2nd Millennium BCE
- Circa 1900 BCE - Antillothrix bernensis survived on Hispaniola until about this time.
- Circa 1780 BCE - The last known population of Woolly mammoths on Wrangel Island died out, possibly due to a combination of climate change and hunting.
- Circa 1562 BCE - The rodent Elasmodontomys obliquus survived in Puerto Rico until about this time.
- Circa 1380 BCE - Acratocnus odontrigonus, formerly inhabiting Puerto Rico and Antigua, survived until about this time.
- Circa 1300 BCE - Thylogale christenseni survived in New Guinea until about this time.
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