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Extinct Animals of North America
ByMankind is quite possibly the most destructive force to ever hit mother nature. This list looks at some extinctions that humans have lent a helping hand to. Whether by over hunting or over population, driving a species to extinction is nothing to be proud of and it’s certainly not slowing down.
Recently extinct species in Canada and continental U.S.
| Last Seen | Common Name | Scientific Name | Former Range | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit | Brachylagus idahoensis pop. 2 | Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Adams and Benton counties of Washington state | mammal |
| 1994 | Hadley Lake Limnetic Stickleback | Gasterosteus sp. 12 | Hadley Lake on Lasqueti Island, British Columbia | fish |
| 1994 | Hadley Lake Benthic Stickleback | Gasterosteus sp. 13 | Hadley Lake on Lasqueti Island, British Columbia | fish |
| 1992 | Vancouver Island Wolverine | Gulo gulo vancouverensis | Vancouver Island, British Columbia | mammal |
| 1988 | Maryland Darter | Etheostoma sellare | Streams near the head of Chesapeake Bay in Maryland | fish |
| 1988 | Bachman’s Warbler | Vermivora bachmanii | Nested in Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Alabama, South Carolina, and Louisiana; wintered in Cuba and Isle of Pines | bird |
| 1987 | Dusky Seaside Sparrow | Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens | East coast of Florida | bird |
| 1986 | Banff Longnose Dace | Rhinichthys cataractae smithi | A marsh fed by hot springs near Banff, Alberta | fish |
| 1985 | Shortnose Cisco | Coregonus reighardi | Lakes Huron, Michigan and Ontario | fish |
| 1983 | San Marcos Gambusia | Gambusia georgei | San Marcos River, Texas | fish |
| late 1970s | Amistad Gambusia | Gambusia amistadensis | Goodenough Spring, Texas | fish |
| 1975 | Phantom Shiner | Notropis orca | Rio Grande River in New Mexico and Texas | fish |
| mid 1970s | Lewis’s Woodpecker, Georgia Depression Population | Melanerpes lewis pop. 1 | Southwestern British Columbia and western Washington state | bird |
| 1974 | Tacoma Pocket Gopher | Thomomys mazama tacomensis | Pierce County, Washington state | mammal |
| 1971 | Santa Cruz Pupfish | Cyprinodon arcuatus | Monkey Spring in Arizona | fish |
| 1971 | Blue Walleye | Sander vitreus glaucus | Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, lower Niagara River and Lake Huron | fish |
| 1970 | Clear Lake Splittail | Pogonichthys ciscoides | Clear Lake, California | fish |
| 1969 | Blackfin Cisco | Coregonus nigripinnis | Lake Huron and Lake Michigan | fish |
| 1968 | Striped Bass, St. Lawrence Estuary population |
Morone saxatilis sp. 3 | Quebec | fish |
| 1964 | Bluntnose Shiner | Notropis simus simus | Rio Grande River in New Mexico and Texas | fish |
| 1964 | Lake Ontario Kiyi | Coregonus kiyi orientalis | Ontario | fish |
| 1964 | Bay Springs Salamander | Plethodon ainsworthi | Jasper County, Mississippi | amphibian |
| 1963 | Eskimo Curlew | Numenius borealis | Nested in Northwest Territories, wintered in Argentina | bird |