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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6" title="انقراض – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="انقراض" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinci%C3%B3n" title="Extinción – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Extinción" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estinci%C3%B3n" title="Estinción – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Estinción" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C9%99sil_k%C9%99silm%C9%99si" title="Nəsil kəsilməsi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Nəsil kəsilməsi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C" title="نسیل کسیلمه‌سی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="نسیل کسیلمه‌سی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="বিলুপ্তি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="বিলুপ্তি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bia%CC%8Dt-choa%CC%8Dt" title="Bia̍t-choa̍t – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Bia̍t-choa̍t" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D2%A1%D2%A1%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%8B%D2%93%D1%8B%D1%83" title="Юҡҡа сығыу – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Юҡҡа сығыу" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%96%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Выміранне – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Выміранне" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5" title="Измиране – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Измиране" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumiranje" title="Izumiranje – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Izumiranje" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinci%C3%B3" title="Extinció – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Extinció" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagkapuo" title="Pagkapuo – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Pagkapuo" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vym%C3%ADr%C3%A1n%C3%AD" title="Vymírání – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Vymírání" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difodiant" title="Difodiant – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Difodiant" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udryddelse" title="Udryddelse – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Udryddelse" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aussterben" title="Aussterben – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Aussterben" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4ljasuremine" title="Väljasuremine – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Väljasuremine" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%95%CE%BE%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B7_(%CE%B2%CE%B9%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1)" title="Εξαφάνιση (βιολογία) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Εξαφάνιση (βιολογία)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction" title="Extinction – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Extinction" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinci%C3%B3n" title="Extinción – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Extinción" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formorto" title="Formorto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Formorto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinci%C3%B3n" title="Extinción – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Extinción" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espezieen_iraungipen" title="Espezieen iraungipen – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Espezieen iraungipen" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6" title="انقراض – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="انقراض" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_des_esp%C3%A8ces" title="Extinction des espèces – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Extinction des espèces" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utstjerren_(biology)" title="Utstjerren (biology) – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Utstjerren (biology)" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%ADobhadh_(speiceas)" title="Díobhadh (speiceas) – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Díobhadh (speiceas)" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinci%C3%B3n" title="Extinción – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Extinción" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B4%D3%80%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Ейна дӀаялар – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Ейна дӀаялар" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%BF%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%81%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%A4_%E0%AA%9C%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%BF" title="વિલુપ્ત જાતિ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="વિલુપ્ત જાતિ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhie%CC%8Dt-ch%C3%BAng" title="Chhie̍t-chúng – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Chhie̍t-chúng" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A0%88%EB%A9%B8" title="절멸 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="절멸" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="विलुप्ति – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विलुप्ति" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumiranje" title="Izumiranje – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Izumiranje" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mgbukp%E1%BB%8D" title="Mgbukpọ – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Mgbukpọ" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannakaungaw" title="Pannakaungaw – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Pannakaungaw" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepunahan" title="Kepunahan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Kepunahan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9Atdau%C3%B0i" title="Útdauði – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Útdauði" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estinzione" title="Estinzione – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Estinzione" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%A0%D7%9B%D7%97%D7%93%D7%95" title="מינים שנכחדו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מינים שנכחדו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spesies_cures" title="Spesies cures – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Spesies cures" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%AC%E1%83%A7%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90" title="ამოწყდომა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ამოწყდომა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%9A%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BB%D1%83" title="Қырылу – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Қырылу" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difeudhans" title="Difeudhans – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Difeudhans" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekstenksyon" title="Ekstenksyon – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="Ekstenksyon" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekstenksyon_di_s%C3%A9_l%C3%A8sp%C3%A8s" title="Ekstenksyon di sé lèspès – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="Ekstenksyon di sé lèspès" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemab%C3%BBy%C3%AE" title="Nemabûyî – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Nemabûyî" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exstinctio" title="Exstinctio – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Exstinctio" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izmir%C5%A1ana" title="Izmiršana – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Izmiršana" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C5%A1nykimas" title="Išnykimas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Išnykimas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kihal%C3%A1s" title="Kihalás – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kihalás" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fongana" title="Fongana – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Fongana" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%82_%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%82%E0%B4%AD%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A_%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%BE" title="വംശനാശം സംഭവിച്ച ജീവികൾ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വംശനാശം സംഭവിച്ച ജീവികൾ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B7_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80" title="नामशेष प्रजाती – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="नामशेष प्रजाती" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6" title="انقراض – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="انقراض" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepupusan" title="Kepupusan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kepupusan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9E%E1%80%AF%E1%80%89%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%81%E1%80%BC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="မျိုးသုဉ်းခြင်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="မျိုးသုဉ်းခြင်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uitsterven" title="Uitsterven – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Uitsterven" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B5%B6%E6%BB%85" title="絶滅 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="絶滅" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utryddelse" title="Utryddelse – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Utryddelse" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utd%C3%B8ydde_artar" title="Utdøydde artar – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Utdøydde artar" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extincion_de_las_esp%C3%A8cias" title="Extincion de las espècias – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Extincion de las espècias" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%AA" title="ਲੋਪ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਲੋਪ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B6/_%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%86%DA%81%D9%87_%D8%AA%D9%84%D9%84" title="انقراض/ له منځه تلل – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="انقراض/ له منځه تلل" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wymieranie" title="Wymieranie – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wymieranie" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extin%C3%A7%C3%A3o" title="Extinção – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Extinção" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinc%C8%9Bie" title="Extincție – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Extincție" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikch%27aq_wa%C3%B1uy" title="Rikch'aq wañuy – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Rikch'aq wañuy" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%8B%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="Вымирание – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Вымирание" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction" title="Extinction – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Extinction" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llojet_e_zhdukura" title="Llojet e zhdukura – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Llojet e zhdukura" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B6%B3_%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%93_%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B8" title="වඳ වී යාම – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="වඳ වී යාම" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyhynutie_(biol%C3%B3gia)" title="Vyhynutie (biológia) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Vyhynutie (biológia)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumrtje" title="Izumrtje – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Izumrtje" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dabar_Go%27" title="Dabar Go' – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Dabar Go'" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%DA%95%D8%A7%D9%86" title="قڕان – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="قڕان" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B5" title="Изумирање – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Изумирање" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumiranje" title="Izumiranje – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Izumiranje" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukupuutto" title="Sukupuutto – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Sukupuutto" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utd%C3%B6d" title="Utdöd – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Utdöd" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagkalipol" title="Pagkalipol – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Pagkalipol" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F_%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D" title="அற்றுவிட்ட இனம் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="அற்றுவிட்ட இனம்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kab mw-list-item"><a href="https://kab.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angar" title="Angar – Kabyle" lang="kab" hreflang="kab" data-title="Angar" data-language-autonym="Taqbaylit" data-language-local-name="Kabyle" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Taqbaylit</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%83" title="Юкка чыгу – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Юкка чыгу" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%97%E0%B1%88%E0%B0%A8_%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%81" title="కనుమరుగైన జాతులు – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="కనుమరుగైన జాతులు" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%8C" title="การสูญพันธุ์ – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="การสูญพันธุ์" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D2%9B%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B7" title="Инқироз – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Инқироз" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy_t%C3%BCkenmesi" title="Soy tükenmesi – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Soy tükenmesi" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8F" title="Вимирання – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Вимирання" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="معدومیت – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="معدومیت" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuy%E1%BB%87t_ch%E1%BB%A7ng" title="Tuyệt chủng – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Tuyệt chủng" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naubos_pagkamatay" title="Naubos pagkamatay – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Naubos pagkamatay" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%81%AD%E7%BB%9D" title="灭绝 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="灭绝" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B5%95%E7%A8%AE" title="絕種 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="絕種" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Extinct_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Extinct (disambiguation)">Extinct (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ExtinctDodoBird.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/ExtinctDodoBird.jpeg/220px-ExtinctDodoBird.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/ExtinctDodoBird.jpeg 1.5x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="244" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Dodo" title="Dodo">Dodo</a>: a flightless bird from <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> which became extinct in the 17th century.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9689576">.mw-parser-output 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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:130%;"><a href="/wiki/Conservation_status" title="Conservation status">Conservation status</a> <div style="font-size:75%;font-weight:normal;">by <a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List#Categories" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List category</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="padding-bottom:0.75em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bufo_periglenes2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Bufo periglenes, the Golden Toad, was last recorded on May 15, 1989"><img alt="Bufo periglenes, the Golden Toad, was last recorded on May 15, 1989" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Bufo_periglenes2.jpg/230px-Bufo_periglenes2.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Bufo_periglenes2.jpg/345px-Bufo_periglenes2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Bufo_periglenes2.jpg/460px-Bufo_periglenes2.jpg 2x" 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mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:center;padding-bottom:0;background:#90ee90;font-size:100%;font-weight:bold;">Processes and outcomes</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content plainlist"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Population_genetics" title="Population genetics">Population genetics</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Genetic_variation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Genetic variation (not yet started)">Variation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Genetic_diversity&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Genetic diversity (not yet started)">Diversity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mutation" title="Mutation">Mutation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natural_selection" title="Natural selection">Natural selection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adaptation" title="Adaptation">Adaptation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Polymorphism_(biology)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Polymorphism (biology) (not yet started)">Polymorphism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genetic_drift" title="Genetic drift">Genetic drift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_flow" title="Gene flow">Gene flow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speciation" title="Speciation">Speciation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adaptive_radiation" title="Adaptive radiation">Adaptive radiation</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cooperation_(evolution)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cooperation (evolution) (not yet started)">Co-operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coevolution" title="Coevolution">Coevolution</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coextinction&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coextinction (not yet started)">Coextinction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Divergent_evolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Divergent evolution">Divergence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convergent_evolution" title="Convergent evolution">Convergence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parallel_evolution" 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started)">Level of support</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r9122447"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Evolutionary_biology" title="Template:Evolutionary biology"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Template_talk:Evolutionary_biology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Template talk:Evolutionary biology (not yet started)"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a class="external text" href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Evolutionary_biology&action=edit"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Extinction</b> is when a species of animal, plant, or other organisms are no longer living or <a href="/wiki/Death" title="Death">dies</a>. Extinction is one of the major features of <a href="/wiki/Evolution" title="Evolution">evolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All species become extinct sooner or later. The end of a species may happen for many reasons. It may be caused by <a href="/wiki/Habitat" title="Habitat">habitat</a> loss or by being <a href="/wiki/Hunted" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunted">overhunted</a>, or by a major <a href="/wiki/Extinction_event" class="mw-redirect" title="Extinction event">extinction event</a>. An example of an animal that is now extinct is the <a href="/wiki/Dodo" title="Dodo">Dodo</a>, from over-hunting. Another quite different way for a species to end is by <a href="/wiki/Species-splitting" class="mw-redirect" title="Species-splitting">species-splitting</a>, known as <a href="/wiki/Cladogenesis" class="mw-redirect" title="Cladogenesis">cladogenesis</a>. The species living today probably were not living in the <a href="/wiki/Cambrian" title="Cambrian">Cambrian</a> period, but their ancestors were. </p><p>Notable extinct animal species include the <a href="/wiki/Dinosaur" title="Dinosaur">non-avian dinosaurs</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Saber-toothed_cat" class="mw-redirect" title="Saber-toothed cat">saber-toothed cats</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Dodo" title="Dodo">dodo</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mammoth" title="Mammoth">mammoths</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ground_sloth" title="Ground sloth">ground sloths</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Thylacine" title="Thylacine">thylacine</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Trilobite" title="Trilobite">trilobites</a> and the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Golden_toad&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Golden toad (not yet started)">golden toad</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Endangered_species" title="Endangered species">Endangered species</a> are those which may become extinct. A report from <a href="/wiki/Kew_Gardens" title="Kew Gardens">Kew Gardens</a> suggests that one fifth of plant species may be at risk of extinction.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Fossil species sometimes reappear millions of years after they were thought to be extinct. These cases are called <a href="/wiki/Lazarus_taxa" class="mw-redirect" title="Lazarus taxa">Lazarus taxa</a>. <a href="/wiki/Human" title="Human">Humans</a> are to blame due to cutting down animals’ natural habitat such as <a href="/wiki/Forest" title="Forest">forests</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Duration_of_species">Duration of species</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extinction&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Change section: Duration of species" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extinction&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Duration of species"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The average duration of species varies according to the groups studied. A study of benthic (deep water) <a href="/wiki/Foraminifera" title="Foraminifera">foraminifera</a> showed an average of 16 million years if they lived above 200 metres, but 25my if they lived below 200 metres.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, the average survival time for <a href="/wiki/Mammal" title="Mammal">mammalian</a> species over the past 20my has been 2.33my.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is estimated that 99.9% of all species that have ever lived are now extinct.<sup id="cite_ref-Newman_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Newman-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Raup_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Raup-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More than half of the plants and animals that have become extinct in the last 200 years have been in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. There the arrival of Europeans with (accidentally or deliberately) <a href="/wiki/Introduced_species" title="Introduced species">introduced species</a> has damaged the native <a href="/wiki/Biota" title="Biota">biota</a>. Especially, the introduction of <a href="/wiki/Eutheria" title="Eutheria">eutherian</a> mammals has caused the extinction of many <a href="/wiki/Marsupial" title="Marsupial">marsupial</a> forms. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Duration_of_higher_groups">Duration of higher groups</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extinction&veaction=edit&section=2" title="Change section: Duration of higher groups" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extinction&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section's source code: Duration of higher groups"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r8538344">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}html.client-js body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .mbox-text-span{margin-left:23px!important}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}</style><table class="box-No_sources plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Question_book-4.svg/50px-Question_book-4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Question_book-4.svg/75px-Question_book-4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Question_book-4.svg/100px-Question_book-4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="204" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not have any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> You can help Wikipedia by finding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RELIABLE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RELIABLE">good</a> sources, and adding them.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">December 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Naturally, higher categories such as <a href="/wiki/Genera" class="mw-redirect" title="Genera">genera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Family_(biology)" title="Family (biology)">families</a>, <a href="/wiki/Order_(biology)" title="Order (biology)">orders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Class_(biology)" title="Class (biology)">classes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phylum" title="Phylum">phyla</a> last longer, because they are composed of more species. As far as we know, no phylum has gone completely extinct since the <a href="/wiki/Cambrian" title="Cambrian">Cambrian</a>, but quite a few classes went extinct in one or other of the 'big five' <a href="/wiki/List_of_extinction_events" title="List of extinction events">extinction events</a>. Examples of higher categories of animal now extinct are: <a href="/wiki/Placoderm" title="Placoderm">placoderm</a> fish, <a href="/wiki/Trilobite" title="Trilobite">trilobites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ammonite" title="Ammonite">ammonites</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pelycosaur" title="Pelycosaur">pelycosaurs</a>, non-<a href="/wiki/Avian" class="mw-redirect" title="Avian">avian</a> <a href="/wiki/Dinosaur" title="Dinosaur">dinosaurs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pterosaur" title="Pterosaur">pterosaurs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ichthyosaur" title="Ichthyosaur">ichthyosaurs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Plesiosaur" title="Plesiosaur">plesiosaurs</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reasons">Reasons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extinction&veaction=edit&section=3" title="Change section: Reasons" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extinction&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section's source code: Reasons"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Darwin thought that most extinctions occurred because some organisms became more effective, and replaced their less advanced competitors. No doubt that does occur, but the view now is that environmental change is more important. <a href="/wiki/Organism" title="Organism">Organisms</a> become <a href="/wiki/Adaptation" title="Adaptation">adapted</a> to the environments they live in. The <a href="/wiki/Environment" title="Environment">environment</a> certainly does change, and sometimes quite dramatically. When it does, some organisms can adapt to the changes. Others cannot. </p><p>The Earth's environment can stay rather stable for long periods of time. Then the rate of extinction is usually quite low. Then changes occur, sometimes quite rapidly. In these times the rate of extinction can be much higher. The rate of extinction is therefore a useful thing to measure.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Related_pages">Related pages</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extinction&veaction=edit&section=4" title="Change section: Related pages" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extinction&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section's source code: Related pages"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extinction_events" title="List of extinction events">List of extinction events</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lagerst%C3%A4tte" class="mw-redirect" title="Lagerstätte">Lagerstätte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Endangered_species" title="Endangered species">Endangered species</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Living_fossil" title="Living fossil">Living fossil</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extinction&veaction=edit&section=5" title="Change section: References" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Extinction&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section's source code: References"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r9724317">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">When talking about <a href="/wiki/Volcano" title="Volcano">volcanos</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Extinct_volcano" class="mw-redirect" title="Extinct volcano">extinct</a>" means that the volcano is no longer active. When talking about <a href="/wiki/Language" title="Language">languages</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Extinct_language" title="Extinct language">extinct</a>" mans that it is no longer in use.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/may/10/one-in-five-of-worlds-plant-species-at-risk-of-extinction">One in five of world's plant species at risk of extinction</a> 2016 May 10 The Guardian</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Bozas M.A. & Culver S.J. 1984. Species duration and evolution: benthic forms on the Atlantic continental margin of North America. <i>Science</i> <b>225</b>, 829–230.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">K.J. Willis, E.S. Vrba and D. DeGusta 2004. Do species populations really start small? New perspectives from the Late Neogene fossil record of African mammals. <i>Phil Trans Roy Soc</i> <b>B359</b>, 285–293. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/359/1442/285.full.pdf">[1]</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Vrba E.S. 2000. Major features of <a href="/wiki/Neogene" title="Neogene">Neogene</a> mammalian evolution in Africa. In T.C. Partridge & R. Maud (eds) <i>Cenozoic geology of southern Africa</i>. Oxford. pp 277–304</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Newman-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Newman_6-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Newman, Mark. 1994. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lassp.cornell.edu/newmme/science/extinction.html">A mathematical model for mass extinction</a>". <a href="/wiki/Cornell_University" title="Cornell University">Cornell University</a>. Retrieved July 30, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Raup-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-Raup_7-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"> Raup, David M. 1991. <i>Extinction: bad genes or bad luck?</i> W.W. Norton, New York.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-8">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Lawton J. and May R. 1995. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=jDZMXF4bCccC&pg=PA1&dq=Extinction+rate&sig=pjYsNJ60bsJbRUJBVUQXUwhRkjQ#PPA45,M1"><i>Extinction rates</i></a>. 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