This is an incomplete list of extinct animals of North America. This list covers only extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geological period that extends from the present day back to about 10,000 radiocarbon years, approximately 11,430 ± 130 calendar years BP (between 9560 and 9300 BC).
Prehistoric mammal extinctions (beginning of the Holocene to 1500 CE)
Recent mammal extinctions (1500 AD to present)
Possibly extinct mammals
Prehistoric bird extinctions (begin Holocene to 1500 AD)
Recent bird extinctions (1500 AD to present)
Possibly Extinct birds
Modern extinctions (1500 AD to present)
Possibly Extinct
Possibly extinct amphibians
Prehistoric fish extinctions (begin Holocene to 1500 AD)
Recent fish extinctions (1500 AD to present)
Cambarellus alvarezi, Around 1994, Mexico (Nuevo León)
Chihuahua dwarf crayfish, Cambarellus chihuahuae Unknown, Mexico (Chihuahua)
Florida fairy shrimp , Dexteria floridana, Unknown, Florida
Hemigrapsus estellinensis , 1963, Estelline, Texas
Pasadena freshwater shrimp , Syncaris pasadenae, 1933, Los Angeles, California
Rubious cave amphipod , Stygobromus lucifugus, Unknown, Illinois
Sandhills crayfish , Procambarus angustatus, Unknown, Georgia
Sooty crayfish , Pacifastacus nigrescens, late 19th century, San Francisco Bay, California
American chestnut moth, Ectoedemia castaneae, Unknown, USA
Antioch Dunes shieldback katydid, Neduba extincta, Unknown, USA
Athens caddisfly, Triaenodes phalacris, Unknown, USA
Castle Lake caddisfly, Rhyacophila amabilis, Unknown, USA
Central Valley grasshopper, Conozoa hyalina, Unknown, USA
Chestnut casebearer moth, Coleophora leucochrysella, 1900, USA
Chestnut ermine moth,Argyresthia castaneella, Unknown, USA
Chestnut clearwing moth, Coptotriche perplexa, Unknown, USA
Fort Ross weevil, Trigonoscuta rossi, Unknown, USA
Macrancylus linearis, Unknown, United States and West Indies
Mono Lake diving beetle, Hygrotus artus, Unknown, California
Oeobia sp. Nov, Unknown, USA
Phleophagan chestnut moth, Ectoedemia phleophaga, Unknown, Virginia
Pecatonica River mayfly, Acanthometropus pecatonica, Unknown, USA
Rocky Mountain locust, Melanoplus spretus, 1902, Great Plains, Canada and USA
Robert's stonefly, Alloperla roberti, Unknown, USA
Robust burrowing mayfly, Pentagenia robusta, Unknown, Ohio River Area
Three-toothed caddisfly, Triaenodes tridonata, Unknown, USA
Sloane's Urania butterfly, Urania sloanus, 1894, Jamaica
Volutine stoneyian tabanid fly, Stonemyia volutina, Unknown, USA
Xerces blue butterfly, Glaucopsyche xerces, 1943, Sunset District of San Francisco, California
Yorba Linda weevil, Trigonoscuta yorbalindae, Unknown, United States
Caribbean monk seal nasal mite, Halarachne americana, 1952, Caribbean Sea
Tityus exstinctus, 1884, France (Martinique)
Acorn pearly mussel, Epioblasma haysiana, Unknown, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
Acorn ramshell, Planorbella multivolvis, Unknown, Michigan
Agate rocksnail,Leptoxis clipeata, Unknown, Alabama
Alabama clubhsell, Pleurobema troschelianum, Unknown, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee
Alabama pigtoe, Pleurobema johannis, Unknown, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee
Amphicyclotulus guadeloupensis, Unknown, France (Guadeloupe)
Angled riffleshell, Epioblasma biemarginata, After 1967, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
Arc-form pearly mussel, Epioblasma arcaeformis, 1940, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
Arcuate pearly mussel, Epioblasma flexuosa, Unknown, United States
Bigmouth rocksnail, Leptoxis occultata, Unknown, Alabama
Boulder snail, Athearnia crassa, Unknown, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia
Brown pigtoe, Pleurobema hagleri, Unknown, United States
Cahaba pebblesnail, Clappia cahabensis, 1965, Cahaba River, Alabama
Carolina elktoe, Alasmidonta robusta, Unknown, the Carolinas
Channeled pebblesnail, Somatogyrus wheeleri, Unknown, Arkansas
Closed elimia, Elimia clausa, After 1967, Alabama
Cobble elimia, Elimia vanuxemiana, Unknown, Alabama
Constricted elimia, Elimia impressa, Unknown, Alabama
Coosa elktoe, Alasmidonta mccordi, Unknown, Alabama
Coosa pigtoe, Pleurobema murrayense, Unknown, USA
Coosa rocksnail, Leptoxis showalterii, Unknown, USA
Corded purg, Pyrgulopsis nevadensis, Unknown, Nevada
Eelgrass limpet, Lottia alveus, 1920s, Labrador to New York
Elimia gibbera, Unknown, Alabama
Elimia macglameriana, Unknown, Alabama & Georgia
Excised slitshell, Gyrotoma excisa, Unknown, Alabama
Fine-rayed pearly mussel, Epioblasma personata, Early 20th century, Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio & Tennessee
Fish Lake physa, Gyrotoma excisa, Unknown, Alabama
Fusiform elimia, Elimia fusiformis, Unknown, Alabama
Green-blossom pearly mussel, Epioblasma torulosa gubernaculum,1980s, Tennessee River
Hazel pigtoe, Pleurobema avellanum, Unknown, United States
Hearty elimia, Elimia jonesi, Unknown, Alabama
Highnut, Pleurobema altum, Unknown, United States
High-spired elimia, Elimia hartmaniana, Unknown, USA
Incerticyclus cinereus, Unknown, Martinique
Incerticyclus martinicensis, Unknown, Martinique
Lewis pearly mussel, Epioblasma lewisii, Unknown, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
Leptoxis torrefacta, Unknown, United States
Little flat-top snail, Neoplanorbis tantillus Unknown, Alabama
Lined pocketbook, Lampsilis binominata, Unknown, USA
Longnut, Pleurobema nucleopsis, Unknown, United States
Lyrate rocksnail, Leptoxis lirata, Unknown, Alabama
Maiden rocksnail, Leptoxis formosa, Unknown, Alabama & Georgia
Nearby pearly mussel, Epioblasma propinqua, 1901, Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers
Neoplanorbis carinatus, Unknown, United States
Neoplanorbis smithi, Unknown, United States
Neoplanorbis umbilicatus, Unknown, United States
Oachita pebblesnail, Somatogyrus amnicoloides, Unknown, Arkansas
Ochlockonee arcmussel, Alasmidonta wrightiana, Unknown, Florida
Oleacina guadeloupensis, Unknown, Guadeloupe
Olive marstonia, Marstonia olivacea, 1940, Alabama
Pagoda slitshell, Gyrotoma pagoda, Unknown, Alabama
Pleurodonte desidens, 1834, Martinique
Pupa elimia, Elimia pupaeformis, Unknown, Alabama
Pygmy elimia, Elimia pygmaea, Unknown, Alabama
Pyramid slitshell, Gyrotoma pyramidata, Unknown, Alabama
Reverse pebblesnail, Somatogyrus alcoviensis, Unknown, Georgia
Ribbed elimia, Elimia laeta, Unknown, Alabama
Ribbed slitshell, Gyrotoma pumila, Unknown, Alabama
Rotund rocksnail, Leptoxis ligata, Unknown, Alabama
Rough-lined elimia, Elimia pilsbryi, Unknown, Alabama
Round slitshell, Gyrotoma walkeri, Unknown, Alabama
Sampson's pearly mussel, Epioblasma sampsonii, Illinois, Indiana and Kentucky
Scioto pigtoe, Pleurobema bournianum, Unknown, United States
Shoal sprite, Amphigyra alabamensis, Unknown, USA
Short-spired elimia, Elimia brevis, Unknown, Alabama
Steward's pearly mussel,Epioblasma stewardsonii, Unknown, USA
Stone's pearly mussel, Epioblasma lenior, After 1965, Alabama and Tennessee
Striate slitshell, Gyrotoma lewisii, Unknown, USA
Striped rocksnail, Leptoxis vittata, Unknown, United States
Thick-lipped pebblesnail, Somatogyrus crassilabris, Unknown, Arkansas
Tombigbee moccasinshell, Medionidus mcglameriae, Unknown, United States
True pigtoe, Pleurobema verum,Unknown, Alabama
Tubercled-blossom pearly mussel, Epioblasma torulosa torulosa, Unknown, Canada Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee & West Virginia
Turgid-blossom pearly mussel, Epioblasma turgidula, Unknown, USA
Umbilicate pebblesnail, Clappia umbilicata, 1928, Alabama
Yellow pigtoe, Pleurobema flavidulum, Unknown, United States
