Gone Forever: Recently Extinct Animals

Nonfiction (natural history, environment, travelogue, etc) books about species and subspecies of animals that gone extinct (or are thought to have become extinct) during human history.

Examples:
Dodo
Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger or Wolf)
Carolina Parakeet
Caribbean Monk Seal
Passenger Pigeon
Bali Tiger
Vietnamese Javan Rhinoceros
Great Auk
Golden Toad
Hokkaido Wolf
Yangtze River Dolphin
Eastern Cougar

Lists:
Threatened or Vulnerable Animals
Endangered Species

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1	The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 77,867 ratings score: 762, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams 4.32 avg rating — 25,824 ratings score: 498, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	A Feathered River Across the Sky: The Passenger Pigeon's Flight to Extinction by Joel Greenberg 3.88 avg rating — 358 ratings score: 487, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Moa: The Life and Death of New Zealand's Legendary Bird by Quinn Berentson 4.67 avg rating — 46 ratings score: 475, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Ghost with Trembling Wings: Science, Wishful Thinking, and the Search for Lost Species by Scott Weidensaul 4.30 avg rating — 356 ratings score: 460, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Tracking the Vanishing Frogs: An Ecological Mystery by Kathryn Phillips 4.15 avg rating — 53 ratings score: 390, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinction by David Quammen (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 8,591 ratings score: 386, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Hope Is the Thing with Feathers: A Personal Chronicle of Vanished Birds by Christopher Cokinos 4.22 avg rating — 451 ratings score: 381, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Survivors; the Animals and Plants that Time has Left Behind by Richard Fortey 3.87 avg rating — 1,166 ratings score: 356, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	A Message from Martha: The Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and Its Relevance Today by Mark Avery 3.99 avg rating — 97 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	A Gap in Nature: Discovering the World's Extinct Animals by Tim Flannery 4.22 avg rating — 730 ratings score: 260, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Last Chance to See: In the Footsteps of Douglas Adams by Mark Carwardine (Author/Photographer) 4.40 avg rating — 2,948 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Thylacine : The Tragic Tale of the Tasmanian Tiger by David Owen 3.93 avg rating — 184 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Flock Together: A Love Affair with Extinct Birds by B.J. Hollars (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 66 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Great Auk by Errol Fuller 4.52 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	In Search of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker by Jerome A. Jackson 3.82 avg rating — 77 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Of Golden Toads and Serpents' Roads (Volume 34) (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series) by Paul Freed 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Caribbean Monk Seals: Lost Seals of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea by John Hairr 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Witness to Extinction: How We Failed to Save the Yangtze River Dolphin by Samuel T. Turvey 4.11 avg rating — 108 ratings score: 165, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Lonesome George: The Life and Loves of a Conservation Icon by Henry Nicholls 4.08 avg rating — 178 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Lost Species: Great Expeditions in the Collections of Natural History Museums by Christopher Kemp 4.13 avg rating — 139 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Huia Come Home by J. Ruka (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 273 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Curse of the Labrador Duck: My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction by Glen Chilton 3.48 avg rating — 142 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Thylacine: The History, Ecology and Loss of the Tasmanian Tiger by Branden Holmes (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Lost Wolves of Japan (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Brett Walker 3.98 avg rating — 128 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	A Shadow and a Song: The Struggle to Save Endangered Species by Mark Jerome Walters 4.61 avg rating — 33 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	Tasmanian Tiger: The tragic story of the thylacine by David Owen 3.93 avg rating — 184 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Carolina Parakeet: Glimpses of a Vanished Bird by Noel F.R. Snyder 4.56 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Animals of a Bygone Era: An Illustrated Compendium by Maja Säfström 4.38 avg rating — 465 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Gone: A Search for What Remains of the World’s Extinct Creatures by Michael Blencowe (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 379 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Last Tasmanian Tiger: The History and Extinction of the Thylacine by Robert Paddle 4.42 avg rating — 45 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger by Margaret Mittelbach 3.87 avg rating — 464 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Extinct by Anton Gill (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Dodo and the Solitaire: A Natural History by Jolyon C. Parish 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Who Killed the Great Auk? by Jeremy Gaskell 3.52 avg rating — 23 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	The Great Auk: The Extinctionof the Original Penguin (3) (Lost Worlds) by Errol Fuller 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	Extinct Birds by Errol Fuller 4.46 avg rating — 52 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Passenger Pigeon by Errol Fuller 4.02 avg rating — 49 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Dodo: A Brief History by Errol Fuller 3.91 avg rating — 69 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker by Tim Gallagher 3.99 avg rating — 546 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Prodigious Birds: Moas and Moa-Hunting in New Zealand by Atholl Anderson 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	The Passenger Pigeon: Its History and Extinction by A.W. Schorger 4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Quaggas and Other Zebras by BARNABY (David) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 78, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Equus - Comprising the Natural History of the Horse, Ass, Onager, Quagga and Zebra by Charles Hamilton Smith it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 77, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Eastern Cougar by Chris Bolgiano (Editor) 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Quest For The Eastern Cougar: Extinction or Survival? by Robert Tougias 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Beast of Never, Cat of God: The Search for the Eastern Puma by Bob Butz 3.19 avg rating — 32 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The doomsday book of animals: a natural history of vanished species by David Day (Goodreads Author) 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Encyclopedia of Vanished Species by David Day (Goodreads Author) 3.79 avg rating — 14 ratings score: 70, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record by Errol Fuller 3.94 avg rating — 271 ratings score: 69, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Extinct Animals: An Encyclopedia of Species that Have Disappeared during Human History by Ross Piper 3.58 avg rating — 31 ratings score: 68, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Bones of the Tiger: Protecting the Man-Eaters of Nepal by Hemanta Mishra 3.57 avg rating — 30 ratings score: 62, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Of Tigers and Men: Entering the Age of Extinction by Richard Ives 3.96 avg rating — 81 ratings score: 61, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Of Tigers and Men by Richard Ives 3.96 avg rating — 81 ratings score: 60, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Eastern Panther: Mystery Cat of the Appalachians by Gary Parker really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 59, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Tigers of the World: The Science, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris (Noyes Series in Animal Behavior, Ecology, Conservation, and Management) by Ronald Tilson (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 58, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Parrots of the World by Joseph M. Forshaw 4.60 avg rating — 107 ratings score: 57, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose 4.16 avg rating — 426 ratings score: 56, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	The Lost World of the Moa: Prehistoric Life of New Zealand by T.H. Worthy 4.50 avg rating — 12 ratings score: 55, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Extinct Birds of New Zealand by Alan Tennyson 4.29 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 54, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Extinct Birds (Poyser Monographs) by Julian P. Hume 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 53, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars