List of European animals extinct in the Holocene

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This list of European animals extinct in the Holocene features animals known to have become extinct in the last 12,000 years on the European continent and its surrounding islands.

All large islands in the Mediterranean Sea are included except for Cyprus, which is in the List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene. The recently extinct animals of the Macaronesian islands in the North Atlantic are listed separately. Overseas territories of European countries are not included here; they are found on the lists pertaining to their respective regions. For example, French Polynesia is grouped with Oceania, while Réunion is grouped with Madagascar and the Indian Ocean islands.

Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.

Mammals[edit]

Undated[edit]

Prehistoric[edit]

Recent[edit]

Local[edit]

Recent extinctions (1500 CE to present)
Common name/scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Great auk
Pinguinus impennis 		1844[45] the northern Atlantic and the western Mediterranean PinguinusImpennus.jpg
Pied raven
Corvus corax varius morpha leucophaeus 		1902[46] the Faroe Islands, Denmark Corvus corax varius morpha leucophaeus.jpg
Possibly extinct
Common name/scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Slender-billed curlew
Numenius tenuirostris 		2001[47] Western Eurasia and North Africa Numenius tenuirostris.jpg

Reptiles[edit]

Insects[edit]

Holocene extinctions of unknown date
Common name/scientific name Range
Perrin’s cave beetle
Siettitia balsetensis 		France[65]

Sea anemones[edit]

Molluscs[edit]

See also[edit]

  1. ^ A single cloned individual was born on July 30, 2003, but died several minutes later.[20]
  2. ^ Natural dispersion of a single individual over the Arctic.[33][34]
  3. ^ Previous attempts at introduction in Norway and Svalbard (outside the muskox’s prehistoric range) failed.[39]

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