trout
Silver trout
Maravillas red shiner
Independence Valley tui chub
Thicktail chub
Pahranagat spinedace
Phantom shiner
Las Vegas dace
Grass Valley speckled dace
Clear Lake splittail
Oncorhynchus rastrosus
Snake River sucker
Harelip sucker
Tecopa pupfish
Shoshone pupfish
Raycraft Ranch killifish
Pahrump Ranch killifish
Ash Meadows killifish
Amistad gambusia
San Marcos gambusia
Blue walleye
Maryland darter
Utah Lake sculpin
Banff longnose dace
Hemigrapsus estellinensis [1]
Pacifastacus nigrescens [2]
Procambarus angustatus [3]
Stygobromus lucifugus [4]
Syncaris pasadenae [5]
Pecatonica River mayfly
Robert's stonefly
Fort Ross weevil
Mono Lake diving beetle
Xerces Blue
Chestnut Ermine Moth
American Chestnut Moth
Phleophaga Chestnut Moth
Central Valley grasshopper
Rocky Mountain locust
Antioch Dunes shieldback katydid
Caribbean monk seal nasal mite
Nevada water mite
Passenger pigeon mite
Coosa elktoe
Carolina elktoe
Ochlockonee arcmussel
Recovery pearly mussel
Arc-form pearly mussel
Acorn pearly mussel
Lewis pearly mussel
Nearby pearly mussel
Sampson's pearly mussel
Steward's pearly mussel
Turgid-blossom pearly mussel
Shoal sprite
Cahaba pebblesnail
Umbilicate pebblesnail
Mount matafao different snail
Short-spired elimia
Closed elimia
Fusiform elimia
High-spired elimia
Constricted elimia
Hearty elimia
Ribbed elimia
Rough-lined elimia
Pupa elimia
Pygmy elimia
Cobble elimia
Puzzle elimia
Excised slitshell
Striate slitshell
Pagoda slitshell
Ribbed slitshell
Pyramid slitshell
Round slitshell
Lined pocketbook
Eelgrass limpet
20 Jul 2012, 8:13 am
