Extinct Species

These are some of the plants and animals that were once part of our flora and fauna in this region (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin), but are now extinct. THEY NO LONGER EXIST ON EARTH

MAMMALS

Eastern Elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis)
Formerly found in: United States east of Great Plains
Extinct in 1880

BIRDS

Carolina parakeet (Conuropsis carolinensis carolinensis)
Formerly found in: Southeastern United States
Extinct about 1920

Heath Hen (Tympanuchus cupido cupido)
Formerly found in: Eastern United States
Extinct in 1932

Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius)
Formerly found in: Central and eastern North America
Extinct in 1914

FISHES

Blackfin cisco (Coregonus nigripinnis)
Formerly found in: Lakes Huron, Michigan, Ontario, and Superior
Extinct in 1960s

Blue pike (Stizostedion vitreum glacum)
Formerly found in: Lakes Erie and Ontario
Declared extinct in 1983

Deepwater cisco (Coregonus johannae)
Formerly found in: Lakes Huron and Michigan
Extinct in 1960s

Harelip sucker (Lagochila lacera)
Found in a few clear streams of the upper Mississippi Valley; Scioto River in Ohio; Tennesse River in Georgia; White River in Arkansas; Lake Erie drainage, Blanchard and Auglaize Rivers in northwestern Ohio
Not seen since 1900

Longjaw cisco (Coregonus alpenae)
Formerly found in: Lakes Erie, Huron, and Michigan
Declared extinct in 1983

Shortnose cisco (Coregonus reighardi)
Formerly found in: Lakes Huron, Michigan, and Ontario
No individuals collected since 1985

CLAMS

Leafshell (Epioblasma flexuosa)
Formerly found in: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee
Has not been found alive in over 75 years and since 1988 has been considered extinct

Round combshell (Epioblasma personata)
Formerly found in: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio
Has not been found alive in over 75 years and since 1988 has been considered extinct

Sampson's pearlymussel (Wabash riffleshell) Epioblasma sampsonii
Formerly found in: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky
Declared extinct in 1984

Scioto pigtoe (Pleurobema bournianum)
Formerly found in: Ohio

Tennessee riffleshell (Epioblasma propinqua)
Formerly found in: Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee
Has not been found alive in over 75 years and since 1988 has been considered extinct