2000s[edit]

2000 - "Celia," the last Pyrenean Ibex dies under a fallen tree. The
reasons for its extinction are still being debated. However in 2009 it was
cloned back into existence but died 7 minutes later due to defects in the
lungs, making it extinct once again.
2003 - The last individual from the St. Helena Olive, which was grown in
cultivation, dies off. The last plant in the wild had disappeared in 1994.
2006 - A technologically sophisticated survey of the Yangtze River failed
to find specimens of the Baiji Dolphin, prompting scientists to declare it
functionally extinct.
[23]

2008 - The Liverpool Pigeon (Caloenas maculata) is thought to have
become extinct.
2010s[edit]
2010 - The Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) is declared extinct.
2011 - The Eastern Cougar was declared extinct.
[24]

2011 - The Western Black Rhinoceros was declared extinct.
[25]

2012 - The Japanese River Otter (Lutra lutra whiteneyi) has been
declared extinct by the countrys Ministry of the Environment, after not
being seen for more than 30 years.
2012 - "Lonesome George," the last known specimen of the Pinta Island
Tortoise died on 10 June 2012.
2013 - The Cape Verde Giant Skink, is declared extinct.
2013 - The Formosan clouded leopard, previously endemic to the island
of Taiwan, is officially declared extinct.
[26]

2013 - The Scioto madtom, a species of fish is declared extinct.



Baiji Dolphin



















Liverpool Pigeon




Alaotra Grebe


Eastern Cougar




Western Black Rhinoceros




Japanese River Otter




Lonesome George










Cape Verde Giant Skink



Formosan Clouded Leopard








Scioto Madtom