This is a list of extinct animals of South America. Animals that became extinct in the Holocene period in South America.
Mammals
Prehistoric extinctions (beginning of the Holocene to 1500 AD)
Recent extinctions (1500 AD to present)
Possibly extinct
Birds
Possibly extinct
Amphibians
Possibly extinct
Reptiles
Fish
Mollusks
Worms
- Rhinodrilus fafner
1912, Brazil
Insects
- Megadytes ducalis
Unknown, Brazil - Rhantus orbignyi
Unknown, Argentina and Brazil
See also
- List of extinct animals
- List of extinct birds
- Extinct in the wild
- Lazarus taxon
References
- BirdLife International (2005) Species factsheet: Calyptura cristata. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 25/3/2006
- IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 March 2006.
- Maas, P.H.J. 2005. Rediscovered Animals. The Extinction Website. Downloaded from http://extinct.petermaas.nl on 25/3/2006
External links
- The Extinction Website
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species