This page features lists of species and organisms that have become extinct. The reasons for extinction range from natural occurrences, such as shifts in the Earth's ecosystem or natural disasters, to human influences on nature by the overuse of natural resources, hunting and destruction of natural habitats.

In actual theoretical practice, a species not definitely located in the wild in the last 50 years of current time is textually called "extinct".

Plants

• List of recently extinct plants

Animals

By region

• List of African animals extinct in the Holocene
  • List of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene
  • List of Macaronesian animals extinct in the Holocene
  • List of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha animals extinct in the Holocene
• List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene
• List of European species extinct in the Holocene
• List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene
  • List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene
• List of Oceanian animals extinct in the Holocene
  • List of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene
  • List of Hawaiian animals extinct in the Holocene
  • List of New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene
• List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene

Fossil taxa

• List of dinosaur genera
• List of fossil bird genera
• List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species
• List of fossil primates
• Lists of prehistoric fish

Recent extinction

• List of bird extinctions by year
• List of extinct dog breeds
• List of recently extinct amphibians
• List of recently extinct arthropods
• List of recently extinct fishes
• List of recently extinct insects
• List of recently extinct invertebrates
• List of recently extinct mammals
• List of recently extinct molluscs
• List of recently extinct reptiles