SPECIES TODAY
List of Extinct Mammals
All mammals are referred to by their Common Name, the date of extinction and suspected cause(s) of extinction.
Algeria
Red Gazelle (1894)Unknown
Australia
Big-Eared Hopping-Mouse (1843)Introduced species
Broad-Faced Potoroo (1875)
Habitat destruction
Introduced species
Buff-Nosed Rat-Kangaroo (1935)
Overhunting
Habitat destruction
Introduced species
Central Hare-Wallaby (1932)
Habitat destruction
Introduced species
Crescent Nail-Tailed Wallaby (1962)
Habitat destruction
Introduced species
Darlings Downs Hopping Mouse (1846)
Introduced species
Desert Bandicoot (1943)
Habitat destruction
Pollution
Introduced species
Dusky Flying Fox (1874)
Habitat destruction
Eastern Hare-Wallaby (1890)
Habitat destruction
Gould's Mouse (1939)
Habitat destruction
Lesser Bilby (1931)
Overhunting
Introduced species
Lesser Stick-Nest Rat (1933)
Introduced species
Long-Tailed Hopping Mouse (1901)
Introduced species
Lord Howe Long-Eared Bat
(before 1500)
Introduced species
Pig-Footed Bandicoot (1920s)
Introduced species
Habitat destruction
Rabbit-Eared Tree-Rat (European arrival)
Habitat destruction
Introduced species
Short-Tailed Hopping Mouse (1896)
Introduced species
Tasmanian Tiger (1936)
Overhunting
Pollution
Habitat destruction
Introduced species
Toolache Wallaby (1937)
Introduced species
Overhunting
Caribbean Islands
(Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Martinique, St. Lucia, West Indies, Puerto Rico)Antillean Giant Rice Rat (1902)
Natural disaster (eruption of Mt. Pelee, 1902)
Atalaye Nesophontes (European arrival)
Habitat destruction
Introduced species
Barbados Raccoon (1964)
Unknown
Caribbean Monk Seal (1952)
Overhunting
Cuban Coney (after 1500)
Habitat destruction
Haitian Nesophontes (European arrival)
Habitat destruction
Hispaniolan Edible Rat (European arrival)
Overhunting
Introduced species
Imposter Hutia (European arrival)
Habitat destruction
Lemke's Hutia (before 1500)
Unknown
Marcano's Solenodon (European arrival)
Habitat destruction
Introduced species
Montane Hutia (European arrival)
Overhunting
Habitat destruction
Oriente Cave Rat (1600)
Overhunting
Introduced species
Pallid Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (1850)
Unknown
Puerto Rican Flower Bat (before 1500)
Overhunting
Habitat destruction
Santa Lucia Giant Rice Rat (1881)
Habitat destruction
St. Michel Nesophontes (European arrival)
Habitat destruction
Introduced species
Samana Hutia (before 1500)
Unknown
Torre's Cave Rat (before 1500)
Overhunting
Twisted-Toothed Mouse (1550)
Habitat destruction
Western Cuban Nesophontes (European arrival)
Habitat destruction
Introduced species
Philippines, Guam, Palau, Solomon Islands
Emperor Rat (1960s)Unknown
Guadalcanal Rat (1899)
Unknown
Guam Flying Fox (1968)
Overhunting
Large Palau Flying Fox (1874)
Overhunting
Negros Naked-Backed Fruit Bat (1970)
Habitat destruction
Overhunting
Nendo Tube-Nosed Fruit Bat (1907)
Unknown
Panay Giant Fruit Bat (1892)
Habitat destruction
Overhunting
Thailand, Indonesia, Christmas Islands
Bulldog Rat (1897)Introduced species
Disease
Flores Cave Rat (before 1500)
Unknown
Flores Long-Nosed Rat (unknown)
Unknown
Maclear's Rat (1897)
Introduced species
Disease
Schomburgk's Deer (1938)
Habitat destruction
Overhunting
Verhoevens's Giant Tree Rat (before 1500)
Unknown
Equador and the Galapagos Islands
Darwin's Galapagos Mouse (1930)
Introduced species
Disease
Indefatigable Galapagos Mouse (1934)
Introduced species
Disease
Falkland Islands
Falkland Island Wolf (1876)
Overhunting
Introduced species
Pollution
Saudi Arabia (Farasan Islands) and Yemen
Arabian Gazelle (1996)Unknown
Queen of Sheba's Gazelle (1951)
Habitat destruction
Overhunting
France and Italy
Sardinian Pika (1774)Habitat destruction
Honduras
Swan Island Hutia (1955)
Natural disaster (hurricane)
Introduced species
Japan and Korea
Japanese Sea Lion (1951)Overhunting
Okinawa Flying-Fox (1870)
Unknown
Sturdee's Pipistrelle (1915)
Habitat destruction
Madagascar, Mauritius, and RÉunion
Dark Flying Fox (1873)
Habitat destruction
Overhunting
Madagascan Dwarf Hippopotamus (before 1500)
Overhunting
Climate change
Madagascan Pygmy Hippopotamus (before 1500)
Overhunting
Climate change
Mexico
Nelson's Rice Rat (1897)
Introduced species
Pemberton's Deer Mouse (1931)
Unknown
New Zealand
New Zealand Greater Short-Tailed Bat (1967)Introduced species
South Africa
Blue Buck (1800)Overhunting
Quagga (1883)
Overhunting
United States and Canada
Sea Mink (1894)Overhunting
United States and Russia
Steller's Sea Cow (1768)Overhunting