This page features lists of extinct species, organisms that have become extinct, either in the wild or completely.
- Lists of extinct animals
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- List of extinct birds
- List of extinct mammals
- List of extinct cetaceans
- List of extinct arachnids
- List of extinct insects
- List of extinct butterflies
- List of extinct plants
Read more about Extinct Species: International Union For Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Famous quotes containing the words extinct and/or species:
“One realises, with horror, that the race of men is almost extinct in Europe. Only Christ-like heroes and woman-worshipping Don Juans, and rabid equality-mongrels. The old, hardy, indomitable male is gone.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“Nature seemed to have adorned herself for our departure with a profusion of fringes and curls, mingled with the bright tints of flowers, reflected in the water. But we missed the white water-lily, which is the queen of river flowers, its reign being over for this season.... Many of this species inhabit our Concord water.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)