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Hypothetical species

{{Short description|Postulated extinct species without evidence}}

File:Guadeloupe Psittaciformes.Labat.jpg of three parrots on Guadeloupe. There are no remains of these parrots and so accurate taxonomic classification is impossible.]]

Several species have been assumed to exist, but due to a lack of physical evidence they can only be regarded as potential species. Hypothetical species are usually believed to be extinct. They have caused confusion, as they may have been a separate species, a subspecies, an introduced species or a misidentification.{{cite book|last=Fuller|first=Errol|title=Extinct Birds|publisher=Penguin Books (England)|year=1987|isbn=0-670-81787-2|pages=131}}

List of hypothetical species

{{Expand list|date=June 2022}}

=Birds=

=Non-avian dinosaurs=

=Mammals=

  • Andean wolf
  • Chilihueque, Lama araucana
  • Chinese elephant, Elephas maximus rubridens
  • Giraffa sahara{{Cite book|last=Solounias |first=Nikos |url=https://www.cambridgescholars.com/resources/pdfs/978-1-5275-8686-4-sample.pdf |title=Anatomy and Evolution of the Giraffe: Parts Unknown |date=2022-09-27 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-5275-8686-4 |pages=1–6 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240601140247/https://www.cambridgescholars.com/resources/pdfs/978-1-5275-8686-4-sample.pdf |archive-date=2024-06-01}}
  • Kallana
  • Long-necked seal, Phoca mutica
  • Shrewdingerhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/there-is-now-a-hypothetical-species-named-shrewdinger-because-of-you-16682798
  • Sonnerat's shrew, Diplomesodon sonnerati
  • Steller's sea ape, Simia marina
  • Sumxu
  • Unidentified extinct canid populations{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.cub.2018.08.041 |title=Interspecific Gene Flow Shaped the Evolution of the Genus Canis |date=2018 |last1=Gopalakrishnan |first1=Shyam |last2=Sinding |first2=Mikkel-Holger S. |last3=Ramos-Madrigal |first3=Jazmín |last4=Niemann |first4=Jonas |last5=Samaniego Castruita |first5=Jose A. |last6=Vieira |first6=Filipe G. |last7=Carøe |first7=Christian |last8=Montero |first8=Marc de Manuel |last9=Kuderna |first9=Lukas |last10=Serres |first10=Aitor |last11=González-Basallote |first11=Víctor Manuel |last12=Liu |first12=Yan-Hu |last13=Wang |first13=Guo-Dong |last14=Marques-Bonet |first14=Tomas |last15=Mirarab |first15=Siavash |last16=Fernandes |first16=Carlos |last17=Gaubert |first17=Philippe |last18=Koepfli |first18=Klaus-Peter |last19=Budd |first19=Jane |last20=Rueness |first20=Eli Knispel |last21=Sillero |first21=Claudio |last22=Heide-Jørgensen |first22=Mads Peter |last23=Petersen |first23=Bent |last24=Sicheritz-Ponten |first24=Thomas |last25=Bachmann |first25=Lutz |last26=Wiig |first26=Øystein |last27=Hansen |first27=Anders J. |last28=Gilbert |first28=M. Thomas P. |journal=Current Biology |volume=28 |issue=21 |pages=3441–3449.e5 |pmid=30344120 |pmc=6224481 |bibcode=2018CBio...28E3441G }}{{cite journal|doi=10.1016/j.isci.2019.09.008 |title=Genomic Approaches Reveal an Endemic Subpopulation of Gray Wolves in Southern China |date=2019 |last1=Wang |first1=Guo-Dong |last2=Zhang |first2=Ming |last3=Wang |first3=Xuan |last4=Yang |first4=Melinda A. |last5=Cao |first5=Peng |last6=Liu |first6=Feng |last7=Lu |first7=Heng |last8=Feng |first8=Xiaotian |last9=Skoglund |first9=Pontus |last10=Wang |first10=Lu |last11=Fu |first11=Qiaomei |last12=Zhang |first12=Ya-Ping |journal=iScience |volume=20 |pages=110–118 |pmid=31563851 |bibcode=2019iSci...20..110W |doi-access=free |pmc=6817678 }}

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=Arthropods=

=Other invertebrates=

=Plants=

See also

References

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