| Description | Extinct Animal | Last Confirmed Sighting |
| These flightless birds of New Zealand resembled ostriches without wings. All 10 subspecies were hunted to extinction. | |
| This enormous ancestor of domestic cattle lived in Central Eurasia and was hunted to extinction. | |
| This archetypal extinct bird was native to the island of Mauritius. | |
| This North Pacific relative of the Manatee was hunted to extinction within 27 years of discovery. | |
| These large flightless birds resembled penguins, and inhabited most of the North Atlantic seaboard. | |
| This North American bird was hunted from a population of 5 billion to extinction in the span of 100 years. | |
| This vivid bird was the only parrot species indigenous to the United States. | |
| This striped Australian marsupial was the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world. | |
| These glossy black birds were native to Hawaii. All 4 subspecies died due to hunting and the avian flu. | |
| This placid freshwater dolphin lived only in one river in China, and became extinct due to over-industrialization. | |
| This plains zebra was hunted to extinction before it was found to be a separate species | |