:a large number of prehistoric mammals are extinct, such as megafauna. see list of prehistoric mammals. this is an incomplete list of historically known extinct mammals, their dates of extinction, and former range. mammals included are organisms which have gone extinct since 1500 ce, which is considered the cutoff for recent extinctions by the international union for conservation of nature. many of these animals have become extinct as a result of human hunting, for food or sport, or through the destruction of habitat. ==marsupials==    * broad-faced potoroo (1875, australia) * eastern hare wallaby (1890, australia) * lake mackay hare-wallaby (1932, australia)  iucn red list * desert rat-kangaroo (1935, australia) * thylacine (1936, tasmania, australia) * toolache wallaby (1943, australia) * desert bandicoot (1943, australia) * lesser bilby (1950s, australia) * pig-footed bandicoot (1950s, australia) * crescent nailtail wallaby (1956, australia) * red-bellied gracile opossum (1962, argentina) ==sirenians== * steller's sea cow (1768), commander islands ==rodents==  * oriente cave rat (?, cuba)  iucn red list * torre's cave rat (?, cuba) iucn red list * imposter hutia (?, hispaniola)  iucn red list * montane hutia (?, hispaniola)  iucn red list * lagostomus crassus (?, peru)  iucn red list * galÃ¡pagos giant rat (?, galÃ¡pagos islands)  iucn red list * canariomys (canary islands) * flores cave rat (1500, indonesia) * verhoeven's giant tree rat (1500, indonesia) * cuban coney (1500, cuba)  iucn red list * hispaniolan edible rat (~1546, hispaniola) iucn red list * puerto rican hutia (?, puerto rico)  iucn red list * big-eared hopping mouse (1843, australia) * darling downs hopping mouse (1846, australia) * white-footed rabbit-rat (1870s, australia) * st lucy giant rice rat (1881), saint lucia)  iucn red list * short-tailed hopping mouse (1896, australia) * nelson's rice rat (1897, islas marias)  iucn red list * guadalcanal rat (1899, solomon islands) * long-tailed hopping mouse (1901, australia) * martinique giant rice rat (1902), martinique)  iucn red list * bulldog rat (1903, christmas island) * maclear's rat (1903, christmas island) * martinique muskrat (1903, martinique) [http://www.amnh.org/education/resources/rfl/web/essaybooks/biodiversity/browneyes.pdf american museum of natura
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