This is a list of South American species 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 extinctions in the Falklands and other islands near the continent but not the Galápagos Islands, which have their own list of extinct species. 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.
Possibly extinct
Armadillos, pampatheres, and glyptodonts (order Cingulata)
Long-nosed armadillos (family Dasypodidae)
Chlamyphorid armadillos and glyptodonts (family Chlamyphoridae)
Anteaters and sloths (order Pilosa)
Megalonychid ground sloths (family Megalonychidae)
Giant ground sloths (family Megatheriidae)
Scelidotherid ground sloths (family Scelidotheriidae)
Nothrotheriid ground sloths (family Nothrotheriidae)
Elephant-like mammals (order Proboscidea)
Rodents (order Rodentia)
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
Carnivorans (order Carnivora)
Bears (family Ursidae)
Earless seals (family Phocidae)
Horses and allies (family Equidae)
Even-toed ungulates (order Artiodactyla)
Camels and llamas (family Camelidae)
Locally extinct
True deer (family Cervidae)
Birds (class Aves)
Chachalacas, guans, and curassows (family Cracidae)
Extinct in the wild
Ducks, geese, and swans (family Anatidae)
Typical nightjars (family Caprimulgidae)
Possibly extinct
Swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds (order Apodiformes)
Possibly extinct
Pigeons and doves (family Columbidae)
Possibly extinct
Rails and cranes (order Gruiformes)
Possibly extinct
New World vultures and condors (family Cathartidae)
True owls (family Strigidae)
Possibly extinct
Holotropical parrots (family Psittacidae)
Possibly extinct
Extinct in the wild
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Reptiles (class Reptilia)
Turtles and tortoises (order Testudines)
Amphibians (class Amphibia)
Frogs (order Anura)
True toads (family Bufonidae)
Possibly extinct
Tree frogs and allies (family Hylidae)
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Insects (class Insecta)
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
Possibly extinct
Slugs and snails (class Gastropoda)
Unassigned order
Extinct in the wild
Plants (kingdom Plantae)
Possibly extinct
Polypodies and hard ferns (family Polypodiaceae)
Possibly extinct
Flowering plants (clade Angiospermae)
Moschatels (family Adoxaceae)
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Arums (family Araceae)
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Extinct in the wild
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct in the wild
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Legumes (family Fabaceae)
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct in the wild
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
True grasses (family Poaceae)
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Coffee and relatives (family Rubiaceae)
Possibly extinct
Nightshades (family Solanaceae)
Possibly extinct
Extinct in the wild
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