List of African species extinct in the Holocene
Cattle, goats, antelopes, and others (family Bovidae)
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|Widespread through the continent in the Pleistocene, it became restricted to North Africa in the Holocene and survived until 3060-2470 BCE. Increased [[aridification]] and competition with domestic cattle have both been suggested as causes of its extinction.{{cite book |last=Turvey |first=Sam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbU-F42JU1AC |title=Holocene extinctions |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-19-953509-5 |pages= |access-date=29 February 2012}} |
|Widespread through the continent in the Pleistocene, it became restricted to North Africa in the Holocene and survived until 3060-2470 BCE. Increased [[aridification]] and competition with domestic cattle have both been suggested as causes of its extinction.{{cite book |last=Turvey |first=Sam |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mbU-F42JU1AC |title=Holocene extinctions |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-19-953509-5 |pages= |access-date=29 February 2012}} |
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|[[Tora hartebeest]] |
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|''Alcelaphus buselaphus tora'' |
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|Southwestern Eritrea and the Ethiopian-Sudanese border |
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