List of extinct animals of Pakistan

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The extinct animals of Pakistan were once native to the region but are now considered extinct due to various factors, such as habitat loss, overhunting, climate change, or the introduction of non-native species. The list includes both vertebrates and invertebrates. [1] [2]

Mammals

1. Paraceratherium : Paraceratherium is an extinct genus of hornless rhinocerotoids belonging to the family Paraceratheriidae. It is one of the largest terrestrial mammals that has existed and lived from the early to late Oligocene epoch (34–23 million years ago). The first fossils were discovered in what is now Pakistan, and remains have been found across Eurasia between China and the Balkans. Paraceratherium means "near the hornless beast", in reference to Aceratherium , the genus in which the type species P. bugtiense was originally placed.

2. Dalanistes ;': Dalanistes is an extinct genus of remingtonocetid early whale known from the late early Eocene (Lutetian, 48.6 to 40.4 million years ago) of Kutch, India and Punjab and Balochistan, Pakistan.

3. Ichthyolestes : Ichthyolestes ("fish thief") is an extinct genus of archaic cetacean that was endemic to Indo-Pakistan during the Lutetian stage.

4. Indian wild ass : The Indian wild ass (Equus hemionus khur), also called the Indian onager or, in the local Gujarati language, Ghudkhur and Khur, is a subspecies of the onager native to South Asia.

5. Nalacetus : Nalacetus is an extinct pakicetid early whale, fossils of which have been found in Lutetian red beds in Punjab, Pakistan ( 33°36′N72°12′E / 33.6°N 72.2°E / 33.6; 72.2 , paleocoordinates 14°18′N68°18′E / 14.3°N 68.3°E / 14.3; 68.3 ).

6. Cheetah , Acinonyx jubatus [3]

7. Blackbuck , Antilope cervicapra (extinct in wild) [4]

8. Central Asian red deer , Cervus hanglu (possibly locally extinct) [5]

9. Asian elephant , Elephas maximus [6]

10. Indian wild ass Equus hemionus khur [7]

11. Lion , Panthera leo [8]

12. Tiger , Panthera tigris [9]

13. Indian rhinoceros , Rhinoceros unicornis [10]

14. Barasingha , Rucervus duvaucelii [11]

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References

  1. ↑ "Missing birds". 25 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Extinction of Wildlife Species in Pakistan". 22 January 2019.
  3. ↑ Durant, S.; Mitchell, N.; Ipavec, A. & Groom, R. (2015). "Acinonyx jubatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T219A50649567.
  4. ↑ IUCN SSC Antelope Specialist Group (2016). "Antilope cervicapra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T1681A50181949.
  5. ↑ Brook, S.M.; Donnithorne-Tait, D.; Lorenzini, R.; Lovari, S.; Masseti, M.; Pereladova, O.; Ahmad, K. & Thakur, M. (2017). "Cervus hanglu". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T4261A120733024.
  6. ↑ Williams, C.; Tiwari, S.K.; Goswami, V.R.; de Silva, S.; Easa, P.S.; Kumar, A.; Baskaran, N.; Yoganand, K. & Menon, V. (2020). "Elephas maximus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T7140A45818198.
  7. ↑ Kaczensky, P.; Lkhagvasuren, B.; Pereladova, O.; Hemami, M.; Bouskila, A. (2016). "Equus hemionus ssp. khur". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T7963A3144616.
  8. ↑ Bauer, H.; Packer, C.; Funston, P. F.; Henschel, P. & Nowell, K. (2016). "Panthera leo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T15951A115130419.
  9. ↑ Goodrich, J.; Lynam, A.; Miquelle, D.; Wibisono, H.; Kawanishi, K.; Pattanavibool, A.; Htun, S.; Tempa, T.; Karki, J.; Jhala, Y. & Karanth, U. (2015). "Panthera tigris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T15955A50659951.
  10. ↑ Ellis, S. & Talukdar, B. (2019). "Rhinoceros unicornis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T19496A18494149.
  11. ↑ Duckworth, J. W.; Kumar, N.S.; Pokharel, C.P.; Baral, H. S. & Timmins, R. J. (2015). "Rucervus duvaucelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015: e.T4257A22167675.
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