An endling is the last known individual of a species or subspecies. Once the endling dies, the species becomes extinct. The word was coined in correspondence in the scientific journal Nature.
The last known thylacine (Tasmanian tiger), photographed at Hobart Zoo in 1933
Martha, the last passenger pigeon, died in the Cincinnati Zoo on September 1, 1914.
A dusky seaside sparrow (Ammospiza maritima nigrescens), officially declared extinct in 1990
A quagga mare at the London Zoo in 1870. This is the only specimen photographed alive.
Achatinella apexfulva is an extinct species of colorful, tropical, arboreal pulmonate land snail in the family Achatinellidae, once present on Oahu, Hawaii. A. apexfulva is the type species of the gen
Shell of ''Achatinella apexfulva cestus''
''Achatinella leucorraphe'' (Pilsbry, 1912)