Terpene

Map of South America

This is a list of South American animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE)[A] and continues to the present day.[1]

The list includes animal extinctions in the Galápagos, Falklands, and other islands near the continent. Extinct animals from the West Indies are covered in List of Antillian and Bermudan animals extinct in the Holocene. Extinctions from Easter Island, a territory of Chile in Polynesia, are covered in the List of Oceanian species extinct in the Holocene.

Many extinction dates are unknown due to a lack of relevant information.

Mammals (class Mammalia)[edit]

Opossums (order Didelphimorphia)[edit]

Opossums (family Didelphidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Red-bellied gracile opossum Cryptonanus ignitus Jujuy, Argentina Last collected in 1962. The only known locality was destroyed by agriculture and urban development.[2]
Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
One-striped opossum Monodelphis unistriata Southeastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina Only collected twice, in 1821 in Brazil and 1899 in Argentina. The causes of decline are unknown, but possibly related to habitat loss through logging and agriculture.[3]

Armadillos, pampatheres, and glyptodonts (order Cingulata)[edit]

Long-nosed armadillos (family Dasypodidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments
Propraopus sulcatus Eastern South America Most recent remains at Toca de Serrote do Artur, Brazil dated to 6660-4880 BCE.[4]

Chlamyphorid armadillos and glyptodonts (family Chlamyphoridae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Doedicurus clavicaudatus South American pampas Most recent remains at Arroyo Seco, Argentina dated to 4765-4445 BCE.[4]
Eutatus seguini Northern Argentina and Uruguay 6389-6060 BCE[5]
Glyptodon clavipes Southeastern Brazil Most recent remains at Toca de Serrote do Artur, Brazil dated to 6660-4880 BCE.[4]
Glyptotherium cylindricum Florida and Texas to northeastern Brazil Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil but without direct datation.[6]
Hoplophorus euphractus Eastern Brazil Most recent remains at Toca de Serrote do Artur, Brazil dated to 6660-4880 BCE.[4]
Neosclerocalyptus paskoensis Southern South America 5120 BCE[7]

Pachyarmatheres (family Pachyarmatheriidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Pachyarmatherium brasiliense Eastern Brazil Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil but without direct datation.[6]

Pampatheres (family Pampatheriidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Holmesina majus Minas Gerais and Ceará, Brazil Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil but without direct datation.[6]
Pampatherium sp. Brazil

Anteaters and sloths (order Pilosa)[edit]

Giant ground sloths (family Megatheriidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Eremotherium laurillardi Southern United States to Brazil 7800-7740 BCE[8]
Megatherium americanum Temperate South America and the Andes 5270-4310 BCE[9]

Mylodonts (family Mylodontidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Glossotherium robustum South America Most recent remains at El Cautivo, Ecuador dated to 6810-6650 BCE.[4]
Mylodon darwini Pampas and Patagonia Most recent remains at Pali-Aike, Chile dated to 6689 BCE.[10]
Scelidodon chiliensis Western South America Most recent remains at Pampa de los Fósiles, Peru, dated to 7160-6760 BCE.[4]

Scelidotherid ground sloths (family Scelidotheriidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Catonyx cuvieri Eastern South America Most recent remains at Lagoa Santa, Brazil dated to 7830-7430 BCE.[4]
Scelidotherium leptocephalum Southern South America Most recent remains at Río Cuarto, Argentina dated to 5660-5540 BCE.[11]
Valgipes bucklandi Intertropical region of Brazil[6] 9110-9030 BCE[12]

Nothrotheriid ground sloths (family Nothrotheriidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Nothrotherium maquinense Eastern Brazil Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil but without direct datation.[6]

Elephant-like mammals (order Proboscidea)[edit]

Gomphotheres (family Gomphotheriidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Notiomastodon platensis South America Most recently dated at El Totumo, Colombia, to 4170-4050 BCE; however this date is uncalibrated and the remains are assigned to the Late Glacial. Other remains from Toro, Valle del Cauca are assigned to the Holocene but with no direct date.[13] Remains at El Cautivo, Ecuador were dated to 6810-6650 BCE.[4]

Rodents (order Rodentia)[edit]

Cavies (family Caviidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Giant capybara[14] Neochoerus sp. Southern United States to Brazil Found in sites of Minas Gerais, Bahia, and Rondonia, Brazil that date from the Late Pleistocene to early Holocene, but without exact dating.[6]

Hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice (family Cricetidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Candango mouse Juscelinomys candango Brasilia, Brazil Last collected in 1960. Presumed extinct when the area was urbanized.[15]
Galápagos giant rat Megaoryzomys curioi Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Known from subfossil remains. Possibly extinct by introduced predators like feral dogs, cats, pigs, and black rats.[16]
Darwin's Galápagos mouse Nesoryzomys darwini Santa Cruz, Galápagos Islands Last recorded in 1930. Extinct due to competition, pathogens transmitted by, or predation by black rats, house mice, brown rats, and feral cats.[17]
Indefatigable Galápagos mouse Nesoryzomys indefessus Santa Cruz and Baltra, Galápagos Islands Last collected in 1934. Extinct due to competition, pathogens transmitted by, or predation by black rats, house mice, brown rats, and feral cats.[18]
Vespucci's giant rat Noronhomys vespuccii Fernando de Noronha Island, Brazil Only recorded alive by Amerigo Vespucci in 1503; otherwise known from subfossil remains.[19]
Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Zuniga's dark rice rat Melanomys zunigae Lomas de Atocongo, near Lima, Peru Last recorded in 1949. Declined due to habitat degradation caused by goat grazing and mining activity.[20]

Bats (order Chiroptera)[edit]

Leaf-nosed bats (family Phyllostomidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Giant vampire bat Desmodus draculae Eastern South America Most recent remains in Centinela del Mar, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina dated to 1675-1755 AD.[21]

Carnivorans (order Carnivora)[edit]

Cats (family Felidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
South American saber-toothed cat Smilodon populator Eastern South America Most recent remains at Lagoa Santa, Brazil dated to 7330-7030 BCE.[4]

Dogs (family Canidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Dire wolf Aenocyon dirus North America and western South America Most recent remains at Talara, Peru dated to 7320-6840 BCE; however this date is uncalibrated and the age of the remains could be older. Other late remains from Luján, Argentina were older than the most recent stratigraphical section dated to 9050-8050 BCE.[22]
Falkland Islands wolf Dusicyon australis Falkland Islands Exterminated by sheep farmers in 1876.[23]
Dusicyon avus Argentina and Uruguay Most recent remains in the Pampas dated to 1232-1397, and in southernmost Patagonia to 1454-1626.[24]
Fuegian dog Lycalopex sp. Tierra del Fuego and possibly southern Patagonia Only domestic descendant of the culpeo, bred by the Selk'nam people, last recorded in 1910.[25]
Protocyon troglodytes Middle South America[26] to Yucatan[27] Most recent remains at Toca da Boa Vista, Brazil dated to 20,000-10,000 years ago.[22]

Bears (family Ursidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments
Arctotherium tarijense Argentina Most recent remains at Cueva de los Chingues, Magallanes Province dated to 9310-9210 BCE.[28]
Arctotherium wingei Northeastern South America 14825-6840 BCE[29]

Earless seals (family Phocidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Caribbean monk seal Neomonachus tropicalis Caribbean Sea, Bahamas, and Gulf of Mexico Last recorded in Venezuela before 1700.[30] The species was hunted for its skin, oil, and to remove competition for fishermen.[31]

Notoungulates (order Notoungulata)[edit]

Toxodonts (family Toxodontidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Toxodon platensis South America One tooth found at Abismo Ponta da Flecha, Brazil was dated to 4650-1450 BCE when testing its enamel, and 6050-3450 BCE when testing its dentine.[4]

Litopterns (order Litopterna)[edit]

Macrauchenids (family Macraucheniidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Macrauchenia patachonica Southwestern South America 9381-9281 BCE[32]
Xenorhinotherium bahiense North and east South America Found in the late Pleistocene to early Holocene of Serra do Ramalho, Brazil but without direct datation.[6]

Odd-toed ungulates (order Perissodactyla)[edit]

Horses and allies (family Equidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Equus neogeus South America Most recent remains at Toca de Serrote de Artur, Brazil dated to 6660-4880 BCE.[4]
Hippidion saldiasi Eastern South America 8059 BCE[33]

Even-toed ungulates (order Artiodactyla)[edit]

Camels and llamas (family Camelidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Hemiauchenia paradoxa Northern Río de la Plata Basin and central Brazil[34] Found in Holocene sites of Argentina but without exact dates.[28]
Chilihueque Population of Lama guanicoe Central Chile A third domestic South American camelid recorded by Europeans in the 16th and 17th centuries, bred by the Mapuche and different from llamas and vicuñas. DNA analysis of remains from Mocha Island (where camelids were introduced by people) indicates that it was a population of Patagonian guanaco that was managed, or domesticated independently from the llama. It disappeared when indigenous communities switched to sheep and horse farming after colonization.[35]
Palaeolama major Northern and eastern South America Most recent remains at Toca de Serrote do Artur, Brazil dated to 6660-4880 BCE.[4]

True deer (family Cervidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments
Antifer ultra Río de la Plata Basin to central Chile c. 7950 BCE[36]
Morenelaphus brachyceros Temperate South America 8050-5845 BCE[37]

Possible[edit]

N.B.: These animals were identified "from Late Pleistocene to Early Holocene" deposits in Brazil[38] and Argentina,[39] but without direct Holocene dating.
Extinctions of unknown date
Common name
scientific name
Range Image
Ahytherium aureum Bahia, Brazil
Lestodon armatus Southern Brazil
Panochthus tuberculatus Luján, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Birds (class Aves)[edit]

Recent extinctions (1500 CE to present)
Common name
scientific name
Extinction date Range Image
Niceforo's pintail
Anas georgica niceforoi
1952[40] Central Colombia
Magdalena tinamou
Crypturellus erythropus saltuarius
1990s[40] Magdalena River Valley, Colombia
Darwin's ground finch
Geospiza magnirostris magnirostris
1835[40] Floreana and San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Antioquia brown-banded antpitta
Grallaria milleri gilesi
1878[40] Santa Helena, Antioquia Department, Colombia
Bogotá sunangel
Heliantelus zusii
1909[40] Northern Andes?
Alagoas foliage-gleaner
Philydor novaesi
2011[40] Alagoas and Pernambuco, Brazil
Colombian grebe
Podiceps andinus
1977[41] Bogotá wetlands, Colombia
San Cristóbal flycatcher
Pyrocephalus dubius
1987[42] San Cristóbal, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
Peruvian rail
Rallus semiplumbeus peruvianus
1886[40] Peruvian highlands and possibly Ecuador
Alejandro Selkirk Island firecrown
Sephanoides fernandensis leyboldi
1908[40] Alejandro Selkirk Island?, Juan Fernández Archipelago, Chile


Possibly extinct
Common name
scientific name
Extinction date Range Image
Glaucous macaw
Anodorhynchus glaucus
2001[43] Border area of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
Letitia's thorntail
Discosura letitiae
1852[40] Bolivia
Turquoise-throated puffleg
Eriocnemis godini
1850[44] Northern Ecuador
Eskimo curlew
Numenius borealis
1939[45] Northwestern Canada and Alaska, and Southern Cone
Sinú parakeet
Pyrrhura subandina
1949[46] Sinú Valley, Córdoba Department, Colombia


Extinct in the wild
Common name
scientific name
Extinction date Range Reintroduction Image
Spix's macaw
Cyanopsitta spixii
2000[47] Sao Francisco River, Bahia, Brazil
Alagoas curassow
Mitu mitu
1988[48] Alagoas and Pernambuco, Brazil 2019[49]

Reptiles (class Reptilia)[edit]

Turtles and tortoises (order Testudines)[edit]

Big-headed turtles (family Podocnemididae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Peltocephalus maturin Madeira River, Brazil Only known from a lower jaw dated to 12385-7060 BCE, roughly coinciding with the time when the area was first reached by Paleo-Amerindians.[50]

Tortoises (family Testudinidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Pinta Island tortoise Chelonoidis niger abingdonii Pinta, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador The last wild individual (Lonesome George) was captured in 1972 and died in Santa Cruz's Tortoise Center in 2012, but hybrid descendants survive in northern Isabela Island. Declined due to hunting and habitat destruction by grazing feral goats.[51]
Floreana giant tortoise Chelonoidis niger niger Floreana, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Disappeared from the wild in the mid-19th century, though hybrids survive in captivity and in northern Isabela Island. Likely extinct due to hunting and the impact of introduced mammals including pigs, dogs, cats, goats, donkeys, cattle, black rats and house mice.[52]
Santa Fe Island tortoise Chelonoidis niger 'Santa Fe Island' Santa Fe, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Undescribed lineage, known from subfossil bones.[53]

Amphibians (class Amphibia)[edit]

Frogs (order Anura)[edit]

True toads (family Bufonidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Maracay harlequin frog Atelopus vogli Güey River, Aragua, Venezuela Last collected in 1957. Its habitat was destroyed by agriculture.[54]
Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Green and red venter harlequin toad Atelopus pinangoi Near Piñango, Mérida, Venezuela Last recorded in 1997. Declined due to chytridiomycosis, habitat loss caused by logging and ranching, introduced trout, and climate change.[55]

Tree frogs and allies (family Hylidae)[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Spiny-knee leaf frog Phrynomedusa fimbriata Sao Paulo and Paraná states, Brazil Last collected in the 1950s. Extinct due to air pollution and infection by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis[56]

Darwin's frogs (family Rhinodermatidae)[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Chile Darwin's frog Rhinoderma rufum Valparaíso and Biobío, Chile Last recorded in 1981. The cause of decline is unknown but chytridiomycosis has been suggested.[57]

Rain frogs (family Strabomantidae)[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
Aragua robber frog Pristimantis anotis Henri Pittier National Park, Aragua, Venezuela Last collected in 1974. The cause of decline is unknown, though chytridiomycosis is present in the area.[58]

Ray-finned fish (class Actinopterygii)[edit]

Catfishes (order Siluriformes)[edit]

Pencil catfishes (family Trichomycteridae)[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Greasefish Rhizosomichthys totae Tota Lake, Colombia Last collected in 1958. Possibly extinct due to exotic fish introductions (Eremophilus mutisii, Grundulus bogotensis, Carassius auratus, Oncorhynchus mykiss) and chemical pollution caused by agriculture.[59]

Toothcarps (order Cyprinodontiformes)[edit]

Pupfishes (family Cyprinodontidae)[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Titicaca orestias Orestias cuvieri Lake Titicaca The causes of decline are unknown.[60]

Ovalentaria incertae sedis[edit]

Family Pomacentridae[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Galápagos damsel Azurina eupalama Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Last recorded during the 1982-83 El Niño event, which warmed the waters it inhabited and killed off the plankton on which it fed.[61]

Starfishes (class Asteroidea)[edit]

Order Forcipulatida[edit]

Family Heliasteridae[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Common name Scientific name Range Comments
24-rayed sunstar Heliaster solaris Galápagos Islands, Ecuador Last recorded during the 1982-83 El Niño event.[62]

Insects (class Insecta)[edit]

Beetles (order Coleoptera)[edit]

Predaceous diving beetles (family Dytiscidae)[edit]

Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Megadytes ducalis Condeúba, Bahia, Brazil Only known from individuals collected in the 19th century.[63]
Meridiorhantus orbignyi Argentina and Brazil[64]

Arachnids (class Arachnida)[edit]

Order Mesostigmata[edit]

Family Halarachnidae[edit]

Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures
Caribbean monk seal nasal mite Halarachne americana Caribbean Sea Extinct with its host.[65]

Clitellates (class Clitellata)[edit]

Order Opisthopora[edit]

Family Glossoscolecidae[edit]

Possibly extinct[edit]
Scientific name Range Comments
Rhinodrilus fafner Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil Only known from the holotype described in 1918.[66]

Slugs and snails (class Gastropoda)[edit]

Holocene extinctions of unknown date
Common name
scientific name
Range Image
Littoridina gaudichaudii Ecuador[67]
Megalobulimus cardosoi Brazil[68]
Tomigerus gibberulus Brazil[69]
Tomigerus turbinatus Brazil[70]


Extinct in the wild
Common name
scientific name
Range
Aylacostoma chloroticum Paraná River[71]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The source gives "11,700 calendar yr b2k (before CE 2000)". But "BP" means "before CE 1950". Therefore, the Holocene began 11,650 BP. Doing the math, that is c. 9700 BCE.

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