Editing Extinction (section)

== Examples ==
Examples of species and subspecies that are extinct include:

* [[Steller's sea cow]] (the last known member died circa 1768)
* [[Dodo]] (the last confirmed sighting was in 1662)
* [[Chinese paddlefish]] (last seen in 2003; declared extinct in 2022)
* [[Great auk]] (last confirmed pair was killed in the 1840s)
* [[Thylacine]] (the last thylacine killed in the wild was shot in 1930; the last captive tiger lived in [[Hobart Zoo]] until 1936)
* [[Kauaʻi ʻōʻō|Kauai O'o]] (last known member was heard in 1987; the entire [[Mohoidae]] family became extinct with it)
* [[Spectacled cormorant]] (last known members were said to live in the 1850s)
* [[Carolina parakeet]] (last known member named [[Incas (parakeet)|Incas]] died in captivity in 1918; declared extinct in 1939)
* [[Passenger pigeon]] (last known member named [[Martha (passenger pigeon)|Martha]] died in captivity in 1914)
* [[Tasmanian emu]] (the last claimed sighting of the emu was in 1839)
* [[Japanese Sea Lion]] (the last confirmed record was a juvenile specimen captured in 1974)
* [[Schomburgk's deer]] (became [[extinct in the wild]] in 1932; the last captive deer was killed in 1938)
* [[Quagga]] (hunted to extinction in the late 19th century; the last captive quagga died in [[Natura Artis Magistra]] in 1883)