List of extinct animals of Europe

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The list of extinct animals in Europe features the animals that have become extinct on the European continent and some in other dependent territories of European countries. While most of the animals in the recent Holocene have a human caused extinction[1], Pleistocene extinctions and early Holocene extinctions are contested. Some see them as human caused while others as a product of climate change.

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[edit] Pleistocene Extinctions

Preserved baby woolly mammoth remains in Lucerne,Switzerland
Preserved baby woolly mammoth remains in Lucerne,Switzerland

[edit] Global Holocene Extinctions

[edit] Mammals

Augsburg's depiction of an Aurochs.
Augsburg's depiction of an Aurochs.

[edit] Birds

Great Auk
Great Auk

[edit] Reptiles

[edit] Fish

[edit] Insects

[edit] Molluscs

[edit] Extinctions in dependent territories of European countries

The following lists features the animals that have become extinct in dependent territories of European countries, like the French overseas departments. Four French regions (Martinique, Guadeloupe, French Guiana and Réunion), two Portuguese regions (Azores and Madeira ), and one Spanish region (Canary Islands).

[edit] Canary Islands

[edit] Madeira

[edit] French Overseas Departments

[edit] Local European Extinctions

Northern Bald Ibis at Zoo Duisburg, Germany
Northern Bald Ibis at Zoo Duisburg, Germany

The following animals became locally extinct in Europe, but survive on other continents.

[edit] Rediscovered

[edit] References

  1. ^ Baillie, J.E.M., Hilton-Taylor, C. and Stuart, S.N. (Editors) 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. A Global Species Assessment. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. xxiv + 191 pp. Online pdf
  • Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Chondrostoma scodrense. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 May 2006 [1].
  • Crivelli, A.J. 2005. Telestes turskyi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 May 2006 [2].
  • IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 24 March 2006.
  • IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 11 May 2006.
  • Miras, J.A.M. 2005. Gallotia auaritae. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. http://www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 11 May 2006 [3].

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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