Extinctions in The Wild
- Barbary Lion, Panthera leo leo, (North Africa)
- Egyptian Barbary Sheep, Ammotragus lervia ornata (Egypt)
- Labrochromis ishmaeli (Freshwater fish from Lake Victoria; Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
- Scimitar Oryx, Oryx dammah (Algeria, Burkina Faso, Chad, Egypt, Israel, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara)
- Paretroplus menarambo (Freshwater fish from Madagascar)
- Platytaeniodus degeni (Freshwater fish from Lake Victoria; Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
- Prognathochromis perrieri Yssichromis sp. nov. 'argens' Haplochromis lividus (Freshwater fish from Lake Victoria; Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda)
Read more about this topic: List Of Extinct Animals Of Africa
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