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From Cambridge University Press

Table 1: Recorded extinctions, 1600 to present

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Taxa
No. of extinctions on Island
No. of extinctions on Mainland
No. of extinctions on Ocean
Total
Percentage of extinctions on Islands
Percentage of taxon extinct
Mammalsa
51
30
4
85
60
2.1
Birdsa
92
21
0
113
81
1.3
Reptilesa
20
1
0
21
95
0.3
Amphibiansa
0
2
0
2
0
0.05
Fisha
1
22
0
23
4
0.1
Molluscsb
151
40
0
191
79
Invertebratesb
48
49
1
98
49
0.01
Flowering plantsb
139
245
0
384
36
0.2

aFrom Primack, Essentials of Conservation Biology, 1998.

bFrom WCMC, Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's Living Resources, 1992.


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