Lists of extinct species

The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks. Intermediate minor rankings are not shown.

This page features lists of extinct species, organisms that have become extinct, either in the wild or completely disappeared from Earth. In practice, a species not definitely located in the wild in the last 50 years is called extinct.

Lists of extinct animals
List of extinct plants
List of recently extinct amphibians
List of recently extinct arthropods
List of recently extinct bird species
List of recently extinct fishes
List of recently extinct insects
List of recently extinct invertebrates
List of recently extinct mammals
List of recently extinct molluscs
List of recently extinct reptiles

Lists of extinct species

See also