Animals Going Extinct 2024 List. Extinct, extinct in the wild, critically endangered, endangered, vulnerable, near threatened, least concern, data deficient and not evaluated. Despite good news for animals such as the european bison, a total of 31 species have been declared extinct, including three frogs of central america, 17 freshwater fish of the.

What we lose when animals go extinct. Our knowledge of which species have gone extinct since 1500 is collated in the iucn red list 6 and is most complete for vertebrates, especially birds, mammals and amphibians: