List of African animals extinct in the Holocene
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This list of African animals extinct in the Holocene features animals known to have become extinct in the last 12,000 years on the African continent and its islands, such as Madagascar, the Mascarenes, Seychelles, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Cape Verde, Madeira, and the Canary Islands.
Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.
Mammals
Undated
Common name/scientific name | Range |
---|---|
Kenya oribi Ourebia ourebi kenyae |
Mount Kenya[1] |
Prehistoric
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Archaeoindris fontoynontii | 412-199 BCE[2] | Central Madagascar | |
Archaeolemur majori | 650-780[2] | Madagascar | |
Archaeolemur edwardsii | 1047-1280[2] | Central Madagascar | |
Bond's springbok Antidorcas bondi |
5740-5500 BCE[3] | Southern Africa | |
Babakotia radofilai | 3340-2890 BCE[2] | Northern coast of Madagascar | |
North African aurochs Bos primigenius africanus |
c. 4000 BCE[3] | North Africa | |
Tenerife giant rat Canariomys bravoi |
1100-1300[4] | Tenerife, Canary Islands | |
Gran Canaria giant rat Canariomys tamarani |
130 BCE[5] | Gran Canaria, Canary Islands | |
Balsam shrew Crocidura balsamifera |
821-171 BCE[6] | Nile gallery forests, Egypt | |
Giant fossa Cryptoprocta spelea |
210[7] | Madagascar | |
Giant aye-aye Daubentonia robusta |
900-1150[8] | Southern Madagascar | |
Atlas wild ass Equus africanus atlanticus |
c. 300[9] | North Africa | |
North African horse Equus algericus |
c. 4000 BCE[3] | North Africa | |
Giant Cape zebra Equus capensis |
8340-3950 BCE[3] | Southern Africa | |
North African zebra Equus mauritanicus |
4855-4733 BCE[3] | Maghreb | |
Hadropithecus stenognathus | 535-876[8] | Central and southern Madagascar | |
Malagasy dwarf hippopotamus Hippopotamus lemerlei |
670-836[8][10] | Southwestern Madagascar | |
Malagasy pygmy hippopotamus Hippopotamus madagascariensis |
687-880[8][10] | Northwestern and central Madagascar | |
Hipposideros besaoka | 8050 BCE or less[11] | Northern coast of Madagascar | |
Southern Malagasy giant rat Hypogeomys australis |
428-618[2] | Central and southern Madagascar | File:Hypogeomys australis mandible lingual.png |
North African elephant Loxodonta africana pharaoensis |
370[12] | Northwest Africa | |
Makapania (or related genus) |
5483-5221 BCE[3] | South Africa mountains | |
Lava mouse Malpaisomys insularis |
1270[13] | Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, Canary Islands | |
North African giant deer Megaceroides algericus |
4691-4059 BCE[14] | Northern Maghreb | |
Megaladapis edwardsi | 1300-1430[8] | Madagascar | |
Megaladapis grandidieri | 980-1170[8] | Madagascar | |
Megaladapis madagascariensis | 1206-1427[15] | Madagascar | |
Giant hartebeest Megalotragus priscus |
6130-3950 BCE[3] | Southern and possibly eastern Africa | |
Mesopropithecus globiceps | 245-429[2] | Southwestern Madagascar | |
Mesopropithecus pithecoides | 600-765[15] | Central Madagascar | |
MacPhee's shrew tenrec Microgale macpheei |
790-410 BCE[16] | Southeastern Madagascar | |
Giant ruffed lemur Pachylemur insignis |
890-990[15] | Southwestern Madagascar | |
Malagasy aardvark Plesiorycteropus madagascariensis |
865-965[17] | Central and southern Madagascar | |
Giant African buffalo Syncerus antiquus |
3060-2470 BCE[6] | Africa and the Arabian Peninsula |
Recent
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Bubal hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus |
1925[18] | North Africa and southern Levant[19] | |
Southern black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis bicornis |
c. 1850[20] | Southwestern Africa | |
Western black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis longipes |
2006[21] | Burkina Faso to South Sudan | |
Quagga Equus quagga quagga |
1883[22] | Cape Province, South Africa | |
Hippopotamus laloumena | 1670-1950[2] | Eastern Madagascar | |
Bluebuck Hippotragus leucophaeus |
1799-1800[23] | Overberg, South Africa | |
Robert's lechwe Kobus leche robertsi |
1980-1985[24] | Luongo and Kalungwishi drainage systems, Luapula, Zambia | |
Large sloth lemur Palaeopropithecus ingens |
1320-1630[8] | Southwestern Madagascar | |
Barbary lion Panthera leo leo |
1943[25] | North Africa | |
Cape lion Panthera leo melanochaita |
1865[25] | Cape Province, South Africa | |
Zanzibar leopard Panthera pardus adersi |
1986[25] | Unguja, Tanzania | |
Barbary leopard Panthera pardus panthera |
1996[25] | Atlas Mountains | |
Cape warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus |
1871[26] | Cape Province, South Africa | |
Small Mauritian flying fox Pteropus subniger |
1862[27] | Mauritius and Réunion | |
Atlas bear Ursus arctos crowtheri |
1834[28] | Northern Maghreb |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
De Winton's golden mole Cryptochloris wintoni |
1937[29] | Port Nolloth, South Africa | |
Nubian wild ass Equus africanus africanus |
1970s[30] | Nubian desert, Sudan | |
Ethiopian amphibious rat Nilopegamys plumbeus |
1928[31] | Northwestern Ethiopia[32] |
Local
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Reintroduction | Image |
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Northern white rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum cottoni |
2007[33] | Upper Chari, Ubangi, and White Nile river basins | 2009[34] | |
Gray whale Eschrichtius robustus |
71–245[35] | North Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, and northern Pacific Ocean[36] | 2013[A] | |
Mohrr gazelle Nanger dama mohrr |
1968[39] | Northwestern Sahara | 1984[40] | |
Scimitar oryx Oryx dammah |
1988-1990[41] (Chad) |
Fringes of the Sahara | 1985[42] (Tunisia) |
Birds
Undated
Common name/scientific name | Range | Image |
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Ampoza ground roller Brachypteracias langrandi |
Ampoza, Madagascar[43] | |
Canary Islands quail Coturnix gomerae |
Canary Islands[44] | |
Mauritius starling Cryptopsar ischyrhynchus |
Mauritius[45] | |
Long-legged bunting Emberiza alcoveri |
Tenerife, Canary Islands[44] | |
Réunion scops owl Mascarenotus grucheti |
Réunion[44] | |
Madeiran scops owl Otus mauli |
Madeira[46] | |
Madeira rail Rallus adolfocaesaris |
Madeira[47] | |
Porto Santo rail Rallus lowei |
Porto Santo Island of Madeira[47] |
Prehistoric
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
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Hildebrandt's elephant bird Aepyornis hildebrandti |
664-773[10] | Central Madagascar | |
Giant elephant bird Aepyornis maximus |
1040-1380[44] | Southern Madagascar | |
Malagasy shelduck Alopochen sirabensis |
530-860[2] | Madagascar | |
Cape Verde quail Coturnix centensis |
1015-1155[48] | São Vicente, Cape Verde | |
Madeiran quail Coturnix lignorum |
1021-806 BCE[48] | Madeira | |
Ancient coua Coua primaeva |
110 BCE - 130 CE[2] | Madagascar | |
Mullerornis modestus | 680-880[10] | Central and southern Madagascar | |
Great auk Pinguinus impennis |
5050-3850 BCE[49] | Northern Atlantic and western Mediterranean | |
Dune shearwater Puffinus holeae |
1159-790 BCE[50] | Canary Islands | |
Lava shearwater Puffinus olsoni |
1020-1260[51] | Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, Canary Islands | |
Malagasy crowned eagle Stephanoaetus mahery |
3630-3570 BCE[52] | Central and southern Madagascar | |
Titan elephant bird Vorombe titan |
771-952[10] | Central and southern Madagascar |
Recent
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Mauritius blue pigeon Alectroenas nitidissimus |
1826[44] | Mauritius | |
Rodrigues blue pigeon Alectroenas payandeei |
1601?[44] | Rodrigues | |
Réunion blue pigeon Alectroenas sp. |
1671-1672[44] | Réunion | |
Réunion sheldgoose Alopochen kervazoi |
1671-1672[53] | Réunion | |
Mauritius sheldgoose Alopochen mauritiana |
1693[54] | Mauritius | |
Mascarene teal Anas theodori |
1696[55] | Mauritius and Réunion | |
Northern white-winged apalis Apalis chariessa chariessa |
1961[44] | Lower Tana River, Kenya | |
Red rail Aphanapteryx bonasia |
1693[56] | Mauritius | |
Saint Helena rail Aphanocrex podarces |
c. 1640[57] | Saint Helena | |
Olson's petrel Bulweria bifax |
1502[58] | Saint Helena | |
Madeiran wood pigeon Columba palumbus maderensis |
1896-1906[59] | Madeira | |
Mauritius wood pigeon Columba thiriouxi |
c. 1730[44] | Mauritius | |
Delalande's coua Coua delalandei |
1834[60] | Nosy Boraha, Madagascar | |
Réunion rail Dryolimnas augusti |
1674[61] | Réunion | |
Mauritius white-throated rail Dryolimnas sp. |
1602[44] | Mauritius | |
Rodrigues rail Erythromachus leguati |
1726[62] | Rodrigues | |
Réunion kestrel Falco duboisi |
1671-1672[63] | Réunion | |
Réunion fody Foudia delloni |
1672[44] | Réunion | |
Hoopoe starling Fregilupus varius |
1837[64] | Réunion | |
Mascarene coot Fulica newtonii |
1693[65] | Mauritius and Réunion | |
Tristan moorhen Gallinula nesiotis |
1873[44] | Tristan da Cunha | |
Madeira finch Goniaphea leucocephala |
1823[44] | Madeira | |
Canary Islands oystercatcher Haematopus meadewaldoi |
1981[66] | Senegal and the eastern Canary Islands | |
Broad-billed parrot Lophopsittacus mauritianus |
1673-1675[67] | Mauritius | |
Rodrigues scops owl Mascarenotus murivorus |
1726[68] | Rodrigues | |
Mauritius scops owl Mascarenotus sauzieri |
1837[69] | Mauritius | |
Mascarene parrot Mascarinus mascarinus |
1834[70] | Réunion | |
Ascension flightless crake Mundia elpenor |
1656[71] | Ascension Island | |
Saint Helena cuckoo Nannococcyx psix |
c. 1640[57] | Saint Helena | |
Rodrigues starling Necropsar rodericanus |
1726[72] | Rodrigues | |
Rodrigues parrot Necropsittacus rodericanus |
1761[73] | Rodrigues | |
Aldabra brush-warbler Nesillas aldabrana |
1983[74] | Malabar Island, Seychelles | |
Réunion pigeon Nesoenas duboisi |
1674[75] | Réunion | |
Mauritian turtle dove Nesoenas cicur |
c. 1730[44] | Mauritius | |
Rodrigues pigeon Nesoenas rodericanus |
1726[76] | Rodrigues | |
Réunion night-heron Nycticorax duboisi |
1674[77] | Réunion | |
Mauritius night-heron Nycticorax mauritianus |
1693[78] | Mauritius | |
Rodrigues night-heron Nycticorax megacephalus |
1726[79] | Rodrigues | |
Ascension night heron Nycticorax olsoni |
1555[44] | Ascension Island | |
Rodrigues solitaire Pezophaps solitaria |
1761[80] | Rodrigues | |
Mascarene reed cormorant Phalacrocorax africanus nanus |
1705[44] | Mauritius and Réunion | |
Eastern Canary Islands chiffchaff Phylloscopus canariensis exsul |
1986[44] | Lanzarote and possibly Fueteventura, Canary Islands | |
Réunion swamphen Porphyrio caerulescens |
c. 1730[81] | Réunion | |
Seychelles purple swamphen Porphyrio sp. |
1775[82] | Seychelles | |
Saint Helena crake Porzana astrictocarpus |
c. 1640[57] | Saint Helena | |
Large Saint Helena petrel Pseudobulweria rupinarum |
c. 1640[57] | Saint Helena | |
Mascarene grey parakeet Psittacula bensoni |
1764[83] | Mauritius and Réunion | |
Newton's parakeet Psittacula exsul |
1875[84] | Rodrigues | |
Seychelles parakeet Psittacula wardi |
1893[85] | Seychelles | |
Rodrigues petrel Pterodroma sp. |
1725-1726[44] | Rodrigues | |
Dodo Raphus cucullatus |
1688[86] | Mauritius | |
Alaotra grebe Tachybaptus rufolavatus |
1985[87] | Lake Alaotra, Madagascar | |
Réunion flightless ibis Threskiornis solitarius |
1763[88] | Réunion | |
Saint Helena hoopoe Upupa antaios |
c. 1640[57] | Saint Helena | |
Marianne white-eye Zosterops semiflavus |
1892[44] | Marianne Island, Seychelles |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Moroccan bustard Ardeotis arabs lynesi |
1993[44] | Western Morocco | |
Slender-billed curlew Numenius tenuirostris |
2001[44] | North Africa and Western Eurasia |
Local
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Abbott's booby Papasula abbotti |
1908[82][B] | From the Seychelles and Mascarenes to the Northern Marianas and Marquesas Islands[89] |
Reptiles
Prehistoric
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Abrupt giant tortoise Aldabrachelys abrupta |
c. 1200[90] | Madagascar | |
Grandidier's giant tortoise Aldabrachelys grandidieri |
c. 884[90] | Madagascar | |
Tenerife giant lizard Gallotia goliath |
1400-1500[4] | Tenerife, Canary Islands | |
Voay robustus | 586-670[91] | Madagascar |
Recent
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Daudin's giant tortoise Aldabrachelys gigantea daudinii |
c. 1850[90] | Mahé, Seychelles | |
Round Island burrowing boa Bolyeria multocarinata |
1975[92] | Round Island and possibly mainland Mauritius | |
Cape Verde giant skink Chioninia coctei |
1912[93] | Cape Verde | |
Réunion giant tortoise Cylindraspis indica |
c. 1840[90] | Réunion | |
Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise Cylindraspis inepta[94] |
c. 1735[90]-1844?[95] | Mauritius | |
Domed Mauritius giant tortoise Cylindraspis triserrata[96] |
c. 1735[90]-1844?[95] | Mauritius | |
Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise Cylindraspis peltastes |
c. 1800[90] | Rodrigues | |
Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise Cylindraspis vosmaeri |
c. 1800[90] | Rodrigues | |
Roque Chico de Salmor giant lizard Gallotia simonyi simonyi |
1935[97] | Roque Chico de Salmor, off El Hierro, Canary Islands | File:Lacerta simonyi.jpg |
Réunion slit-eared skink Gongylomorphus borbonicus |
1839[95] | Réunion | |
Mauritian giant skink Leiolopisma mauritiana |
c. 1600[98] | Mauritius | |
Hoffstetter's worm snake Madatyphlops cariei |
17th century[99] | Mauritius | |
Rodrigues day gecko Phelsuma edwardnewtonii |
1917[100] | Rodrigues | |
Rodrigues giant day gecko Phelsuma gigas |
1842[95] | Rodrigues | File:Phelsuma gigas - Giant Rodrigues Gecko - extinct 2.jpg |
Eastwood's long-tailed seps Tetradactylus eastwoodae |
1928[101] | Limpopo, South Africa |
Amphibians
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range |
---|---|---|
Du Toit's torrent frog Arthroleptides dutoiti |
1962[102] | Kenya-Uganda border |
Osgood's Ethiopian toad Altiphrynoides osgoodi |
2003[103] | Mountains of south-central Ethiopia |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Kihansi spray toad Nectophrynoides asperginis |
2009[104] | Kihansi Falls, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania |
Fish
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Aplocheilichthys sp. nov. 'Naivasha' | 1970s-1980s[105] | Lake Naivasha, Kenya | |
Barbus microbarbis | 1950s[106] | Lake Luhondo, Rwanda | |
Giant Atlas barbel Labeobarbus reinii |
2001[107] | Northwestern Morocco | |
Pantanodon madagascariensis | 1960s[108] | Mahambo, Madagascar | |
Ptychochromis onilahy | 1962[109] | Southwestern Madagascar | |
Lake Sidi Ali trout Salmo pallaryi |
1934[110] | Lake Aguelmame Sidi Ali, Morocco |
Crustaceans
Common name/scientific name | Range |
---|---|
Tropodiaptomus ctenopus | Antananarivo, Madagascar[111] |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Afrocyclops pauliani | 1951[112] | Antananarivo, Madagascar | |
Namibcypris costata | 1987[113] | Southern Kaokoveld, Namibia |
Insects
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Aplothorax burchelli | 1966-1967[114] | Saint Helena | |
Mbashe River buff Deloneura immaculata |
1864[115] | Mbashe River, Eastern Cape, South Africa | |
Saint Helena giant earwig Labidura herculeana |
1967[116] | Saint Helena | |
Morant's blue Lepidochrysops hypopolia |
1879[115] | Eastern South Africa | |
Libythea cinyras | 1865[117] | Mauritius | |
Madeiran large white Pieris brassicae wollastoni |
1980s[118] | Madeira | |
Saint Helena darter Sympetrum dilatatum |
1963[119] | Saint Helena |
Molluscs
Undated
Common name/scientific name | Range |
---|---|
Caldwellia philyrina | Mauritius |
Caseolus calvus galeatus | Madeira[121] |
Cyclophorus horridulum | Mayotte |
Cyclosurus mariei | Mayotte |
Dupontia proletaria | Mauritius and Réunion |
Erepta nevilli | Mauritius |
Gonospira nevilli | Mauritius |
Gulella mayottensis | Mayotte |
Harmogenanina linophora | Mauritius and Réunion |
Harmogenanina subdetecta | Réunion |
Pseudohelenoconcha spurca | Saint Helena |
Rhachis comorensis | Mayotte |
Rhachis sanguineus | Mauritius |
Tropidophora desmazuresi | Mauritius |
Tropidophora semilineata | Mayotte |
Unio cariei | Réunion |
Recent
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Campolaemus perexilis | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Chilonopsis blofeldi | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Chilonopsis exulatus | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Chilonopsis helena | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Chilonopsis melanoides | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Chilonopsis nonpareil | 1870-1875 | Saint Helena | |
Chilonopsis subplicatus | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Chilonopsis subtruncatus | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Chilonopsis turtoni | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Colparion madgei | 1938 | Mauritius | |
Ctenoglypta newtoni | 1871 | Mauritius | |
Gibbus lyonetianus | 1905 | Mauritius | |
Gonidomus newtoni | 1867 | Mauritius | |
Helenoconcha leptalea | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Helenoconcha minutissima | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Helenoconcha polyodon | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Helenoconcha pseustes | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Helenoconcha sexdentata | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Helenodiscus bilamellata | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Helenodiscus vernoni | 1870s | Saint Helena | |
Leiostyla lamellosa | 1878 | Madeira | |
Pachnodus velutinus | 1994 | Mahé, Seychelles | |
Pachystyla rufozonata | 1869 | Mauritius | |
Pseudocampylaea loweii | 1878 | Madeira | |
Pupilla obliquicosta | 1870s | Saint Helena |
Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
---|---|---|---|
Discula lyelliana | 1870s | Deserta Grande Island, Madeira | |
Discula tetrica | 1878 | Desertas Islands, Madeira | |
Discus engonatus | 1852 | Tenerife, Canary Islands | |
Discus retextus | 1852 | La Palma, Canary Islands | |
Geomitra delphinuloides | 1860 | Madeira | |
Janulus pompylius | 1865 | La Palma, Canary Islands | |
Keraea garachicoensis | 1878 | North Tenerife, Canary Islands | |
Leiostyla abbreviata | 1878 | Madeira | |
Leiostyla gibba | before 1878 | Madeira | |
Leiostyla lamellosa | 1878 | Madeira |
See also
- List of extinct animals
- List of extinct animals of New Zealand
- List of extinct animals of Réunion
- List of extinct birds
- Extinct in the wild
- Lazarus taxon
Notes
- ^ Natural dispersion of a single individual over the Arctic.[37][38]
- ^ Vagrants from Christmas Island, Australia were last seen in the Chagos Archipelago in 1996.[89]
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