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Recent Extinctions, with common name, scientific name, est year date, and reference.

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ID CommonName ScientificName EstYearDate Reference
1 Pinta Island Tortoise Chelonoidis abingdoni 2012-06-24 Edwards et al. (2013)
2 Vietnamese Rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus 2010-04-29 Brook et al. (2011)
3 Christmas Island Pipistrelle Pipistrellus murrayi 2009-08-27 Lumsden et al. (2009)
4 Chinese Paddlefish Psephurus gladius  2007-01-08 Gao et al. (2009)
5 Yangtze River Dolphin Lipotes vexillifer  pre-2006 (19 August 2007?)4 Turvey (2009), Turvey (2008), WWF (2007)
6 Po'o-uli Melamprosops phaeosoma 2004-11-28 Tyrberg (2009), BirdLife International (2010b)
7 Saint Helena Olive Nesiota elliptica 2003-12-01 IUCN (2011)
8 Vine Raiatea Tree Snail Partula labrusca  1905-06-24 Coote (2007)
9 Pyrenean Ibex Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica  6 January 2000 (&January 2009)5 Caprinae Specialist Group (2000)
10 Sri Lanka Legume Tree Crudia zeylanica 1905-06-20 IUCN (2011); Maricar (2009)
11 Nukupuu Hemignathus lucidus 1905-06-20 Tyrberg (2009)
12 Western Black Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis longipes 1997 (pre-2006?)6 Emslie & Brooks (1999)
13 Aldabra Banded Snail Rhachistia aldabrae 1905-06-19 Gerlach (2006), Gerlach (2007)
14 Zanzibar Leopard Panthera pardus adersi 1905-06-18 Goldman & Walsh (2002)
15 Swollen Raiatea Tree Snail Partula turgida 1996-01-01 Cunningham & Daszak (1998)
16 Golden Toad Incilius periglenes 1905-06-11 Pounds et al. (2008)
17 Atitlan Grebe Podilymbus gigas 1905-06-08 Tyrberg (2009)
18 Alaotra Grebe Tachybaptus rufolavatus 1985-09-01 Tyrberg (2009), BirdLife International (2010c)
19 Eungella Gastric-brooding Frog Rheobatrachus vitellinus 1985-03-01 Hero et al. (2004), McDonald (1990)
20 Kaua'i 'O'o Moho braccatus 1985 (1987?) Tyrberg (2009)
21 Christmas Island Shrew Crocidura trichura 1985 (1998?) Lumsden & Schulz (2008)
22 Ua Pou Monarch Pomarea mira 1905-06-07 Tyrberg (2009)
23 Amistad Gambusia Gambusia amistadensis 1905-06-06 Miller et al. (1989)
24 Conondale Gastric-brooding Frog Rheobatrachus silus 1983-11-01 Tyler & Davies (1985)
25 San Marcos Gambusia Gambusia georgei 1905-06-05 Miller et al. (1989)

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