List of extinct animals of the United States
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An incomplete list of extinct animals of the United States. This list covers only extinctions since the year 1500.
From 14,000 years ago to 1500 AD Mammals
- American Lion, Western USA,8000BC
- Ancient Bison, USA, 8000BC
- Beringian cave lion, Alaska
- Cuvieronius ,Florida Arizona ,400 AD
- Dire Wolf, USA , 8000 BC
- Giant Beaver, Great Lakes region,8000 BC
- Giant Short-Faced Bear, USA, 10500 BC
- Glyptodon, USA, 8000BC
- Helmeted Musk Ox, Alaska, 9000 BC
- Pygmy Mammoth, Channel Islands
- Smilodon fatalis, USA ,8000BC
- Woolly Mammoth, Northern USA, 2000 BC
- Western Camel, USA , 8000 BC
- Yukon Wild Ass, Alaska,11000 BC
Birds
- Law's Diving-goose, California ,1800BC
- Merriam's Teratorn, Southern USA,8000 BC
- Moa-nalo, Hawaii
- Nēnē-nui, Hawaii
- Saint Croix Macaw, St. Croix, Virgin Islands
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[edit] Mollusks
- 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,
[edit] Crustaceans
- Illinois Cave Amphipod
- Pasadena Freshwater Shrimp
[edit] Insects
- Pecatonica River Mayfly,
- Robert's Stonefly,
- Fort Ross Weevil,
- Mono Lake Diving Beetle,
- Xerces Blue,
- Poko Noctuid Moth,
- Midway Noctuid Moth,
- Kerr's Noctuid Moth,
- Laysan Noctuid Moth,
- Noctuid Moth,
- Procellaris Noctuid Noth,
- Chestnut Ermine Moth,
- American Chestnut Moth,
- Phleophaga Chestnut Moth,
- Central Valley Grasshopper,
- Rocky Mountain Locust,
- Antioch Dunes Shieldback Katydid,
- Kona Giant Looper Moth,
[edit] Fish
- 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,
- Bluntnose Shiner,
- Las Vegas Dace,
- Grass Valley Speckled Dace,
- Clear Lake Splittail,
- 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,
[edit] Amphibians
- Vegas Valley Leopard Frog,
- Golden Coqui,
- Web-footed Coqui,
- Catahoula Salamander,
[edit] Reptiles
- Navassa Curly-tailed Lizard,
- Navassa Iguana,
- Navassa Island Dwarf Boa,
- Sulcate Blind Snake,
- Saint Croix Racer,
[edit] Birds
- Bering Canada Goose,
- Labrador Duck,
- Heath Hen,
- Spectacled Cormorant,
- Laysan Crake,
- Hawaiian Crake,
- Wake Island Rail,
- Eskimo Curlew,
- Virgin Islands Screech-Owl,
- Culebra Puerto Rican Parrot, '
- Mauge's Parakeet,
- Carolina Parakeet,
- Louisiana Parakeet,
- Passenger Pigeon,
- Ivory-billed Woodpecker,
- Laysan Millerbird,
- Great Auk,
- Guam Flycatcher,
- Lanai Thrush,
- Hawaiian Thrush,
- Oahu Thrush,
- Molokai Thrush,
- Bachman's Warbler,
- Dusky Seaside Sparrow,
- Kona Grosbeak,
- Greater Koa-Finch,
- Lesser Koa-Finch,
- Oahu 'Akialoa,
- Maui Nui 'Akialoa,
- Kauai 'Akialoa,
- Kioea,
- Ula-'ai-hawane,
- Black Mamo,
- Hawai'i Mamo,
- Lana'i Hookbill,
- Oahu Nukupu'u,
- Greater 'Amakihi,
- Laysan 'Apapane,
- Oahu 'Akepa,
- Po'o-uli,
- Molokai Creeper,
- Lana'i Creeper,
- Oahu 'Oo,
- Molokai 'Oo,
- Kaua'i 'Oo,
- Hawai'i 'Oo,
[edit] Mammals
- Puerto Rican Shrew,
- Puerto Rican Long-nosed Bat,
- Puerto Rican Long-tongued Bat,
- Guam Flying Fox,
- Lesser Puerto Rican Ground Sloth,
- Penasco Chipmunk,
- Sherman's Pocket Gopher,
- Goff's Pocket Gopher,
- Tacoma Pocket Gopher,
- Chadwick Beach Cottonmouth Mouse,
- Giant Deer Mouse,
- Pallid Beach Mouse,
- Gull Island Vole,
- Louisiana Vole,
- Puerto Rican Hutia,
- Puerto Rican Paca,
- Lesser Puerto Rican Agouti,
- Greater Puerto Rican Agouti,
- Southern California Kit Fox,
- Kenai Peninsula Wolf,
- Newfoundland Wolf,
- Banks Island Wolf,
- Cascade Mountains Wolf,
- Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf,
- Mogollon Mountain Wolf,
- Texas Gray Wolf,
- Southern Rocky Mountain Wolf,
- Florida Red Wolf,
- Texas Red Wolf,
- California Grizzly Bear,
- Sea Mink,
- Caribbean Monk Seal,
- Steller's Sea Cow,
- Badlands Bighorn Sheep,
- Mam Ate Lave Rga,
[edit] See also
- List of extinct animals
- List of extinct animals of Canada
- List of extinct animals of Mexico
- List of extinct animals of North America
