List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene
Common name/scientific name Extinction date Range
Aurochs Bos primigenius India ( 13th century AD ) , Eurasia ( 1627 ) Northern Asia and Indian Subcontinent
Bali tiger Panthera tigris sondaica 1937 Indonesia ( Bali )
Buhler 's coryphomys Coryphomys buehleri 1500s Indonesia ( Timor )
Caspian tiger Panthera tigris tigris 1970s Turkey to China
Caucasian elk Alces alces caucasicus 1850s Caucasus Mountains , Iran and Turkey
Caucasian wisent Bison bonasus caucasicus 1925 Caucasus Mountains
Cebu warty pig Sus cebifrons cebifrons 2000 Philippines
Flores cave rat Spelaeomys florensis 1500s Indonesia ( Flores )
Flores long-nosed rat Paulamys naso 1500s Indonesia ( Flores )
Formosan clouded leopard Neofelis nebulosa brachyura 1990s Taiwan
Hokkaidō wolf Canis lupus hattai 1889 Japan ( Hokkaidō )
Honshū wolf Canis lupus hodophilax 1905 Japan ( Honshū )
Ilin Island cloudrunner Crateromys paulus April 4 , 1953 Philippines
Indian Javan rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus inermis Before 1925 Bangladesh , Burma ( Myanmar ) , and India
Japanese river otter Lutra lutra whiteleyi 1979 Japan
Japanese sea lion Zalophus japonicus 1974 Sea of Japan
Javan tiger Panthera tigris sondaica 1970s Indonesia ( Java )
Northern Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis Unknown Bangladesh , Burma ( Myanmar ) , and India
Queen of Sheba 's gazelle Gazella bilkis 1951 Yemen
Saudi gazelle Gazella saudiya Unknown Arabian Peninsula
Global Holocene extinctions -- Mammalia
Prehistoric extinctions ( beginning of the Holocene to 1500 CE ) Common name/scientific name Extinction date Range Image Cave lion Panthera spelaea 10000 BC Northern Asia and had a widespread across Europe and Southern Asia Chinese elephant Elephas maximus rubridens 1500 BC Eastern China -- Cyprus dwarf hippopotamus Hippopotamus minor Unknown Cyprus Elasmotherium Elasmotherium sp . 29000 BC Northern Asia Giant tapir Tapirus augustus 2000 BC China Giant deer Megaloceros giganteus 5700 BC Northern Asia Stegodon Stegodon florensis insularis 2150 BC Indonesia ( Flores ) and Philippine Islands Steppe wisent Bison priscus 3400 BC Central Asia to Siberia Syrian elephant Elephas maximus asurus 100 BC Middle East Woolly mammoth Mammuthus primigenius 2000 BC Northern Asia Woolly rhinoceros Coelodonta antiquitatis 10000 BC Northern Asia Recent extinctions ( 1500 AD to present )
The list of extinct animals of Asia features the animals that have become extinct along the history in the Asian Continent. This list only involves extinctions of the Holocene epoch.