Draft:Outline of extinction

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to extinction:

What type of thing is extinction?
Extinction can be described as all of the following:

History of extinction
History of extinction

Extinct spieces

 * Lists of extinct species

Arachnids

 * List of extinct arachnids

Birds

 * List of extinct bird species since 1500
 * List of bird extinctions by year
 * List of moa species

Fishes

 * List of recently extinct fishes

Mammals

 * List of recently extinct mammals
 * List of extinct dog breeds
 * List of extinct cetaceans

Insects

 * List of extinct butterflies
 * List of recently extinct insects

Amphibians

 * List of recently extinct amphibians

By continet

 * List of African animals extinct in the Holocene
 * List of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene
 * List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene
 * List of European species extinct in the Holocene
 * List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene
 * List of Hawaiian animals extinct in the Holocene
 * List of Oceanian species extinct in the Holocene
 * List of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene
 * List of New Zealand species extinct in the Holocene
 * List of South American animals extinct in the Holocene
 * Islands
 * List of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene
 * List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene

Extinct planets
List of recently extinct plants

General extinction concepts

 * Species reintroduction:
 * examples:
 * Eurasian beaver reintroduction
 * Lynx reintroduction in Great Britain
 * Pseudoextinction:
 * Biodiversity loss:
 * Coextinction:
 * De-extinction:
 * Evolutionary suicide:
 * Human-guided migration:
 * Species translocation:
 * Rewilding:

Art

 * Extinct species in art