• Madeiran Large White, Pieris brassicae wollastoni, 29-30 October 2007

• Western Black Rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis longipes, 8 June 2006

• Po'o-uli, Melamprosops phaeosoma, 28 November 2004

• Pyrenean Ibex, Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica, 6 January 2000

• Zanzibar Leopard, Panthera pardus adersi, 1996

• Golden Toad, Incilius periglenes, 1989

• Arcuate Pearly Mussel, Epioblasma flexuosa, 1988

• Atitlan Grebe, Podilymbus gigas, 1987

• Kaua'i 'O'o, Moho braccatus, 1987

• Holdridge's Toad, Incilius holdridgei, 1986

• Eungella Gastric-brooding Frog, Rheobatrachus vitellinus, March 1985

• Conondale Gastric-brooding Frog, Rheobatrachus silus, November 1983

• Tecopa pupfish, Cyprinodon nevadensis calidae, 16 February 1982

• Javan Tiger, Panthera tigris sondaica, 1980s

• Southern Day Frog, Taudactylus diurnus, 1979

• Dutch Alcon Blue, Maculinea alcon arenaria, 1979

• Colombian Grebe, Podiceps andinus, 1977

• Round Island Burrowing Boa, Bolyeria multocarinata, 1975

• Guam Flying Fox, Pteropus tokudae, June 1974

• Lake Pedder Earthworm, Hypolimnus pedderensis, 1972

• Bali Tiger, Panthera tigris balica, 1972

• Bush Wren, Xenicus longipes, 1972

• Tubercled-blossom Pearly Mussel, Epioblasma torulosa torulosa, 1969

• Greater Short-tailed Bat, Mystacina robusta, April 1965

• Santo Stefano Lizard, Podarcis sicula sanctistephani, 1965

• South Island Piopio, Turnigra capensis, 1963

• Glaucous Macaw, Anodorhynchus glaucus, 1960s

• Caspian Tiger, Panthera tigris virgata, 1959 (might persisted longer or surviving)

• Thicktail Chub, Gila crassicauda, 1957

• Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby, Onychogalea lunata, 1956

• Blue-grey Mouse, Pseudomys glaucus, 1956

• Goff's Southeastern Pocket Gopher, Geomys pinetis goffi, 1955

• North Island Piopio, Turnagra tanagra, 1955

• Little Swan Island Hutia, Geocapromys thoracatus, 1955

• Ilin Island Cloudrunner, Crateromys paulus, 4 April 1953

• Caribbean Monk Seal, Monachus tropicalis, 1952

• Queen of Sheba's Gazelle, Gazella bilkis, 1951

• Perrin's Cave Beetle, Siettitia balsetensis, 1950s (probably at the end)

• Lesser Bilby, Macrotis leucura, 1950s

• Japanese Sea Lion, Zalophus japonicus, 1950s

• Hula Painted Frog, Discoglossus nigriventer, 1950s

• Ratas Island Lizard, Podarcis lilfordi rodriquezi, 1950

• Wake Island Rail, Gallirallus wakensis, 1945

• Laysan Rail, Porzana palmeri, 1943

• Barbary Lion, Panthera leo leo, 1942 (survived longer in captivity, and maybe still does)

• Vegas Valley Leopard Frog, Lithobates fisheri, 13 January 1942

• Arabian Ostrich, Struthio camelus syriacus, 1941 (or 1966)

• Canarian Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus meadewaldoi, 1940s

• Dang's Giant Squirrel, Ratufa indica dealbata, 1940s

• Lake Titicaca Orestias, Orestias cuvieri, 1940s

• Houting, Coregonus oxyrinchus, 1940

• Arc-form Pearly Mussel, Epioblasma arcaeformis, 1940

• Roque Chico de Salmor Giant Lizard, Gallotia simonyi simonyi, 1940

• Toolache Wallaby, Macropus greyi, 30 June 1939

• Schomburgk's Deer, Cervus schomburgki, 1938

• Tobias' Caddisfly, Hydropsyche tobiasi, 1938

• Tasmanian Tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus, 7 September 1936

• Pink-headed Duck, Netta caryophyllacea, 1936, but maybe surviving!

• Ryukyu Wood-pigeon, Columba jouyi, 1936

• Desert Rat-kangaroo, Caloprymnus campestris, 1935

• Hawai'i 'O'o, Moho nobilis, 1934

• Lesser Stick-Nest Rat, Leporillus apicalis, 18 July 1933

• Pemberton's Deer Mouse, Peromyscus pembertoni, 26 December 1931

• Darwin's Rice Rat, Nesoryzomys darwini, 16 January 1929

• Syrian Wild Ass, Equus hemionus hemippus, 1928

• Paradise Parrot, Psephotus pulcherrimus, November 1927

• Caucasian Wisent, Bison bonasus caucasicus, 1927

• Thick-billed Ground-dove, Gallicolumba salamonis, 1927

• Madeiran Wood Pigeon, Columba palumbus maderensis, 1924

• Bubal Hartebeest, Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus, 9 November 1923

• Red-mustached Fruit-dove, Ptilinopus mercierii, 1920s

• Robust White-eye, Zosterops strenuus, 1918

• Carolina Parakeet, Conuropsis carolinensis, February 1918

• Rodrigues day gecko, Phelsuma edwardnewtoni, 1917

• Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius, 1 September 1914

• Laughing Owl, Sceloglaux albifacies, July 1914

• Cape Verde Giant Skink, Macroscincus coctei, 1914

• Guadalupe Storm-petrel, Oceanodroma macrodactyla, 1911

• Grand Cayman Thrush, Turdus ravidus, 1911

• Slender-billed Grackle, Quiscalus palustris, 1910

• Bogota Sunangel, Heliangelus zusii, 1909

• Huia, Heteralocha acutirostris, 28 December 1907

• Black Mamo, Drepanis funerea, June 1907

• Nendo Tube-nosed Fruit Bat, Nyctimene sanctacrucis, 1907

• Honshū Wolf, Canis lupus hodophilax, 1905

• Bishop's 'O'o, Moho bishopi, 1904

• Choiseul Crested Pigeon, Microgoura meeki, January 1904

• Bulldog Rat, Rattus nativitatis, 1903

• Maclear's Rat, Rattus macleari, 1903

• Antillean Giant Rice Rat, Megalomys desmarestii, 1902

• Auckland Islands Merganser, Mergus australis, 9 January 1902

• Long-tailed Hopping Mouse, Notomys longicaudatus, 1901

• Pig-footed Bandicoot, Chaeropus ecaudatus, 1901

• Greater Amakihi, Hemignathus sagittirostris, 1901

• Guadalupe Caracara, Polyborus lutosus, 1 December 1900

• Chatham Islands Fernbird, Bowdleria rufescens, 1900

• Chatham Islands Rail, Cabalus modestus, 1900

• Hawai'i Mamo, Drepanis pacifica, 1899

• Nelson's Rice Rat, Oryzomys nelsoni, 18 May 1897

• Short-tailed Hopping Mouse, Notomys amplus, June 1896

• Greater Koa-finch, Rhodacanthis palmeri, 1896

• Sloan's Urania, Urania sloanus, 1894-1985

• Stephens Island Wren, Xenicus lyalli, 1894

• Kona Grosbeak, Chloridops kona, 1894

• Red Gazelle, Gazella rufina, before 1894

• Sea Mink, Neovison macrodon, 1894

• Ula-ai-Hawane, Ciridops anna, 20 February 1892

• Portuguese Ibex, Capra pyrenaica lusitanica, 1892

• Lesser Koa-finch, Rhodacanthis flaviceps, October 1891

• Eastern Hare-wallaby, Lagorchestes leporides, 1889

• Bonin Wood-pigeon, Columba versicolor, 15 September 1889

• Hokkaido Wolf, Canis lupus hattai, 1889

• Tarpan, Equus ferus ferus, 1887

• Hawaiian Rail, Porzana sandwichensis, 1884

• Quagga, Equus quagga quagga, 12 August 1883

• Seychelles Parakeet, Psittacula wardi, 1883

• Labrador Duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, 12 December 1878

• Jamaican Rice Rat, Oryzomys antillarum, 1877

• Brace's Emerald, Chlorostilbon bracei, 13 July 1877

• Falkland Island Wolf, Dusicyon australis, 1876

• Himalayan Quail, Ophrysia superciliosa, 1876

• Bocourt's Giant Skink, Phoboscincus bocourti, before 1876

• Newton's Parakeet, Psittacula exsul, 14 August 1875

• Broad-faced Potoroo, Potorous platyops, 1875

• Large Palau Flying Fox, Pteropus pilosus, 1874

• Samoan Moorhen, Gallinula pacifica, 1873

• Atlas Bear, Ursus arctos crowtheri, 1870s

• Kawekaweau, Hoplodactylus delcourti, 1870

• Cape Lion, Panthera leo melanochaitus, 1865

• British Large Copper, Lycaena dispar dispar, 1864

• Cuban Red Macaw, Ara tricolor, 1864

• Lesser Mascarene Flying Fox, Pteropus subniger, 1860s

• Jamaican Parauque, Siphonorhis americana, 1859

• Kioea, Chaetoptila angustipluma, 1859

• Gould's Mouse, Pseudomys gouldii, 1856-1857

• Saint Lucia Giant Rice Rat, Megalomys luciae, 1852

• Norfolk Island Kaka, Nestor productus, 1851

• Tasmanian Emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis, 1850

• Spectacled Cormorant, Phalacrocorax perspicillatus, 1850

• White-footed Rabbit-rat, Conilurus albipes, 1845

• Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, 3 June 1844

• Black-fronted Parakeet, Cyanoramphus zealandicus, 1844

• Big-eared Hopping Mouse, Notomys macrotis, 19 July 1843

• Rodrigues Giant Day Gecko, Phelsuma gigas, 1842

• Marbled Toadlet, Uperoleia marmorata, 1841

• Réunion Tortoise, Cylindraspis indica, 1840s

• Bourbon Crested Starling, Fregilupus varius, 1840

• Oahu 'O'o, Moho apicalis, 1837

• Mascarene Parrot, Mascarinus mascarinus, 1834

• Delalande's Coua, Coua delalandei, 1834

• Bonin Grosbeak, Chaunoproctus ferreorostris, 1828

• Bonin Thrush, Zoothera terrestris, 1828

• Kosrae Island Crake, Porzana monasa, 1827-1828

• Kosrae Island Starling, Aplonis corvina, 1827-1828

• Tonga Ground Skink, Tachygia microlepis, April-May 1827

• Kangaroo Island Emu, Dromaius baudinianus, 1827

• Mauritius Blue Pigeon, Alectroenas nitidissima, 1826

• Mysterious Starling, Aplonis mavornata, 9 August 1825

• Arabian Gazelle, Gazella arabica, 1825

• King Island Emu, Dromaius ater, 1800-1804

• Bluebuck, Hippotragus leucophaeus, 1800

• Sardinian Pika, Prolagus sardus, 1800

• Norfolk Island Ground-dove, Gallicolumba norfolciensis, 1800

• Red-headed Green Macaw, Ara erythrocephala, early 19th century

• Dominican Green-and-Yellow Macaw, Ara atwoodi, late 18th or early 19th century

• Jamaican Red Macaw, Ara gossei, end 18th century

• Guadeloupe Red Macaw, Ara guadeloupensis, late 18 century

• Rodrigues Domed Tortoise, Cylindraspis peltastes, 1795

• Rodrigues Saddle-backed Tortoise, Cylindraspis vosmaeri, 1795

• Carpathian Wisent, Bison bonasus hungarorum, 1790

• Lord Howe Swamphen, Porphyrio albus, 1788

• Society Parakeet, Cyanoramphus ulietanus, November-December 1777

• Tahitian Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera, August-September 1777

• Tanna Ground Dove, Gallicolumba ferruginea, 17 August 1774

• Steller's Sea Cow, Hydrodamalis gigas, 1768

• Rodrigues Solitaire, Pezophaps solitaria, 1761

• Réunion Flightless Ibis, Threskiornis solitarius, 1705

• Jamaican Monkey, Xenothrix mcgregori, 1700

• Dodo, Raphus cucullatus, 1690

• Red-tailed Blue-and-Yellow Macaw, Ara erythrura, 1658

• Martinique Macaw, Ara martinica, 1640

• Aurochs, Bos primigenius, 1627

• Large Sloth Lemur, Palaeopropithecus ingens, 1620

• Atlantic Grey Whale, Eschrichtius robustus (Atlantic population), 1600s (17th century)

• Curaçao Rice Rat, Oryzomys curasoae, 1499

• New Zealand Eagle, Harpagornis moorei, 1400-1500

• Little Bush Moa, Anomalopteryx didiformes, 1400-1500

• North Island Giant Moa, Dinornis novaezealandiae, 1400-1500

• South Island Giant Moa, Dinornis robustus, 1400-1500

• Eastern Moa, Emeus crassus, 1400-1500

• Coastal Moa, Euryapteryx curtus, 1400-1500

• Stout-legged Moa, Euryapteryx geranoides, 1400-1500

• Upland Moa, Megalapteryx didinus, 1400-1500

• Crested Moa, Pachyornis australis, 1400-1500

• Heavy-footed Moa, Pachyornis elephantopus, 1400-1500

• Mappin's Moa, Pachyornis mappini, 1400-1500

• New Zealand Owlet-nightjar, Aegotheles novaezealandiae, 1200s

Fearing the worst, Spanish biologists captured the last Pyrenean Ibex in spring 1999 and took a tissue sample from her ear, to preserve the Pyrenean Ibex's cell line in case they needed to clone it. Photo from the Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. website.

A male Golden Toad. Photographed by Charles H. Smith. Courtesy by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Since 1988 the Arcuate Pearly Mussel has been considered extinct.

The Tecopa Pupfish was declared extinct on 16 February 1981.

Captive Caribbean monk seal of unknown sex at the New York Aquarium in ca. 1910. New York Zoological Society, 1910.

The Hula Painted Frog, (Discoglossus nigriventer). Reconstruction and copyright: Kevin J. Caley / Biodiversity Consortium 1997 .

A pair of Tasmanian tigers (Thylacinus cynocephalus) that lived at the US National Zoological Park in Washington DC from 1902 to 1905.

A female Bubal Hartebeest that lived in London Zoo from 4 October 1883 until 27 April 1897. Photographed by Lewis Medland in 1895.

A mounted specimen of the Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis) in Wiesbaden Museum in Germany. Photographed by Fritz Geller-Grimm in 2005 (Wikimedia Commons). 

A passenger pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) photographed by Mr Hubbard in 1898.

The only Quagga to ever have been photographed alive was the Regent's Park Zoo mare in London. Five photographs are known, taken by Frederick York and Frank Haes in 1870.

Illustration of a Falkland Islands Wolf (Dusicyon australis) by John Gerrard Keulemans (1842-1912).

A mounted specimen of the great auk (Pinguinus impennis) in the Rosensteinmuseum in Stuttgart, Germany. Copyright and courtesy by Sordes.

Reconstruction of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus). Copyright © Peter Maas.

Hunt on the Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas).

Giant Haast's or New Zealand eagle (Harpagornis moorei) attacking New Zealand moa (Dinornithiformes). Copyright: PLoS Biology.