If something is extant, it is still in existence, in spite of being very old. Two fourteenth-century manuscripts of this text are still extant The oldest extant document is dated 1492. = surviving. still existing in spite of being very old (exstans, present participle of exstare , from stare )
Extant plants and animals which are relics of the flora and fauna or other geologic time periods and are of historic or scientific significance are considered under botanical areas or zoological areas, respectively, and are identified and formally classified primarily because of their recreational values