List of extinct animals of the United States

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An incomplete list of extinct animals of the United States. This list covers only extinctions in historical times.

Fish

• Longjaw cisco, Great Lakes, 1970s
• Deepwater cisco, Great Lakes, 1950s
• Blackfin cisco, Great Lakes, 1960s
• Yellowfin cutthroat trout, Colorado, 1910
• Silver trout, New Hampshire, 1930s
• Thicktail chub, California, 1957
• Pahrangat spinedace, Nevada, 1940
• Phantom shiner, New Mexico,Texas, Mexico, 1975
• Bluntnose shiner, New Mexico,Texas, 1964
• Clear Lake splittail, California, 1970
• Las Vegas dace, Nevada, 1950s
• Snake River sucker, Wyoming, 1928
• Harelip sucker, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky,Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, 1900
• Tecopa pupfish, California, 1942
• Shoshone pupfish, California, 1966
• Raycraft Ranch killifish, Nevada, 1960
• Pahrump Ranch killifish, Nevada, 1956
• Ash Meadows killifish, Nevada, 1957
• Whiteline topminnow, Alabama, 1900
• Amistad gambusia, Texas, 1977
• Blue pike, Great Lakes, 1971
• Utah Lake sculpin, Utah, 1928
• Lake Ontario kiyi, New York, Ontario, 1967
• Alvord cutthroat, Nevada, Oregon, 1940
• Maravillas red shiner, Texas, 1960
• Independence Valley tui chub, Nevada, 1970
• Banff longnose dace, Alberta, 1982
• Grass Valley speckled dace, Nevada, 1950
• San Marcos gambusia, Texas, 1983

Amphibians

• Relict leopard frog, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, 1960
• Golden coqui, Puerto Rico, 1980s
• Web-footed coqui, Puerto Rico, 1980s

Reptiles

• Navassa iguana, Navassa Island, West Indies, 1800s
• St. Croix racer, Alsophis sancticrucis, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, 1900s

Birds

Source for species marked with "(§)" is National Audubon Society's The Sibley Guide to Birds:

• Oahu Akepa, Hawaii, 1893
• Lanai Akialoa, Hawaii, 1894
• Oahu Akialoa, Hawaii, 1837
• Hawaii Akialoa, Hawaii, 1895
• Greater Amakihi, Hawaii, 1900
• Laysan Apapane, Hawaii, 1923
• Great Auk, off Iceland, Eastern Canada, 1844 (§)
• Spectacled Cormorant, Aleutian Islands, 1850
• Kusaie Crake, Caroline Islands, 1828
• Lanai Creeper, Hawaii, 1937
• Eskimo Curlew, Texas, 1962 (Barbados 1963) (§)
• Labrador Duck, New York, 1878 (§)
• Greater Kona Finch, Hawaii, 1896
• Kona Finch, Hawaii, 1894
• Lesser Kona Finch, Hawaii, 1891
• Heath Hen, Massachusetts, 1931 (§)
• Kioea, Hawaii, 1859
• Black Mamo, Hawaii, 1907
• Hawaiian Mamo, Hawaii, 1898
• Laysan Millerbird, Hawaii, 1923
• Oahu Nukupu'um, Hawaii, 1860
• Hawaii Oo, Hawaii, 1934
• Oahu Oo, Hawaii, 1837
• Molokai Oo, Hawaii, 1915
• Virgin Islands Screech Owl, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, 1980
• Mauge's Parakeet, Puerto Rico, 1892
• Carolina Parakeet, Missouri, 1905 (§)
• Louisiana Parakeet, South-central U.S., 1912
• Culebra Puerto Rican Parrot, Culebra Island, 1899
• Passenger Pigeon, Ohio, 1900 (§)
• Laysan Rail, Hawaii, 1944
• Hawaiian Brown Rail, Hawaii, 1964
• Hawaiian Spotted Rail, Hawaii, 1893
• Wake Island Rail, Wake Island, 1945
• Santa Barbara Song Sparrow, California, 1967
• Dusky Seaside Sparrow, Florida, 1990
• Texas Henslow's Sparrow, Texas, 1983
• Amak Song Sparrow, Alaska, 1980
• Dusty Seaside Sparrow, Florida, 1980 (§)
• Kusaie Starling, Caroline Islands, 1828
• Lanai Thrush, Hawaii, 1931
• Oahu Thrush, Hawaii, 1825
• Edgington's Lesser Titmouse, continental U.S., 1900
• Ula-ai-hawane, Hawaii, 1892
• Bachman's Warbler, South Carolina, 1962 (§)
• Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Louisiana, mid-1950s (though a search continues) (§)
• San Clemente Bewick's Wren, California, 1927

Mammals

• Puerto Rican shrew, Puerto Rico, 1500
• Puerto Rican long-nosed bat, Puerto Rico, 1900?
• Puerto Rican long-tongued bat, Puerto Rico, 1900?
• Puerto Rican ground sloth, Puerto Rico, 1500
• Penasco chipmunk, New Mexico, 1980
• Tacoma pocket gopher, Washington, 1970
• Goff's pocket gopher, Florida, 1955
• Sherman's pocket gopher, Georgia, 1950
• Pallid beach mouse, Florida, 1946
• Giant deer mouse, Channel Islands, California, 1870
• Chadwick Beach cottonmouth, Florida, 1950?
• Gull Island vole, New York, 1898
• Louisiana vole, Louisiana, Texas, 1905
• Puerto Rican hutia, Puerto Rico, 1500
• Puerto Rican paca, Puerto Rico, 1500
• Lesser Puerto Rican agouti, Puerto Rico, 1500
• Greater Puerto Rican agouti, Puerto Rico, 1500
• Atlantic gray whale, Atlantic Coast, 1750
• Southern California kit fox, California, 1903
• Florida red wolf, Southeastern United States, 1925
• Texas red wolf, Oklahoma, Texas, 1970
• Kenai Peninsula wolf, Alaska, 1910
• Newfoundland wolf, Newfoundland, 1911
• Banks Island wolf, Banks and Victoria Islands, 1920
• Cascade Mountains wolf, British Columbia, Oregon, Washington, 1940
• Northern Rocky Mountain wolf, Alberta, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming, 1940
• Mongollon Mountains wolf, Arizona, New Mexico, 1942
• Texas gray wolf, New Mexico, Texas, 1942
• Great Plains wolf, Great Plains, 1926
• Southern Rocky Mountains wolf, West-central United States, 1935
• California grizzly bear, California, 1925
• Sea mink, New Brunswick, New England, 1890
• Wisconsin cougar, North-central United States, 1925
• Caribbean monk seal, Florida, West Indies, 1960
• Steller's Sea Cow, Alaska, 1768
• Eastern elk, Central and eastern North America, 1880
• Merriam's elk, Southwestern United States, 1906
• Queen Charlotte caribou, Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, 1935
• Badlands bighorn, Montana, Nebraska, NorthDakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, 1910