List of Recent Extinctions
Common Name | Scientific Name | Est. Year/Date | Reference |
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Pinta Island Tortoise | Chelonoidis abingdoni | 06/24/2012 | Edwards et al. (2013) |
Vietnamese Rhinoceros | Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus | 04/29/2010 | Brook et al. (2011) |
Christmas Island Pipistrelle | Pipistrellus murrayi | 08/27/2009 | Lumsden et al. (2009) |
Chinese Paddlefish | Psephurus gladius | 01/08/2007 | Gao et al. (2009) |
Yangtze River Dolphin | Lipotes vexillifer | Turvey (2009), Turvey (2008), WWF (2007) |