This is an incomplete list of extinct animals of North America. 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).
Mammals
Prehistoric mammal extinctions (beginning of the Holocene to 1500 CE)
Recent mammal extinctions (1500 AD to present)
Possibly extinct mammals
Birds
Prehistoric bird extinctions (begin Holocene to 1500 AD)
Recent bird extinctions (1500 AD to present)
Possibly Extinct birds
Reptiles
Modern extinctions (1500 AD to present)
Possibly Extinct
Amphibians
Possibly extinct amphibians
Fish
Prehistoric fish extinctions (begin Holocene to 1500 AD)
Recent fish extinctions (1500 AD to present)
Crustaceans
- Cambarellus alvarezi, Around 1994, Mexico (Nuevo León)
- Chihuahua dwarf crayfish, Cambarellus chihuahuae Unknown, Mexico (Chihuahua)
- Florida fairy shrimp , Dexteria floridana, Unknown, Florida
- Hemigrapsus estellinensis , 1963, Estelline, Texas
- Pasadena freshwater shrimp , Syncaris pasadenae, 1933, Los Angeles, California
- Rubious cave amphipod , Stygobromus lucifugus, Unknown, Illinois
- Sandhills crayfish , Procambarus angustatus, Unknown, Georgia
- Sooty crayfish , Pacifastacus nigrescens, late 19th century, San Francisco Bay, California
Insects
- American chestnut moth, Ectoedemia castaneae, Unknown, USA
- Antioch Dunes shieldback katydid, Neduba extincta, Unknown, USA
- Athens caddisfly, Triaenodes phalacris, Unknown, USA
- Castle Lake caddisfly, Rhyacophila amabilis, Unknown, USA
- Central Valley grasshopper, Conozoa hyalina, Unknown, USA
- Chestnut casebearer moth, Coleophora leucochrysella, 1900, USA
- Chestnut ermine moth,Argyresthia castaneella, Unknown, USA
- Chestnut clearwing moth, Coptotriche perplexa, Unknown, USA
- Fort Ross weevil, Trigonoscuta rossi, Unknown, USA
- Macrancylus linearis, Unknown, United States and West Indies
- Mono Lake diving beetle, Hygrotus artus, Unknown, California
- Oeobia sp. Nov, Unknown, USA
- Phleophagan chestnut moth, Ectoedemia phleophaga, Unknown, Virginia
- Pecatonica River mayfly, Acanthometropus pecatonica, Unknown, USA
- Rocky Mountain locust, Melanoplus spretus, 1902, Great Plains, Canada and USA
- Robert's stonefly, Alloperla roberti, Unknown, USA
- Robust burrowing mayfly, Pentagenia robusta, Unknown, Ohio River Area
- Three-toothed caddisfly, Triaenodes tridonata, Unknown, USA
- Sloane's Urania butterfly, Urania sloanus, 1894, Jamaica
- Volutine stoneyian tabanid fly, Stonemyia volutina, Unknown, USA
- Xerces blue butterfly, Glaucopsyche xerces, 1943, Sunset District of San Francisco, California
- Yorba Linda weevil, Trigonoscuta yorbalindae, Unknown, United States
Arachnids
- Caribbean monk seal nasal mite, Halarachne americana, 1952, Caribbean Sea
- Tityus exstinctus, 1884, France (Martinique)
Mollusks
- Acorn pearly mussel, Epioblasma haysiana, Unknown, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
- Acorn ramshell, Planorbella multivolvis, Unknown, Michigan
- Agate rocksnail,Leptoxis clipeata, Unknown, Alabama
- Alabama clubhsell, Pleurobema troschelianum, Unknown, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee
- Alabama pigtoe, Pleurobema johannis, Unknown, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee
- Amphicyclotulus guadeloupensis, Unknown, France (Guadeloupe)
- Angled riffleshell, Epioblasma biemarginata, After 1967, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
- Arc-form pearly mussel, Epioblasma arcaeformis, 1940, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
- Arcuate pearly mussel, Epioblasma flexuosa, Unknown, United States
- Bigmouth rocksnail, Leptoxis occultata, Unknown, Alabama
- Boulder snail, Athearnia crassa, Unknown, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia
- Brown pigtoe, Pleurobema hagleri, Unknown, United States
- Cahaba pebblesnail, Clappia cahabensis, 1965, Cahaba River, Alabama
- Carolina elktoe, Alasmidonta robusta, Unknown, the Carolinas
- Channeled pebblesnail, Somatogyrus wheeleri, Unknown, Arkansas
- Closed elimia, Elimia clausa, After 1967, Alabama
- Cobble elimia, Elimia vanuxemiana, Unknown, Alabama
- Constricted elimia, Elimia impressa, Unknown, Alabama
- Coosa elktoe, Alasmidonta mccordi, Unknown, Alabama
- Coosa pigtoe, Pleurobema murrayense, Unknown, USA
- Coosa rocksnail, Leptoxis showalterii, Unknown, USA
- Corded purg, Pyrgulopsis nevadensis, Unknown, Nevada
- Eelgrass limpet, Lottia alveus, 1920s, Labrador to New York
- Elimia gibbera, Unknown, Alabama
- Elimia macglameriana, Unknown, Alabama & Georgia
- Excised slitshell, Gyrotoma excisa, Unknown, Alabama
- Fine-rayed pearly mussel, Epioblasma personata, Early 20th century, Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio & Tennessee
- Fish Lake physa, Gyrotoma excisa, Unknown, Alabama
- Fusiform elimia, Elimia fusiformis, Unknown, Alabama
- Green-blossom pearly mussel, Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum,1980s, Tennessee River
- Hazel pigtoe, Pleurobema avellanum, Unknown, United States
- Hearty elimia, Elimia jonesi, Unknown, Alabama
- Highnut, Pleurobema altum, Unknown, United States
- High-spired elimia, Elimia hartmaniana, Unknown, USA
- Incerticyclus cinereus, Unknown, Martinique
- Incerticyclus martinicensis, Unknown, Martinique
- Lewis pearly mussel, Epioblasma lewisii, Unknown, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
- Leptoxis torrefacta, Unknown, United States
- Little flat-top snail, Neoplanorbis tantillus Unknown, Alabama
- Lined pocketbook, Lampsilis binominata, Unknown, USA
- Longnut, Pleurobema nucleopsis, Unknown, United States
- Lyrate rocksnail, Leptoxis lirata, Unknown, Alabama
- Maiden rocksnail, Leptoxis formosa, Unknown, Alabama & Georgia
- Nearby pearly mussel, Epioblasma propinqua, 1901, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
- Neoplanorbis carinatus, Unknown, United States
- Neoplanorbis smithi, Unknown, United States
- Neoplanorbis umbilicatus, Unknown, United States
- Oachita pebblesnail, Somatogyrus amnicoloides, Unknown, Arkansas
- Ochlockonee arcmussel, Alasmidonta wrightiana, Unknown, Florida
- Oleacina guadeloupensis, Unknown, Guadeloupe
- Olive marstonia, Marstonia olivacea, 1940, Alabama
- Pagoda slitshell, Gyrotoma pagoda, Unknown, Alabama
- Pleurodonte desidens, 1834, Martinique
- Pupa elimia, Elimia pupaeformis, Unknown, Alabama
- Pygmy elimia, Elimia pygmaea, Unknown, Alabama
- Pyramid slitshell, Gyrotoma pyramidata, Unknown, Alabama
- Reverse pebblesnail, Somatogyrus alcoviensis, Unknown, Georgia
- Ribbed elimia, Elimia laeta, Unknown, Alabama
- Ribbed slitshell, Gyrotoma pumila, Unknown, Alabama
- Rotund rocksnail, Leptoxis ligata, Unknown, Alabama
- Rough-lined elimia, Elimia pilsbryi, Unknown, Alabama
- Round slitshell, Gyrotoma walkeri, Unknown, Alabama
- Sampson's pearly mussel, Epioblasma sampsonii, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky
- Scioto pigtoe, Pleurobema bournianum, Unknown, United States
- Shoal sprite, Amphigyra alabamensis, Unknown, USA
- Short-spired elimia, Elimia brevis, Unknown, Alabama
- Steward's pearly mussel,Epioblasma stewardsonii, Unknown, USA
- Stone's pearly mussel, Epioblasma lenior, After 1965, Alabama and Tennessee
- Striate slitshell, Gyrotoma lewisii, Unknown, USA
- Striped rocksnail, Leptoxis vittata, Unknown, United States
- Thick-lipped pebblesnail, Somatogyrus crassilabris, Unknown, Arkansas
- Tombigbee moccasinshell, Medionidus mcglameriae, Unknown, United States
- True pigtoe, Pleurobema verum, Unknown, Alabama
- Tubercled-blossom pearly mussel, Epioblasma torulosa torulosa, Unknown, Canada Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee & West Virginia
- Turgid-blossom pearly mussel, Epioblasma turgidula, Unknown, USA
- Umbilicate pebblesnail, Clappia umbilicata, 1928, Alabama
- Yellow pigtoe, Pleurobema flavidulum, Unknown, United States
See also
- List of extinct animals
- List of extinct animals of the Hawaiian Islands
- List of extinct birds
- Extinct in the Wild
- Lazarus taxon
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
References
- IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on February 10, 2007.