Additional Examples
Carnivora
- Bali tiger †
- Channel Island fox in California, United States, and the enigmatic, nearly extinct Cozumel fox
- Cozumel raccoon
- Honshū wolf † in Japan
- Sardinian dhole †
- Zanzibar leopard, possibly extinct
Ungulates
- Key deer of the Florida Keys
- Extinct red deer populations in Jersey
- Philippine sambar
- Candiacervus ropalophorus †, Crete
- Cervus astylodon †, Ryukyu Islands of Japan
- Hoplitomeryx †, the Gargano promontory (the former Gargano Island) of South Italy
- Philippine water buffalo, tamaraw, anoa, the extinct Bubalus cebuensis † and other dwarf bovids from Southeast Asia
- The strange, tiny Balearic Islands cave goat (Myotragus balearicus) † in Majorca and Minorca and its close relative Nesogoral †, from Sardinia which became extinct after human settlement
- Several extinct species of dwarf hippopotamus from the Pleistocene of Mediterranean islands (such as Hippopotamus minor) † and Madagascar
Birds
- King Island emu and Kangaroo Island emu, both extinct
Lizards
- Brookesia micra, a less than 3.0 cm long chameleon from the islet of Nosy Hara off the northern tip of Madagascar, one of the "smallest amniote vertebrates in the world"
Snakes
- Tiger snakes of Roxby Island, South Australia
- Reticulated pythons of Tanahjampea island (P. r. jampeanus), between Sulawesi and Flores in Indonesia
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