List of extinct animals of the United States

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This is an incomplete list of extinct animals of the United States. This list covers only extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geological period that extends from the present day back to about 10,000 radiocarbon years, approximately 11,430 ± 130 calendar years BP (between 9560 and 9300 BC).

1 Mammals
2 Birds
3 Reptiles
4 Amphibians
5 Fish
6 Crustaceans
7 Insects
8 Arachnids
9 Mollusks
10 References
11 See also
12 External links

[edit] Mammals

Prehistoric extinctions (begin Holocene to 1500 AD)

American Lion, Panthera leo atrox, Western USA, 8000BC.
Ancient Bison, Bison antiquus, USA, 8000BC.
Beringian cave lion, Panthera leo vereshchagini, Alaska.
Cuvieronius, Florida and Arizona, 400 AD
Dire Wolf, Canis dirus, USA, 8000 BC.
Giant Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis, Great Lakes region, 8000 BC.
Giant hutia, Elasmodontomys obliquus, Puerto Rico, 1000BC.
Giant Short-Faced Bear, Arctodus simus, USA, 10500 BC.
Glyptodon, USA, 8000BC.
Flat-Belly Wolverine, Caninus spartinis, Great Lakes region, 11000 BC.
Helmeted Musk Ox, Alaska, 9000 BC
Pygmy Mammoth, Mammuthus exilis, Channel Islands.
Smilodon fatalis, USA, 8000BC.
Woolly Mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius, Northern USA, 2000 BC.
Western Camel, USA, 8000 BC.
Yukon Wild Ass, Equus asinus lambei, Alaska, 11000 BC.
Antillean Cave Rat
Insular Cave Rat
Corozal Rat
Columbian Mammoth,"Mammuthus columbi", USA,5800 BC.
American cheetah, USA

Recent extinctions (1500 AD to present)

Puerto Rican Shrew, Nesophontes edithae
Puerto Rican Long-nosed Bat,
Puerto Rican Long-tongued Bat,
Guam Flying Fox, Pteropus tokudae
Lesser Puerto Rican Ground Sloth,
Penasco Chipmunk,
Sherman's Pocket Gopher,
Goff's Pocket Gopher, Geomys pinetis goffi
Tacoma Pocket Gopher, Thomomys mazama tacomensis
Chadwick Beach Cottonmouth Mouse,
Giant Deer Mouse,
Pallid Beach Mouse, Peromyscus polionotus decoloratus
Gull Island Vole, Microtus pennsylvanicus nesophilus
Louisiana Vole,
Puerto Rican Hutia,
Puerto Rican Paca,
Lesser Puerto Rican Agouti,
Greater Puerto Rican Agouti,
Southern California Kit Fox,Vulpes macrotis macrotis
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,
Sea Mink, Mustela macrodon
Caribbean Monk Seal,
Steller's Sea Cow,
Badlands Bighorn Sheep,
Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit
Arizona Wapiti
Oregon Bison
Eastern Woodland Bison
Colorado Hog-nosed Skunk
Big Thicket Hog-nosed Skunk
Glacier Bay Water Shrew
Smith Island Cottontail
White-eared Pocket Mouse
Allen's Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Hidden Forest Chipmunk

[edit] Birds

Prehistoric extinctions (begin Holocene to 1500 AD)

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.

Recent extinctions (1500 AD to present)

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] Reptiles

Prehistoric extinctions (Holocene to 1500AD)

Mona Tortoise,

Modern extintions (1500 AD to present)

Navassa Curly-tailed Lizard,
Navassa Iguana,
Navassa Island Dwarf Boa,
Sulcate Blind Snake,
Saint Croix Racer,

Possibly Extinct

Culebra Island Giant Anole,

[edit] Amphibians

Vegas Valley Leopard Frog,
Catahoula Salamander,

Possibly Extinct

Golden Coqui,
[[Eleutherodactylus eneidae]]
Web-footed Coqui,

[edit] Fish

[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,
Palos Verdes Blue (Glaucopsyche lygdamus palosverdesensis),
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] Arachnids

Caribbean Monk Seal Nasal Mite,
Nevada Water Mite,
Passenger Pigeon Mite,

[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] References

IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2007.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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