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What North American animals are extinct?

by Rhyley Bryan

What North American animals are extinct?

Extinct Species

  • Eastern Elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis)
  • Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis carolinensis)
  • Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido)
  • Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)
  • Blackfin cisco (Coregonus nigripinnis)
  • Blue pike (Stizostedion vitreum glacum)
  • Deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae)

What animals have gone extinct in America?

Mammals

Common name/scientific name Extinction date (BCE) Range
American lion Panthera atrox 11,000 Alaska to Central America
Aztlanolagus agilis 10,000 southeastern Arizona to Central America
Beautiful armadillo Dasypus bellus 8,000 the North American Southwest to South America
Bison antiquus 10,000 the U.S. and Canada

What animal just went extinct 2020?

Smooth handfish (Sympterichthys unipennis)—One of the few extinctions of 2020 that received much media attention, and it’s easy to see why. Handfish are an unusual group of species whose front fins look somewhat like human appendages, which they use to walk around the ocean floor.

What animals went extinct today?

Recently Extinct Animals

  • Splendid Poison Frog. Estimated extinction date: 2020.
  • Spix’s Macaw. Estimated extinction date: …
  • Northern White Rhinoceros. Estimated extinction date: 2018.
  • Baiji. Estimated extinction date: 2017.
  • Pyrenean Ibex. Estimated extinction date: 2000.
  • Western Black Rhinoceros.
  • Passenger Pigeon.
  • The Quagga.

What are some extinct animals of North America?

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  • the armadillo.
  • curving tusks.
  • Mammoths.
  • Short-faced bear.
  • Dire wolf.
  • American cheetah.
  • Ground sloth.
  • Giant beaver.
  • Camels.

    • Which is the most endangered animal in North America?

    became extinct from the wild in 1987.

  • H.J. Franklin’s Bumblebee.
  • Giant Sea-bass.
  • Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle.
  • Oahu Tree Snails.
  • Pygmy Raccoon.
  • Rabb’s Fringe Limb Tree Frog.
  • Red Wolf.
  • Stag-Horn Coral.
  • Vancouver Marmot.

    • Which animals are closest to being extinct?

    the Amur Leopard is indigenous to the Primorye region of southeast Russia and northern China.

  • Black rhino.
  • Bornean orangutan.
  • Cross river gorilla.
  • Eastern lowland gorilla.
  • Hawksbill turtles.
  • Javan rhino.
  • Malayan tiger.

    • What are some endangered animals in North America?

    Endangered Animals of North America. Jaguarandis, hellbenders, and San Joaquin kit foxes are just a few of the colorful species discussed in Endangered Animals of North America.