List of recently extinct mammals
Extinct species
A species is declared extinct after exhaustive surveys of all potential habitats eliminate all reasonable doubt that the last individual of a species, whether in the wild or in captivity, has died.

List of recently extinct mammals

Section Title: Extinct species
Table Section Text: A species is declared extinct after exhaustive surveys of all potential habitats eliminate all reasonable doubt that the last individual of a species, whether in the wild or in captivity, has died.

Common name	Binomial name	Order	Date of extinction	Former range	Picture

Broad-faced potoroo	Potorous platyops Gould, 1844	Diprotodontia	1875 IUCN	Australia	-

Eastern hare wallaby	Lagorchestes leporides Gould, 1841	Diprotodontia	1890 IUCN	-	-

Lake Mackay hare-wallaby	Lagorchestes asomatus Finlayson, 1943	Diprotodontia	1932 IUCN	Australia

Desert rat-kangaroo	Caloprymnus campestris Gould, 1843	Diprotodontia	1935 IUCN	-	-

Tasmanian tiger, or Tasmanian wolf	Thylacinus cynocephalus Harris, 1808	Dasyuromorphia	1936 IUCN	-	-

Toolache wallaby	Macropus greyi Waterhouse, 1846	Diprotodontia	1943 IUCN	Australia	-

Desert bandicoot	Perameles eremiana Spencer, 1837	Peramelemorphia	1943 IUCN	Australia

Lesser bilby, or yallara	Macrotis leucura Thomas, 1887	Peramelemorphia	1931 IUCN	-	-

Pig-footed bandicoot	Chaeropus ecaudatus Ogilby, 1838	Peramelemorphia	1950s IUCN	-	-

Crescent nailtail wallaby	Onychogalea lunata Gould, 1841	Diprotodontia	1956 IUCN	Australia (western and central)	-

Red-bellied gracile opossum, or Red-bellied gracile mouse opossum	Cryptonanus ignitus Díaz, Flores and Barquez, 2002	Didelphimorphia	1962 IUCN	Argentina

Nullarbor dwarf bettong	Bettongia pusilla McNamara, 1997	Diprotodontia	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Australia, Nullarbor Plain

Steller's sea cow	Hydrodamalis gigas von Zimmermann, 1780	Sirenia	1768 IUCN	Commander Islands	-

Bramble Cay melomys	Melomys rubicola Thomas, 1924	Rodentia	2016 IUCN	Australia, Bramble Cay	-

Oriente cave rat	Boromys offella Miller, 1916	Rodentia	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Cuba	-

Torre's cave rat	Boromys torrei Allen, 1917	Rodentia	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Cuba	-

Imposter hutia	Hexolobodon phenax Miller, 1929	Rodentia	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Hispaniola

Montane hutia	Isolobodon montanus Miller, 1922	Rodentia	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Hispaniola

Lagostomus crassus Thomas, 1910	Rodentia	1900 early 1900s IUCN	Peru

Galápagos giant rat	Megaoryzomys curioi Niethammer, 1964	Rodentia	1500s IUCN	Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos	Megaoryzomys curioi skull.JPG

Cuban coney	Geocapromys columbianus Chapman, 1892	Rodentia	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Cuba

Hispaniolan edible rat	Brotomys voratus Miller, 1916	Rodentia	1536–1546 IUCN	Hispaniola

Puerto Rican hutia	Isolobodon portoricensis Allen, 1916	Rodentia	1900 early 1900s IUCN	Hispaniola and introduced to Puerto Rico, Saint Thomas Island, Saint Croix Island and Mona Island

Big-eared hopping mouse	Notomys macrotis Thomas, 1921	Rodentia	1843 IUCN	Australia (central Western Australia)

Darling Downs hopping mouse	Notomys mordax Thomas, 1921	Rodentia	1846 IUCN	Australia (Darling Downs, Queensland)

White-footed rabbit-rat	Conilurus albipes Lichtenstein, 1829	Rodentia	1860 early 1860s IUCN	Australia, eastern coast	-

Capricorn rabbit rat	Conilurus capricornensis Cramb and Hocknull, 2010	Rodentia	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Australia, Queensland

St Lucy giant rice rat, or Santa Lucian pilorie	Megalomys luciae Major, 1901	Rodentia	1881 IUCN	Saint Lucia	-

Short-tailed hopping mouse	Notomys amplus Brazenor, 1936	Rodentia	1896 IUCN	Australia, Great Sandy Desert

Nelson's rice rat	Oryzomys nelsoni Merriam, 1889	Rodentia	1897 IUCN	Islas Marías	-

Long-tailed hopping mouse	Notomys longicaudatus Gould, 1844	Rodentia	1901 IUCN	Australia

Great hopping mouse	Notomys robustus Mahoney, Smith and Medlin, 2008	Rodentia	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Australia, Flinders and Davenport Ranges

Desmarest's pilorie, or Antillean giant rice rat	Megalomys desmarestii Fischer, 1829	Rodentia	1902 IUCN	Martinique	-

Bulldog rat	Rattus nativitatis Thomas, 1888	Rodentia	1903 IUCN	Christmas Island	-

Maclear's rat	Rattus macleari Thomas, 1887	Rodentia	1903 IUCN	Christmas Island	-

Darwin's Galapagos mouse	Nesoryzomys darwini Osgood, 1929	Rodentia	1930 IUCN	Galapagos Islands

Gould's mouse	Pseudomys gouldii Waterhouse, 1839	Rodentia	1930 IUCN	Australia, southern half	-

Long-eared mouse	Pseudomys auritus Thomas, 1910	Rodentia	1800 early 1800s IUCN	Australia, Kangaroo Island and the Younghusband Peninsula

Pemberton's deer mouse	Peromyscus pembertoni Burt, 1932	Rodentia	1931 IUCN	San Pedro Nolasco Island

Samana hutia	Plagiodontia ipnaeum Johnson, 1948	Rodentia	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Hispaniola

Lesser stick-nest rat, or white-tipped stick-nest rat	Leporillus apicalis John Gould, 1854	Rodentia	1933 IUCN	Australia, west-central	-

Indefatigable Galapagos mouse	Nesoryzomys indefessus Thomas, 1899	Rodentia	1934 IUCN	Galapagos Islands

Little Swan Island hutia	Geocapromys thoracatus True, 1888	Rodentia	1955 IUCN	Swan Islands	Geocapromys thoracatus (Harvard University).JPG

Blue-gray mouse	Pseudomys glaucus Thomas, 1910	Rodentia	1956 IUCN	Australia, Queensland and New South Wales

Buhler's coryphomys, or Buhler's rat	Coryphomys buehleri Schaub, 1937	Rodentia	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Timor

Insular cave rat	Heteropsomys insulans Anthony, 1916	Rodentia	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Puerto Rico and the Vieques Island

Candango mouse	Juscelinomys candango Moojen, 1965	Rodentia	1960 IUCN	Central Brazil

Anthony's woodrat	Neotoma anthonyi Allen, 1898	Rodentia	1926 IUCN	Isla Todos Santos

Bunker's woodrat	Neotoma bunkeri Burt, 1932	Rodentia	1931 IUCN	Coronado Islands

San Martín Island woodrat	Neotoma martinensis Goldman, 1905	Rodentia	1950s	San Martín Island, Baja California

Vespucci's rodent	Noronhomys vespuccii Carleton and Olson, 1999	Rodentia	1500 IUCN	Fernando de Noronha

St. Vincent colilargo, or St. Vincent pygmy rice rat	Oligoryzomys victus Thomas, 1898	Rodentia	1892 IUCN	Saint Vincent

Jamaican rice rat	Oryzomys antillarum Thomas, 1898	Rodentia	1877 IUCN	Jamaica	-

Nevis Rice Rat, or St. Eustatius rice rat, St. Kitts rice rat	Pennatomys nivalis Turvey, Weksler, Morris, and Nokkert, 2010	Rodentia	1500 early 1500s IUCN	-

Christmas Island pipistrelle	Pipistrellus murrayi Andrews, 1900	Chiroptera	2009 IUCN	Christmas Island

Sardinian pika	Prolagus sardus Wagner, 1832	Lagomorpha	1774 IUCN	Corsica, Sardinia and nearby islands	-

Marcano's solenodon	Solenodon marcanoi Patterson, 1962	Soricomorpha	1500s IUCN	Dominican Republic

Puerto Rican nesophontes	Nesophontes edithae Anthony, 1916	Eulipotyphla	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Puerto Rico, Vieques Island, St. John, and St. Thomas	-

Atalaye nesophontes	Nesophontes hypomicrus Miller, 1929	Eulipotyphla	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Hispaniola

Greater Cuban nesophontes	Nesophontes major Arredondo, 1970	Eulipotyphla	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Cuba

Western Cuban nesophontes	Nesophontes micrus Allen, 1917	Eulipotyphla	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Cuba and the Isla de la Juventud

St. Michel nesophontes	Nesophontes paramicrus Miller, 1929	Eulipotyphla	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Haiti

Haitian nesophontes	Nesophontes zamicrus Miller, 1929	Eulipotyphla	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Haiti

Lesser Mascarene flying fox, or dark flying fox	Pteropus subniger kerr, 1792	Chiroptera	1864 IUCN	Réunion and Mauritius	-

Guam flying fox, or Guam fruit bat	Pteropus tokudae Tate, 1934	Chiroptera	1968 IUCN	Guam

Dusky flying fox, or Percy Island flying fox	Pteropus brunneus Dobson, 1878	Chiroptera	1870 IUCN	Percy Island

Large Palau flying fox	Pteropus pilosus Andersen, 1908	Chiroptera	1874 IUCN	Palau

Large sloth lemur	Palaeopropithecus ingens Grandidier, 1899	Primate	1620 IUCN	-	-

Jamaican monkey	Xenothrix mcgregori Williams and Koopman, 1952	Primate	1700 early 1700s IUCN	Jamaica, Long Mile Cave

Aurochs	Bos primigenius Bojanus, 1827	Artiodactyla	1627 IUCN	-	-

Bluebuck	Hippotragus leucophaeus Pallas, 1766	Artiodactyla	1800 IUCN	-	-

Red gazelle	Eudorcas rufina Thomas, 1894	Artiodactyla	1800 late 1800s IUCN	Algeria	-

Schomburgk's deer	Rucervus schomburgki Blyth, 1863	Artiodactyla	1932 IUCN	Thailand	-

Queen of Sheba's gazelle, or Yemen gazelle	Gazella bilkis Grover and Lay, 1985	Artiodactyla	1951 IUCN	Yemen

Saudi gazelle	Gazella saudiya Carruthers and Schwarz, 1935	Artiodactyla	2008 IUCN	Arabian Peninsula

Madagascan dwarf hippopotamus, or Malagasy hippo	Hippopotamus lemerlei Milne-Edwards, 1868	Artiodactyla	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Madagascar	-

Madagascan dwarf hippopotamus, or Madagascan pygmy Hippo, Malagasy hippo	Hippopotamus madagascariensis Guldberg, 1883	Artiodactyla	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Madagascar	-

Falkland Islands wolf, or warrah	Dusicyon australis Kerr, 1792	Carnivora	1876 IUCN	Falkland Islands	-

Dusicyon avus Burmeister, 1866	Carnivora	1500 early 1500s IUCN	Patagonia

Sea mink	Neovison macrodon Prentiss, 1903	Carnivora	1894 IUCN	Northeastern North America

Japanese sea lion	Zalophus japonicus Peters, 1866	Carnivora	1970s IUCN	Japan	Zalophus japonicus.JPG

Caribbean monk seal	Neomonachus tropicalis Gray, 1850	Carnivora	1952 IUCN	Caribbean Sea	-

Giant fossa	Cryptoprocta spelea Grandidier, 1902	Carnivora	1500 early 1500s IUCN	-	-

Sentence(s)

The sea mink (Neovison macrodon) is a recently extinct species of mink that lived on the eastern coast of North America in the order Carnivora.

final_sentence: The sea mink (Neovison macrodon) is a recently extinct species of mink that lived on the eastern coast of North America in the order Carnivora.