Recently Extinct Animals 2024 List. The iucn red list of threatened species™ is the world’s most comprehensive information source on the global extinction risk status of animal, fungus and plant species. There are 856 mammal, bird, amphibian and reptile species currently missing—but researchers continue to search.

An update to the international union for conservation of nature’s red list of threatened species has declared 31 animal and plant species extinct. The international union for conservation of nature (iucn) has released its latest red list of threatened species.