This article is about the last remaining member of a taxon. For the TV series, see Endlings (TV series). For the album, see Endling (album).
The last known thylacine (Tasmanian tiger), photographed at Hobart Zoo in 1933.
An endling is the last known individual of a species or subspecies. Once the endling dies, the species becomes extinct. The word was coined in correspondence in the scientific journal Nature.