List of extinct animals of Oceania

This is an incomplete list of extinct animals of Oceania. This list covers only extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geological period that extends from the present day back to about 10,000 radiocarbon years, approximately 11,430 ± 130 calendar years BP (between 9560 and 9300 BC). For the extinct animals of Australia, Hawaiian Islands and New Zealand this is a list for the animals not found in these parts of Oceania.

Map of Oceania

Mammals
Common name\scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Emperor rat
Uromys imperator [1]		 1960s
 Solomon Islands --
Guadalcanal rat
Uromys porculus[2]		 1888
 Solomon Islands --
Guam flying fox
Pteropus tokudae[3]		 1967
 United States (Guam) --
Large Palau flying fox
Pteropus pilosus[4]		 1874
 Palau --
Nendo tube-nosed fruit bat
Nyctimene sanctacrucis[5]		 1907
 Solomon Islands --

Possibly extinct

Common name\scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Aru flying fox
Pteropus aruensis [6]		 1800s
 Aru, Indonesia --
Emma's giant rat
Uromys emmae [7]		 1944
 Papua, Indonesia --
New Guinea big-eared bat
Pharotis imogene [8]		 1890
 Papua New Guinea --
Telefomin cuscus
Phalanger matanim [9]		 1998
 Papua New Guinea --
Vanikoro flying fox
Pteropus tuberculatus [10]		 Before 1930
 Vanikoro, Solomon Islands --
Wondiwoi tree-kangaroo
Dendrolagus mayri [11]		 1928
 Papua, Indonesia --

Birds
Common name\scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Bar-winged rail
Nesoclopeus poecilopterus[12]		 1973
 Fiji
Bay thrush
Aplonis ulietensis		 1850
 France (Society Islands, French Polynesia)
Black-fronted parakeet
Cyanoramphus zealandicus[13]		 1850
 France (Tahiti, French Polynesia)
Christmas sandpiper
Prosobonia cancellata[14]		 1850
 Kiribati --
Choiseul pigeon
Microgoura meeki[15]		 1904
 Solomon Islands
Consumed scrubfowl
Megapodius alimentum		 Unknown
 Fiji and Tonga --
Eiao monarch
Pomarea fluxa[16]		 1977
 France (French Polynesia) --
Guam flycatcher
Myiagra freycineti[17]		 1983
 United States (Guam)
Kosrae crake
Porzana monasa[18]		 1827
 Kosrae, Micronesia --
Kosrae starling
Aplonis corvina[19]		 1827
 Kosrae, Micronesia
Liverpool pigeon
Caloenas maculata[20]		 1851
 Unknown (possibly Tahiti)
Makira woodhen
Gallinula silvestris[21]		 1953
 Solomon Islands --
Mariana mallard
Anas oustaleti		 1974
 United States (Northern Mariana Islands)
Marquesas swamphen
Porphyrio paepae[22]		 1900?
 France (Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia)
Maupiti monarch
Pomarea pomarea[23]		 1823
 France (Maupiti, French Polynesia)
Miller's rail
Porzana nigra[24]		 1784
 France (Tahiti, French Polynesia)
Mysterious starling
Aplonis mavornata[25]		 1774
 New Zealand (Cook Islands)
New Caledonian gallinule
Porphyrio kukwiedei[26]		 Unknown
 France (New Caledonia) --
New Caledonian giant scrubfowl
Sylviornis neocaledoniae		 1500 BC
 France (New Caledonia)
Noble megapode
Megavitiornis altirostris		 Unknown
 Fiji --
Nuku Hiva monarch
Pomarea nukuhivae[27]		 1930s
 France (Nuku Hiva, French Polynesia) --
Oceanic eclectus parrot
Eclectus infectus		 1793?
 Tonga and Vanuatu
Pile-builder megapode
Megapodius molistructor[28]		 Unknown
 France (New Caledonia) and Tonga --
Red-moustached fruit dove
Ptilinopus mercierii[29]		 1922
 France (Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia)
Society parakeet
Cyanoramphus ulietanus[30]		 1777
 France (Society Islands, French Polynesia) --
Tahitian red-billed rail
Gallirallus pacificus[31]		 late 1800s
 France (Tahiti, French Polynesia)
Tahiti sandpiper
Prosobonia leucoptera[32]		 1922
 France (Tahiti, French Polynesia)
Moorea sandpiper
Prosobonia ellisi[33]		 19th century
 France (Moorea, French Polynesia)
Kiritimati sandpiper
Prosobonia cancellata[34]		 19th century
 Kiritimati
Tanna ground dove
Gallicolumba ferruginea[35]		 1774
 Vanuatu
Thick-billed ground dove
Gallicolumba salamonis[36]		 1927
 Solomon Islands --
Tongatapu rail
Gallirallus hypoleucus[37]		 1777
 Tonga
Viti Levu scrubfowl
Megapodius amissus		 Unknown
 Fiji --
Wake Island rail
Gallirallus wakensis[38]		 1945
 United States (Wake Island)
White-winged sandpiper
Prosobonia ellisi[39]		 1777
 France (Moorea, French Polynesia)

Possibly extinct

Common name\scientific name Extinction date Range Image
New Caledonian lorikeet
Charmosyna diadema[40]		 1860
 France (New Caledonia)
New Caledonian rail
Gallirallus lafresnayanus[41]		 1860
 France (New Caledonia)
Pohnpei starling
Aplonis pelzelni[42]		 1995
 Pohnpei, Micronesia --
Samoan wood rail
Gallinula pacifica[43]		 1873
 Samoa
Ua Pou monarch
Pomarea mira[44]		 1985
 France (Ua Pou, French Polynesia) --

Reptiles
Common name\scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Mekosuchus
Mekosuchus sp.		 1000 BC
 France (New Caledonia) and Vanuatu
Tonga ground skink
Tachygia microlepis[45]		 late 1800s
 Tonga --
Volia
Volia athollandersoni		 ~1000 BC
 Fiji
Lapitiguana
Lapitiguana impensa		 ~1000 BC
 Fiji
Brachylophus gibbonsi
Brachylophus gibbonsi		 ~700 BC
 Tonga
Meiolania
Meiolania sp.		 5th century
 Australia, Lord Howe Island, New Caledonia and Vanuatu --

Insects
Common name\scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Levuana moth
Levuana irridescens[46]		 1925
 Fiji
Rhantus novacaledoniae [47] Unknown
 France (New Caledonia) --
Rhantus papuanus[48] Unknown
 Papua New Guinea --

Mollusks
Common name\scientific name Extinction date Range Image
Leucocharis loyaltiensis[49] Unknown
 France (New Caledonia) --
Leucocharis porphyrocheila [50] Unknown
 France (New Caledonia) --
Mautodontha acuticosta [51] Unknown
 French Polynesia --
Mautodontha acuticosta [52] Unknown
 French Polynesia --
Mautodontha consimilis [53] Unknown
 French Polynesia --
Mautodontha consobrina [54] Unknown
 French Polynesia --
Mautodontha maupiensis [55] Unknown
 French Polynesia --
Mautodontha parvidens [56] Unknown
 French Polynesia --
Mautodontha punctiperforata [57] Unknown
 French Polynesia --
Mautodontha saintjohni [58] Unknown
 French Polynesia --
Mautodontha subtilis [59] Unknown
 French Polynesia --
Mautodontha unilamellata [60] Unknown
 New Zealand (Cook Islands) --
Mautodontha zebrina [61] Unknown
 New Zealand (Cook Islands) --
Mount Matafao different snail
Diastole matafaoi[62]		 Unknown
 United States (American Samoa) --
Mount Alifana partula
Partula salifana[63]		 Unknown
 United States (Guam) --

See also

References
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