Species in the IUCN Red List category Extinct in the Wild

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Ameca splendens (Goodeid)
Information on the goodeid is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 6 Images 0 videos
Anaxyrus baxteri (Wyoming toad)
Information on the Wyoming toad is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 videos
Bromus interruptus (Interrupted brome)
This member of the grass family was discovered in 1849 and identified as an endemic English species. It gets its unusual name from the fact... More 4 Images 0 videos
Clermontia peleana (Oha wai)
Information on the oha wai is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 videos
Commidendrum rotundifolium (Bastard gumwood)
Information on the bastard gumwood is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 6 Images 0 videos
Corvus hawaiiensis (Hawaiian crow)
Known in Hawaii as Alala, this species is the most endangered corvid in the world and is the only crow species found in Hawaii. It is a... More 12 Images 2 Videos
Cyanea superba (Superb Cyanea)
Information on Cyanea superba is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Cyanea truncata (Punaluu cyanea)
Information on the Punaluu cyanea is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 videos
Cyprinodon alvarezi (Potosi pupfish)
Information on the Potosi pupfish is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Elaphurus davidianus (Pere David’s deer)
Almost driven to extinction, this deer now only survives in captivity. Pere David’s deer is named after Father (‘Pere’ in French) David, who... More 32 Images 3 Videos
Encephalartos brevifoliolatus (Escarpment cycad)
Information on the escarpment cycad (Encephalartos brevifoliolatus) is being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 13 Images 0 videos
Encephalartos woodii (Wood’s cycad)
In 1895, a single clump of an unknown cycad species was discovered by John Medley Wood on the edge of a forest in South Africa. Over the... More 7 Images 0 videos
Euphorbia mayurnathanii (Euphorbia)
Information on Euphorbia mayurnathanii is being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 5 Images 0 videos
Firmiana major (Firmiana)
Information on Firmiana major is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 videos
Franklinia alatamaha (Franklin tree)
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Gallirallus owstoni (Guam rail)
Information on the Guam rail is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 videos
Kokia cookei (Molokai koki’o)
Information on the Molokai koki’o is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 5 Images 0 videos
Lysimachia minoricensis (Loosestrife)
ARKive is supporting the IUCN Species Survival Commission's Top 50 Plants Campaign. The aim of this campaign is to help save plant species... More 2 Images 0 videos
Mammillaria glochidiata (Mammillaria)
Information on Mammillaria glochidiata is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Mitu mitu (Alagoas curassow)
The Alagoas curassow (Mitu mitu) was last recorded in the wild in the late 1980s and is therefore assumed to be Extinct in the Wild. It... More 5 Images 0 videos
Nectophrynoides asperginis (Kihansi spray toad)
ARKive is working with the Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) to source images of the world’s threatened amphibian species.A collaboration... More 2 Images 0 videos
Nilssonia nigricans (Black soft-shell turtle)
Information on the black soft-shell turtle is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 videos
Nymphaea thermarum (Pygmy Rwandan waterlily)
Information on Nymphaea themarum is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 5 Images 0 videos
Oryx dammah (Scimitar-horned oryx)
The scimitar-horned oryx, so named for its magnificent curved horns, is now thought to be Extinct in the Wild, hunted to the brink of... More 20 Images 6 Videos
Partula dentifera (Partula snail)
Information on Partula dentifera is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Partula faba (Partula snail)
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Partula hebe (Polynesian tree snail)
Information on Partula hebe is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Partula mooreana (Moorean viviparous tree snail)
Information on the Moorean viviparous tree snail is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Partula nodosa (Partula tree snail)
Information Partula nodosa is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Partula rosea (Partula snail)
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Partula suturalis (Moorean viviparous tree snail)
Information Partula suturalis is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Partula tohiveana (Moorean viviparous tree snail)
Information on the Partula tohiveana is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 videos
Partula varia (Partula snail)
Information on Partula varia is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 videos
Skiffia francesae (Tiro)
Information on the tiro is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 videos
Sophora toromiro (Toromiro tree)
Sophora toromiro is a small tree or shrub that no longer exists in its natural habitat. The bark of this shrub is a reddish brown colour and... More 5 Images 0 videos
Trochetiopsis erythroxylon (St Helena redwood)
Information on the St Helena redwood is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 6 Images 0 videos
Yssichromis sp. nov. 'argens' (Lake Victoria cichlid)
Information on Yssichromis sp. nov. 'argens' is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 videos
Zenaida graysoni (Socorro dove)
Information on the Socorro dove is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 videos

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