Atlas of
Historically
Lost Species

Primary sources, maps, and images for species documented in writing before their extinction.

Seventeenth-century woodcut of a flowering laserpitium plant, with broad leaves and three umbels
Laserpitium in a 1644 edition of Theophrastus. Image source ↗

Index

01—12
01 SilphiumThe plant of Cyrenaica Cyrenaica Identity unresolved 02 Great aukPinguinus impennis North Atlantic 5 sources · 3 places 03 Steller’s sea cowHydrodamalis gigas Bering Sea 4 sources · 1 place 04 DodoRaphus cucullatus Mauritius 4 sources · 3 places 05 AurochsBos primigenius Europe 3 sources · 1 place 06 Rodrigues solitairePezophaps solitaria Rodrigues 3 sources · 1 place
07 Rodrigues saddle-backed tortoiseCylindraspis vosmaeri Rodrigues Dossier in preparation
08 Rodrigues domed tortoiseCylindraspis peltastes Rodrigues Dossier in preparation
09 BluebuckHippotragus leucophaeus Cape, South Africa 2 sources · 1 place
10 Mauritius blue pigeonAlectroenas nitidissimus Mauritius Dossier in preparation
11 Cuban macawAra tricolor Cuba Dossier in preparation
12 Falkland Islands wolfDusicyon australis · warrah Falkland Islands Research notes

Index figures are generated illustrations informed by historical depictions; they are not source images.