List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene
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The list of extinct animals of Asia features the animals that have become extinct along the history in the Asian Continent. This list only involves extinctions of the Holocene epoch.
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Contents
Global Holocene/Anthropocene extinctions
Mammals
Prehistoric extinctions (beginning of the Holocene/Anthropocene to 1500 AD)
| Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siva's Beast Sivatherium giganteum |
8000 BC |
Indian Subcontinent and Middle East |  |
| Cave lion Panthera leo spelaea |
10000 BC |
Northern Asia and had a widespread across Europe and Southern Asia |  |
| Chinese elephant Elephas maximus rubridens |
1500 BC |
Eastern China | -- |
| Cyprus dwarf hippopotamus Hippopotamus minor |
Unknown |
Cyprus |  |
| Elasmotherium Elasmotherium sp. |
10000 BC |
Northern Asia |  |
| Giant tapir Megatapirus augustus |
2000 BC |
China | Giant tapir |
| Irish elk Megaloceros giganteus |
8000 BC |
Northern Asia |  |
| Stegodon Stegodon florensis insularis |
2150 BC |
Indonesia (Flores) and Philippine Islands |  |
| Steppe wisent Bison priscus |
11000 BC |
Central Asia to Siberia |  |
| Syrian elephant Elephas maximus asurus |
100 BC |
Middle East |  |
| Woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius |
2000 BC |
Northern Asia | Woolly mammoth |
| Woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis |
10000 BC |
Northern Asia |  |
Recent extinctions (1500 AD to present)
| Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aurochs Bos primigenius[1] |
India (9000 BC), Eurasia (1627) |
Northern Asia and Indian Subcontinent |  |
| Bali tiger Panthera tigris balica[2] |
1937 |
Indonesia (Bali) |  |
| Buhler's coryphomys Coryphomys buehleri[3] |
1500s |
Indonesia (Timor) | -- |
| Caspian tiger Panthera tigris virgata[4] |
1970s |
Turkey to China |  |
| Caucasian moose Alces alces caucasicus |
1850s |
Caucasus Mountains, Iran and Turkey | -- |
| Caucasian wisent Bison bonasus caucasicus |
1925 |
Caucasus Mountains |  |
| Cebu warty pig Sus cebifrons cebifrons |
Unknown |
Philippines | -- |
| Flores cave rat Spelaeomys florensis |
1500s |
Indonesia (Flores) | -- |
| Flores long-nosed rat Paulamys naso [5] |
1500s |
Indonesia (Flores) | -- |
| Formosan clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa brachyura |
1990s |
Taiwan |  |
| Hokkaidō wolf Canis lupus hattai |
1889 |
Japan (Hokkaidō) |  |
| Honshū wolf Canis lupus hodophilax |
1905 |
Japan (Honshū) | Honshū wolf |
| Ilin Island Cloudrunner Crateromys paulus[6] |
April 4, 1953 |
Philippines | -- |
| Indian Javan rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis |
Before 1925 |
Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), and India |  |
| Japanese river otter Lutra lutra whiteleyi |
1979 |
Japan | Japanese river otter |
| Japanese sea lion Zalophus japonicus[7] |
1974 |
Sea of Japan | Japanese sea lion |
| Javan tiger Panthera tigris sondaica[8] |
1970s |
Indonesia (Java) |  |
| Northern Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis |
Unknown |
Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar), and India |  |
| Queen of Sheba's gazelle Gazella bilkis[9] |
1951 |
Yemen | -- |
| Saudi gazelle Gazella saudiya[10] |
Unknown |
Arabian Peninsula | -- |
| Schomburgk's deer Rucervus schomburgki[11] |
1938 |
Thailand | Schomburgk's deer |
| Steller's sea cow Hydrodamalis gigas[12] |
1768 |
Russia (Commander Islands) |  |
| Sturdee's pipistrelle Pipistrellus sturdeei[13] |
Unknown |
Japan (Bonin Islands) | -- |
| Verhoeven's giant tree rat Neofelis nebulosa brachyura |
1500s |
Indonesia (Flores) | -- |
| Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus |
2010 |
Vietnam to Malaysia |  |
Possibly extinct
| Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baiji Lipotes vexillifer[14] |
August 2004 |
Yangtze River, China |  |
| Gloomy tube-nosed bat Murina tenebrosa [15] |
1962 |
Tsushima Island, Japan | -- |
| Kouprey Bos sauveli [16] |
1988 |
Cambodia, Laos, Thailand & Vietnam | |
| Malabar civet Viverra civettina [5] |
1987 |
India |  |
Birds
| Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabian ostrich Struthio camelus syriacus |
1966 |
Middle East | Arabian ostrich |
| Asiatic ostrich Struthio asiaticus |
10000 BC |
Middle East to Central Asia | Asian ostrich |
| Bering Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii asiatica Disputed Subspecies |
1929 |
Russsia (Komandorski and Kuril Islands) | -- |
| Bonin grosbeak Carpodacus ferreorostris |
1828 |
Japan (Bonin Islands) | Bonin grosbeak |
| Bonin nankeen night heron Nycticorax caledonicus crassirostris |
1889 |
Japan (Bonin Islands) | Bonin nankeen night heron |
| Bonin thrush Zoothera terrestris |
1827 |
Japan (Bonin Islands) | Bonin thrush |
| Bonin wood pigeon Columba versicolor |
1889 |
Japan (Bonin Islands) | Bonin wood pigeon |
| Bennu heron Ardea bennuides |
2000 BC |
United Arab Emirates | Bennu heron |
| Cebu hanging parrot Loriculus philippensis chrysonotus |
Unknown |
Philippines (Cebu) | Cebu hanging parrot |
| Cyprus dipper Cinclus cinclus olympicus Disputed Subspecies |
1950 |
Cyprus | -- |
| Mukojima white-eye Apalopteron familiare familiare |
1930 |
Japan (Bonin Islands) | Mukojima white-eye |
| Ryukyu kingfisher Todiramphus miyakoensis |
1887 |
Japan (Ryukyu Islands) | -- |
| Ryukyu wood pigeon Columba jouyi |
1936 |
Japan (Ryukyu Islands) | -- |
| Spectacled cormorant Phalacrocorax perspicillatus |
1850 |
Russia | Spectacled cormorant |
Possibly extinct
| Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black-browed babbler Malacocincla perspicillata |
1843 to 1848 |
Indonesia | -- |
| Catanduanes bleeding heart Gallicolumba luzonica rubiventris |
1971 |
Philippines | -- |
| Crested shelduck Tadorna cristata |
1985 |
Japan, North Korea and South Korea | Crested shelduck |
| Himalayan quail Ophrysia superciliosa |
1876 |
India |  |
| Javan lapwing Vanellus macropterus |
1940 |
Indonesia (Java) | Javan lapwing |
| Negros fruit dove Ptilinopus arcanus |
1953 |
Philippines |  |
| Pink-headed duck Rhodonessa caryophyllacea |
1950s |
Bangladesh, Burma (Myanmar) and India | Pink-headed duck |
| Rück's blue flycatcher Cyornis ruckii |
1918 |
Indonesia (Sumatra) | -- |
| Siau scops owl Otus manadensis siaoensis |
1866 |
Indonesia (Sulawesi) | -- |
| Slender-billed curlew Numenius tenuirostris |
1998 |
Russia (Siberia) | Slender-billed curlew |
| Sulu bleeding-heart Gallicolumba menagei |
1891 |
Philippines |  |
| Vaurie's nightjar Caprimulgus centralasicus |
1929 |
China | -- |
| White-eyed river martin Pseudochelidon sirintarae |
1980 |
Thailand | White-eyed river martin |
Reptiles
Prehistoric extinctions (beginning of the Holocene to 1500 AD)
| Common name/scientific name | Extinction date | Range | Image |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colossochelys atlas Colossochelys atlas |
10000 BC |
Indian Subcontinent to Indonesia |  |
Amphibians
Fish
- Acanthobrama hulensis[37] 1975, Israel
- Cyprinus yilongensis[38] Unknown, China
- Gokce baligi[39]
Alburnus akili, 1998, Turkey - Siamese flat-barbelled catfish[40]
Platytropius siamensis, 1975-1977, Thailand - Tristramella intermedia[41] 1970s, Israel
- Tristramella magdelainae[42] Unknown, Syria
Molluscs
- Aldabra banded snail
Rhachistia aldabrae late 1990s, Seychelles - Gastrocopta chichijimana, Unknown, Japan
- Gastrocopta ogasawarana, Unknown, Japan
- Hirasea planulata, Unknown, Japan
- Lamellidea monodonta, Unknown, Japan
- Lamellidea nakadai, Unknown, Japan
- Littoraria flammea, Unknown, China
- Trochoidea picardi, Unknown, Israel
- Vitrinula chaunax, Unknown, Japan
- Vitrinula chichijimana, Unknown, Japan
- Vitrinula hahajimana, Unknown, Japan
See also
- List of extinct animals
- List of extinct birds
- Extinct in the wild
- Lazarus taxon
- List of extinct animals of India
References
- IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 March 2006.
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