This is a list of North 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.
Recently extinct animals in the West Indies and Hawaii are in their own respective lists.
Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.
Mammals (class Mammalia)
Armadillos, pampatheres, and glyptodonts (order Cingulata)
Chlamyphorid armadillos and glyptodonts (family Chlamyphoridae)
Anteaters and sloths (order Pilosa)
Megalonychid ground sloths (family Megalonychidae)
Nothrotheriid ground sloths (family Nothrotheriidae)
Elephant-like mammals (order Proboscidea)
Elephants and mammoths (family Elephantidae)
Sea cows (order Sirenia)
Hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice (family Cricetidae)
Possibly extinct
Carnivorans (order Carnivora)
Locally extinct
Extinct in the wild
Bears (family Ursidae)
Locally extinct
Earless seals (family Phocidae)
Martens, polecats, otters, badgers, and weasels (family Mustelidae)
Extinct in the wild
Horses and allies (family Equidae)
Locally extinct
Even-toed ungulates (order Artiodactyla)
Camels and llamas (family Camelidae)
Locally extinct
True deer (family Cervidae)
Locally extinct
Cattle, goats, antelopes, and others (family Bovidae)
Locally extinct
Birds (class Aves)
Pheasants and allies (family Phasianidae)
Ducks, geese, and swans (family Anatidae)
Swifts, treeswifts, and hummingbirds (order Apodiformes)
Possibly extinct
Pigeons and doves (family Columbidae)
Extinct in the wild
Rails and cranes (order Gruiformes)
Possibly extinct
Cranes (family Gruidae)
Plovers, dotterels, and lapwings (family Charadriidae)
Possibly extinct
Northern storm petrels (family Hydrobatidae)
Possibly extinct
New World vultures and condors (family Cathartidae)
Extinct in the wild
Hawks, eagles, kites, harriers and Old World vultures (family Accipitridae)
True owls (family Strigidae)
Falcons and caracaras (family Falconidae)
Woodpeckers and allies (order Piciformes)
Woodpeckers (family Picidae)
Possibly extinct
Holotropical parrots (family Psittacidae)
Thrashers, mockingbirds, tremblers, and New World catbirds (family Mimidae)
Possibly extinct
New World blackbirds (family Icteridae)
New World sparrows (family Passerellidae)
New World warblers (family Parulidae)
Possibly extinct
Reptiles (class Reptilia)
Turtles and tortoises (order Testudines)
Mud and musk turtles (family Kinosternidae)
Amphibians (class Amphibia)
Frogs (order Anura)
True toads (family Bufonidae)
Extinct in the wild
Possibly extinct
Poison dart frogs (family Dendrobatidae)
Tree frogs and allies (family Hylidae)
Possibly extinct
Salamanders (order Urodela)
Lungless salamanders (family Plethodontidae)
Minnows and allies (order Cypriniformes)
Carps and minnows (family Cyprinidae)
Extinct in the wild
Salmon, trout and relatives (order Salmoniformes)
Salmon, trout and relatives (family Salmonidae)
Possibly extinct
Neotropical silversides (family Atherinopsidae)
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Extinct in the wild
Topminnows and North American killifishes (family Fundulidae)
Splitfins (family Goodeidae)
Extinct in the wild
Possibly extinct
Extinct in the wild
Lionfishes and sculpins (order Scorpaeniformes)
Cottids (family Cottidae)
Perchs and allies (order Perciformes)
Isopods (order Isopoda)
Extinct in the wild
Decapods (order Decapoda)
Possibly extinct
Whale lice (family Cyamidae)
Insects (class Insecta)
Spiny-headed burrowing mayflies (family Palingeniidae)
Grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids (order Orthoptera)
Short-horned grasshoppers (family Acrididae)
Book lice, bark lice, and sucking lice (order Psocodea)
Chicken body lice (family Menoponidae)
Possibly extinct
Bird chewing lice (family Philopteridae)
Possibly extinct
Possibly extinct
Butterflies and moths (order Lepidoptera)
Pygmy moths and midget moths (family Nepticulidae)
Trumpet leaf-miner moths (family Tischeriidae)
Shiny head-standing moths (family Argyresthiidae)
Gossamer-winged butterflies (family Lycaenidae)
Grass moths (family Crambidae)
Long-horned caddisflies (family Leptoceridae)
Arachnids (class Arachnida)
Snails and slugs (class Gastropoda)
Bladder snails (family Physidae)
Ramshorn snails (family Planorbidae)
Bivalves (class Bivalvia)
Roundworms (phylum Nematoda)
Plants (kingdom Plantae)
Neckera mosses (family Neckeraceae)
Flowering plants (division Angiospermae)
Spiral gingers (family Costaceae)
Possibly extinct in the wild
Legumes (family Fabaceae)
Possibly extinct
Tea plants (family Theaceae)
Extinct in the wild
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