extinct species
No longer exists
An extinct species is a type of organism that no longer has any living members—the last individual has died and none remain anywhere on Earth.
Species go extinct through natural processes, environmental changes, or human activity: The dodo is perhaps the most famous extinct species.
Distinguished from endangered species, which still survive but face high risk of extinction.
- great aukExtinct flightless North Atlantic seabird
- quaggaPartially striped extinct zebra
- dinosaursExtinct prehistoric reptiles
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- thylacineExtinct Australian striped marsupial
Steller's sea cow · dodo · moa · saber-toothed cat · habitat destruction · paleontology · natural history museum · overhunting · fossil record · passenger pigeon · woolly mammoth · climate change · megafauna · fossilized remains · remnant · prehistoric · woolly · conservation biology
- speciescritically endangered, subspecies
- extinctiondodo, died out, passenger pigeon, Tasmanian tiger, thylacine
- island wildlifemarine iguana, Darwin's finches, Galapagos tortoise, giant tortoise, giant tortoises
- prehistoric lifedinosaur, dinosaurs, triceratops, Velociraptor, velociraptor
- Australian fossilsthunder bird
- animalscat, dog, bird, fish, cow