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List of mammals to likely have become extinct in Britian in last 15,000 years

Common name

Species

Date

Cause

Mammoth

Mammuthus primigenius

12500 b.p.

Climate

Saiga antelope

Saiga tatarica

12400 b.p.

Climate

Arctic fox

Alopex lagopus

12400 b.p.

Climate

Lemming

Lemmus lemmus

10500 b.p.

Climate

Arctic lemming

Dicrostonyx torquatus

10500 b.p.

Climate

Narrow-headed vole

Microtus gregalis

10500 b.p.

Climate

Pika

Ochotona pusilla

10000 b.p.

Climate

Wild horse

Equus ferus

9330 b.p.

Climate

Giant elk

Megaloceros giganteus

9225 b.p.

Climate

Reindeer

Rangifer tarandus

8300 b.p.

Climate

Wolverine

Gulo gulo

8000 b.p.

Hunting

Northern vole

Microtus oeconomus

3500 b.p.

Climate

Elk

Alces alces

3400 b.p.

Hunting

Aurochs

Bos primigenius

3250 b.p.

Hunting

Lynx

Lynx lynx

200 A.D.

Hunting

Brown bear

Ursus arctos

500 A.D.

Hunting

Beaver

Castor fiber

1300 A.D.

Hunting

Wild boar

Sus scrofa

1500 A.D.

Hunting

Wolf

Canis lupus

1700 A.D.

Hunting

Muskrat

Ondatra zibethicus

1935 A.D.

Hunting

Coypu

Myocastor coypus

1987 A.D.

Hunting

Source: A Short History of the British Mammal Fauna (interesting read)

Alternative list by Wikipedia

  • Arctic fox - c. 10000 BC
  • Arctic lemming - c. 8000 BC
  • Auroch - c. 1000 BC
  • Boar - c. 1500 (reintroduced)
  • Brown Bear - c. 1000 (may be as early as 500 BC)
  • Coypu - 1987 (non-native)
  • Elk - c. 1500 BC
  • European Beaver - c. 1300
  • Irish Elk - c. 6000 BC
  • Lynx - c. 400
  • Greater mouse-eared bat - 1990 (as resident)
  • Muskrat - 1935 (non-native)
  • Narrow-headed vole - c. 8000 BC
  • Root Vole - c. 1500 BC
  • Norway lemming - c. 8000 BC
  • Pika - c. 8000 BC
  • Reindeer - c. 6000 BC (reintroduced)
  • Saiga Antelope - c. 10000 BC
  • Wild horse - c. 7000 BC
  • Wolf - c. 1700
  • Wolverine - c. 6000 BC
  • Woolly Mammoth - c. 10000 BC
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