List of extinct animals of Catalonia
This is a list of extinct and extirpated animals of Spain.
Globally extinct species
Globally extinct mammals
- Aurochs - human-caused
- European lion - human-caused
- Irish elk
- Monk seal - c. 1950; human-caused
- Pyrenean ibex - c. 1900 in Catalonia, 2000 in Aragón (project of cloning by Advanced Cell Technology and the Aragon government, one ibex lived for 7 minutes in 2009); human-caused
- Saiga antelope
- Wild horse
- Woolly mammoth
- Woolly rhinoceros
Locally extinct species
Locally extinct mammals
- Brown bear - c. 1980 (reintroduced in 1996); human-caused
- Wolverine
Locally extinct birds
- Great bustard - c. 1950 (some wandering individuals from Castile); human-caused
Locally extinct fish
- Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) - c. 1950; human-caused
- Common sturgeon (Acipenser sturio) - c. 1950; human-caused
See also
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