- Source: List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene
This is a list of South American animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) and continues to the present day.
The list includes animal extinctions in the Galápagos, Falklands, and other islands near the continent. Extinct animals from the West Indies are covered in List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene. Extinctions from Easter Island, a territory of Chile in Polynesia, are covered in the List of Oceanian species extinct in the Holocene.
Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.
Mammals (class Mammalia)
= Opossums (order Didelphimorphia)
=Opossums (family Didelphidae)
= Possibly extinct =
= Armadillos, pampatheres, and glyptodonts (order Cingulata)
=Long-nosed armadillos (family Dasypodidae)
Chlamyphorid armadillos and glyptodonts (family Chlamyphoridae)
Pachyarmatheres (family Pachyarmatheriidae)
Pampatheres (family Pampatheriidae)
= Anteaters and sloths (order Pilosa)
=Megalonychid ground sloths (family Megalonychidae)
Giant ground sloths (family Megatheriidae)
Mylodonts (family Mylodontidae)
Scelidotherid ground sloths (family Scelidotheriidae)
Nothrotheriid ground sloths (family Nothrotheriidae)
= Elephant-like mammals (order Proboscidea)
=Gomphotheres (family Gomphotheriidae)
= Rodents (order Rodentia)
=Cavies (family Caviidae)
Tuco-tucos (family Ctenomyidae)
Neotropical spiny rats (family Echimyidae)
Rock rats, degus, and viscacha rats (family Octodontidae)
Hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice (family Cricetidae)
= Possibly extinct =
= Bats (order Chiroptera)
=Leaf-nosed bats (family Phyllostomidae)
= Carnivorans (order Carnivora)
=Cats (family Felidae)
Dogs (family Canidae)
Bears (family Ursidae)
Earless seals (family Phocidae)
= Notoungulates (order Notoungulata)
=Toxodonts (family Toxodontidae)
= Litopterns (order Litopterna)
=Macrauchenids (family Macraucheniidae)
= Odd-toed ungulates (order Perissodactyla)
=Horses and allies (family Equidae)
= Even-toed ungulates (order Artiodactyla)
=Camels and llamas (family Camelidae)
= Locally extinct =
True deer (family Cervidae)
Birds (class Aves)
= Landfowl (order Galliformes)
=Chachalacas, guans, and curassows (family Cracidae)
= Extinct in the wild =
= Waterfowl (order Anseriformes)
=Ducks, geese, and swans (family Anatidae)
= Grebes (order Podicipediformes)
=Grebes (family Podicipedidae)
= Nightjars (order Caprimulgiformes)
=Typical nightjars (family Caprimulgidae)
= Possibly extinct =
= Swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds (order Apodiformes)
=Hummingbirds (family Trochillidae)
= Possibly extinct =
= Rails and cranes (order Gruiformes)
=Rails (family Rallidae)
= Shorebirds (order Charadriiformes)
=Sandpipers (family Scolopacidae)
= Possibly extinct =
= Storks and allies (order Ciconiiformes)
=Storks (family Ciconiidae)
= New World vultures (order Cathartiformes)
=New World vultures and condors (family Cathartidae)
= Owls (order Strigiformes)
=True owls (family Strigidae)
= Possibly extinct =
= Parrots (order Psittaciformes)
=Holotropical parrots (family Psittacidae)
= Possibly extinct =
= Extinct in the wild =
= Perching birds (order Passeriformes)
=Antpittas (family Grallariidae)
= Possibly extinct =
Ovenbirds (family Furnariidae)
Antbirds (family Thamnophilidae)
= Possibly extinct =
Tanagers (family Thraupidae)
Tyrant flycatchers (family Tyrannidae)
Reptiles (class Reptilia)
= Turtles and tortoises (order Testudines)
=Big-headed turtles (family Podocnemididae)
Tortoises (family Testudinidae)
Amphibians (class Amphibia)
= Frogs (order Anura)
=True toads (family Bufonidae)
= Possibly extinct =
Tree frogs and allies (family Hylidae)
Darwin's frogs (family Rhinodermatidae)
= Possibly extinct =
Rain frogs (family Strabomantidae)
= Possibly extinct =
Ray-finned fish (class Actinopterygii)
= Catfishes (order Siluriformes)
=Pencil catfishes (family Trichomycteridae)
= Possibly extinct =
= Toothcarps (order Cyprinodontiformes)
=Pupfishes (family Cyprinodontidae)
= Possibly extinct =
= Ovalentaria incertae sedis
=Family Pomacentridae
= Possibly extinct =
Starfishes (class Asteroidea)
= Order Forcipulatida
=Family Heliasteridae
= Possibly extinct =
Insects (class Insecta)
= Beetles (order Coleoptera)
=Predaceous diving beetles (family Dytiscidae)
= Bark lice, book lice, and parasitic lice (order Psocodea)
=Bird body lice (family Menoponidae)
= Possibly extinct =
Bird chewing lice (family Philopteridae)
= Possibly extinct =
Arachnids (class Arachnida)
= Order Mesostigmata
=Family Halarachnidae
Clitellates (class Clitellata)
= Order Opisthopora
=Family Glossoscolecidae
= Possibly extinct =
Slugs and snails (class Gastropoda)
= Order Littorinimorpha
=Family Cochliopidae
= Order Stylommatophora
=Family Odontostomidae
Family Strophocheilidae
= Unassigned order
=Family Hemisinidae
= Extinct in the wild =
See also
Holocene extinction
List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene
List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene
Peopling of the Americas
Notes
References
External links
The Extinction Website
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene
- Lists of extinct species
- List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of African animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of Macaronesian animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of European species extinct in the Holocene
- List of Hawaiian animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene
- List of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene
