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Originally Posted by NCC
Don’t forget about the mega fauna that the indigenous people of North America hunted into extinction such as mastodons and mammoths.
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All forms of Pleistocene wild horse (H)
Equus alaskae (H)
Equus cedralensis[150] (H)
Mexican horse (Equus conversidens) (H)
Equus complicatus[151] (H)
Tarpan (Equus ferus ferus) (H)
Equus fraternus (H)
Equus giganteus[152] (H)
Yukon horse (Equus lambei) (H)
Equus mexicanus[153] (H)
Niobrara horse (Equus niobrarensis) (H)
Pacific horse (Equus pacificus)[154] (H)
Western horse (Equus occidentalis) (H)
Equus semiplicatus (H)
Hagerman horse (Equus simplicidens) (H)
Scott's horse (Equus scotti) (H)
Stilt-legged horse (Haringtonhippus francisci, formerly Equus francisci) (may be a synonym of Mexican horse) (H)
All members of North American tapir (Tapirus, four species) (H)
California tapir (Tapirus californicus) (H)
Cope's tapir (Tapirus copei) (H)
Merriam's tapir (Tapirus merriami) (H)
Vero tapir (Tapirus veroensis) (H)
Various members of Camelidae
Western camel (Camelops hesternus) (H)
Stilt legged llama (Hemiauchenia, several species)(H)
Stout legged llama (Paleolama) (H)
Three of the last four Antilocapridae genera (pronghorns survived)
Capromeryx (H)
Stockoceros (H)
Tetrameryx (H)
American mountain deer (Odocoileus lucasi) (H)
Stag-moose (Cervalces scotti) (H)
Several members of Caprinae (the muskox survived)
Shrub-ox (Euceratherium collinum) (H)
Harlan's muskox (Bootherium bombifrons) (H)
Soergel's ox (Soergelia mayfieldi) (H)
Harrington's mountain goat (Oreamnos harringtoni, smaller and more southern distribution than its surviving relative) (H)
Bison (only Bison bison in North America, and Bison bonasus in Eurasia, survived) (H)
Ancient bison (Bison antiquus) (H)
Long-horned/giant bison (Bison latifrons) (H)
Steppe bison (Bison priscus) (H)
Bison occidentalis (H)
Californian beaver (Castor cf. californicus)[155]
Giant beaver (Castoroides ohioensis et Castoroides leiseyorum) (H)
Aztlan rabbit (Aztlanolagus sp.) (H)
Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica, extirpated) (H)
Giant tortoise (Hesperotestudo sp. et Gopherus donlaloi) (H)
Cuban flightless crane (Grus cubensis) (H)
La Brea Crane (Grus pagei) (H)
Saint Croix macaw (Ara autocthones) (H)
Mexican thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta phillipsi)[143]
Turkeys (Meleagris californica et Meleagris crassipes)[143] (H)
Antilles monkeys (Xenotrichini) (H)
Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas, extirpated in North America) (H)
Neochoerus (e.g. Pickney's capybara, N. pinckneyi) (H)
Giant hutia (Heptaxodontidae) (H)
Giant pika (Ochotona whartoni) (H)
Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla, extirpated, range partially recolonised)[161][162]
Eremotherium, a megatheriid ground sloth (H)
Nothrotheriops (Nothrotherium), a nothrotheriid ground sloth (H)
Megalonyx, Nohochichak,[163][164] and Xibalbaonyx,[165][166] megalonychid ground sloths (H)
Paramylodon and Glossotherium, mylodontid ground sloths (H)
Greater Antillean dwarf ground sloths (Megalonychidae) (H)
Acratocnus (H)
Habanocnus (H)
Megalocnus (H)
Megalonyx (H)
Miocnus (H)
Neocnus (H)
Various members of Glyptodontidae
Glyptotherium[167] (H)
Pachyarmatherium (H)
Beautiful armadillo (Dasypus bellus)[168] (H)
Pampatheres (e.g. Holmesina) (H)
Mixotoxodon[169][170] (H)
Gomphotheriidae sp. (H)
Cuvieronius[173] (H)
Stegomastodon[174] (H)
Mammoth (Mammuthus) (H)
Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) (H)
Pygmy mammoth (Mammuthus exilis) (H)
Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) (H)
American mastodon (Mammut americanum) (H)
Flat-headed peccary (Platygonus sp.) and long-nosed peccary (Mylohyus sp.) (H)
Pleistocene Yucatán peccary (Muknalia minimus)[175] (H)
Some of these are not North America "proper" (Caribbean) but the list is pretty long.
Why only look at 1850+? Humans have been doing this sort of stuff for a long time. We are amazing disruptors.