List of extinct animals of Canada
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The list of extinct Canadian animals includes several species that no longer exist. In addition to the animals below, several additional creatures formerly occurred in Canada but do so no longer.
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[edit] Extinct animals
According to the Species at Risk Act, the following animals are extinct.
[edit] Mammals
- Queen Charlotte Islands Caribou, Rangifer tarandus dawsoni, 1984
- Sea Mink, Mustela macrodon, 1894
- Newfoundland Wolf,Canis lupus beothucus, 1911
- Banks Islan Wolf,Canis lupus bernardi, 1920
- Cascade Mountains Wolf,Canis lupus fuscus, 1940
[edit] Birds
- Great Auk, Pinguinus impennis, 1852
- Labrador Duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius, 1878
- Passenger Pigeon, Ectopistes migratorius, 1914
- Eskimo Curlew, Numenius borealis, 1963 (unconfirmed sightings until 1990)
[edit] Fish
- Banff Longnose Dace
- Benthic Hadley Lake Stickleback
- Deepwater Cisco, Coregonus johannae, 1952
- Lake Ontario Kiyi, Coregonus kiyi orientalis, 1964
- Limnetic Hadley Lake Stickleback
- Blue Walleye
[edit] Arthropods
- Rocky Mountain locust, Melanoplus spretus, 1902
[edit] Mollusks
- Eelgrass Limpet
[edit] References
- IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 10 February 2007.
[edit] See also
- List of extinct animals
- List of extinct animals of the United States
- List of extinct animals of Asia
- List of extinct animals of Africa
- List of extinct animals of Europe
- List of extinct animals of South America
- Extinct birds
