Holocene extinctions, biological taxa that went extinct during the current geological/paleobiological Holocene epoch of the Quaternary Period. Extinct plant/flora and animal/fauna species of the last 12,000 years (occurring from ~10,000 BCE to the present day. Rising extinction rates over the Holocene's millennia are mainly due to increasing human activities.
Subcategories
This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
0–9
E
- Elephant birds (3 P)
G
- Gomphotheres (16 P)
L
- Late Quaternary prehistoric birds (147 P)
M
R
S
- Subfossil lemurs (13 P)
Pages in category "Holocene extinctions"
The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 338 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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A
- Adzebill
- Ahytherium
- Akialoa
- Aldabrachelys abrupta
- Aldabrachelys grandidieri
- Antidorcas australis
- Antidorcas bondi
- Antillean cave rail
- Apteribis
- Archaeoindris
- Archaeolemur
- Artibeus anthonyi
- Asian ostrich
- Asoriculus
- Astolfo's rail
- Astrochelys rogerbouri
- Atalaye nesophontes
- Atlas wild ass
- Aurochs
- Australonyx
B
C
- Californian turkey
- Camelops
- Canary Islands quail
- Capromeryx
- Capromeryx minor
- Catonyx
- Cayman nesophontes
- Chatham coot
- Chatham Island merganser
- Chatham raven
- Chelonoidis alburyorum
- Chelonoidis cubensis
- Chelonoidis monensis
- Chendytes
- Chloridops
- Ciridops
- Columbian mammoth
- Conquered lorikeet
- Consumed scrubfowl
- Coryphomys
- Coua berthae
- Crested moa
- Cryptoprocta spelea
- Cuban coney
- Cuban kestrel
- Cuban pauraque
- Cuvieronius
- Cylindraspis
- Cyprus dwarf hippopotamus
D
E
G
- Gallotia goliath
- Geograpsus severnsi
- Giant aye-aye
- Giant ghost-faced bat
- Giant nukupuʻu
- Giant pika
- Giant solenodon
- Giant tapir
- Glossotherium
- Glyptodont
- Glyptotherium
- Gomphothere
- Gracile goshawk
- Gran Canaria giant rat
- Great ground dove
- Great Maui crake
- Great Oʻahu crake
- Greater Azores bullfinch
- Greater Cuban nesophontes
H
- Haast's eagle
- Hanyusuchus
- Heavy-footed moa
- Henderson ground dove
- Henderson imperial pigeon
- Henderson sandpiper
- Heptaxodontidae
- Heteropsomys
- High-billed crow
- Highland finch
- Hippopotamus laloumena
- Hippopotamus lemerlei
- Hippopotamus madagascariensis
- Hipposideros besaoka
- Hodgens' waterhen
- Hooijer's rat
- Hoopoe-billed ʻakialoa
- Huahine cuckoo-dove
- Huahine gull
- Huahine rail
- Huahine starling
- Huahine swamphen
- Hydrodamalinae
- Hydrodamalis
- Hypnomys
- Hypogeomys australis
L
M
- Macrauchenia
- Macraucheniidae
- Macraucheniinae
- Madeira finch
- Madeiran scops owl
- Majorcan giant dormouse
- Malagasy crowned eagle
- Malagasy lapwing
- Malagasy shelduck
- Mammoth
- Channel Islands mammoth
- Mammuthus exilis
- Mangaia crake
- Mangaia rail
- Mantell's moa
- Markham's frog
- Marquesas cuckoo-dove
- Marquesas swamphen
- Mascarene owls
- Maui Nui finch
- Mauritius starling
- Megaceroides algericus
- Megaladapis
- Megalocnus
- Megalomys
- Megalomys georginae
- Megalonychidae
- Megalotragus
- Megavitiornis
- Megatheriidae
- Megatheriinae
- Megatherium
- Megistonyx
- Meiolania
- Meizonyx
- Mekosuchinae
- Mekosuchus
- Meleagris californica
- Mesopropithecus
- Microcarbo serventyorum