Extinct Vertebrate species in South Africa

Mammals:

Bluebuck - Hippotragus leucopheaus (1800 - Renosterveld)
Cape Lion - Panthera leo ?? (1858 - Cape Flora)
Cape Warthog - Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus (1870 - Cape Flora)
Quagga - Equus quagga quagga (1878 - Grassveld and Nama Karoo)

Birds:

None.

A few locally extinct

African Skimmer,
Yellowbill Oxpecker (1910, reintroduced),
Egyptian Vulture

Reptiles:

Eastwoods Longtail Seps - Tetradactylus eastwoodiae (1928 - Zoutpansberg)
Gunters Dwarf Burrowing Skink - Scelotes guentheri - (1887 - Durban)

Amphibians:

None.

Fish:

None?

Posted on iSpot: 27 July 2015 - 7:29PM

Posted on March 7, 2018 11:46 AM by tonyrebelo