Extinction

Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its last member. A taxon may become functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to reproduce and recover. As a species' potential range may be very large, determining this moment is difficult, and is usually done retrospectively.

Extends: Extinction, [Biota by conservation status](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Biota by conservation status), [Environmental conservation](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Environmental conservation), [Evolutionary biology](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Evolutionary biology), [IUCN Red List](https://wikipedia.org.ai/IUCN Red List)