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What? Extinct vertebrate in the bird family Psittacidae
When? The last individual was seen in the wild in 1910 and the last individual of this species died in a Zoo in 1918.
Where? The Carolina parakeet was found from southern New York and Wisconsin to the Gulf of Mexico, from the Atlantic littoral to as far west as eastern Colorado.
Why? Deforestation, hunting, pet trade, introduced honeybees, (poultry disease?)
Source: Wikipedia.org; by: Jimena Golcher-Benavides

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What? Extinct tiger subspecies
When? The last recorded tigers in the wild were in the late 1930s, they were officially listed as extinct in 2008.
Where? The Balinese tiger was found on a small island of Bali near Malaysia and the Philippines.
Why? Hunting, habitat loss, and a lack of prey were the main causes of the Bali tigers' extinction.

Source: Wikipedia.org
Jasmine Fong and Jannon Glaspie

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Who? Sabre-toothed Cat
What? Extinct mammal
When? Became extinct about 10,000 years ago during the Ice Age
Where? They once roamed the windswept plains of Patagonia and southern tip of South America
Why? Climate change, reliance on large animals, competition
Source: wikipedia.org

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Who?- West African Black Rhinoceros
What?- Extinct mammal
When?- Officially declared extinct in 2011
Where?- Found in the southeast region of Africa, last seen in Cameroon
Why?- Heavy Poaching

https://onekindplanet.org/top-10/top-10-worlds-extinct-animals/

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Animal extinctions may be caused by natural occurrences such as climatic heating or cooling or changes in sea levels. In more modern times, however, human activity has been to blame. Habitat destruction as farming land expands and forests are cut-down is the main cause of modern extinctions, along with pollution, the introduction of alien species, and over fishing or hunting. Increasingly, however, climate change is thought to be driving extinctions.

Here are 10 incredible animals that are now extinct. Read on to find out what happened.

10. West African Black Rhinoceros

The West African Black Rhinoceros was found in several countries towards the southeast region of Africa. Measuring 3-3.8 metres long and 1.4-1.7 metres in height, this rhino would have weighed 800-1,300 kg. It had two horns, one measuring 0.5-1.3 metres and the other between 2-55cm. Their diet included leafy plants and shoots. Some believe their horns had medicinal properties - though this had no grounding in scientific fact - which lead to heavy poaching. In the 1930's preservation action was taken to protect the species, but the numbers continued to decline. The last West African Black Rhino was seen in Cameroon in 2006. It was declared officially extinct in 2011.
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Picture credit: Africa Review

3. Dodo

An extinct flightless bird that inhabited Mauritius, the Dodo was about one metre tall and may have weighed 10-18 kg. The only account we have of the Dodo's appearance is through varied illustrations and written accounts from the 17 th century so its exact appearance remains unresolved. It is presumed the bird became flightless due to the availability of abundant food sources (seeds, roots and fallen fruits) and a relative absence of predators. Dutch sailors first recorded a mention of the dodo in 1598. The bird was hunted to extinction by sailors and their domesticated animals, and invasive species. The last widely accepted sighting of a Dodo was in 1662.

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10 Animals That Are Now Extinct | OneKindPlanet

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Animal extinctions may be caused by natural occurrences such as climatic heating or cooling or changes in sea levels. In more modern times, however, human activity has been to blame. Habitat destruction as farming land expands and forests are cut-down is the main cause of modern extinctions, along with pollution, the introduction of alien species, and over fishing or hunting.

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What? Extinct aquatic mammal, subspecies of the California sea lion.
When? Went extinct in the 1970s.
Where? The Sea of Japan, especially around Japanese Archipelago and the Korean peninsula.
Why? The species was hunted commercially to extinction.
Source: Wikipedia.org; by: Sarah Streett

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1. The Quagga
2. Extinct
3. the 1800s
4. South Africa
5. Hunted to extinction by European settlers

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Who? ​​- Tasmanian Tiger

When? - On the 7th of September 1936 the last Tasmanian Tiger died from exposure in a zoo.

Where? -  Typically found in Australia, Tasmania and Papua New Guinea.

Why? - Went extinct to excessive hunting and the natural habits of the species being destroyed.
Source: Wikipedia.org

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What? Endangered mammal
When? On April 12, 2012
Where? In the eucalyptus forests of southeastern and eastern Australi
Why? Habitat destruction, bushfires, disease

https://www.savethekoala.com/about-koalas/the-koala-endangered-or-not/
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In February 2022 the Koala was listed as Research conducted by the AKF strongly suggests the Koala's conservation status should be upgraded to " as the Queensland Minister for the Environment has declared them to be "functionally extinct". 'ENDANGERED' in QLD, NSW and ACT under the EPBC Act. The AKF believes that the Koala should have been listed in all States. CRITICALLY ENDANGERED" in the South East Queensland Bioregion

The AKF believes that the Federal Government is abrogating it's res ponsibility for protection of Koala habitat to the tates often pass principal responsibility to local government and then in AKF's view, the biodiversity of Australia is just extinguished. Local government is where most day to day decisions are made about what happens to Koala habitat but where there is often the least amount of resources and expertise in wildlife management or habitat assessment.

QUEENSLAND

With a change of government, in August 1996, the advised the AKF in writing that it intended to upgrade the Koala's listing to 'Vulnerable' by the end of 1996. This did not happen.

NEW SOUTH WALES (NSW)

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SOUTH AUSTRALIA

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On 12th February 2022 the Koala was listed as Endangered under the EPBC Act.
INTERNATIONAL
Listings for the National Koala population
The IUCN (The International Union for Conservation of Nature) lists the Koala as 'POTENTIALLY VULNERABLE'. This relatively low listing is influenced by Victoria's "apparently" stable official Koala conservation status. However, the Australian Koala Foundation does not agree with the Victorian Government's assessment of that state's current situation.

In 2000, the Koala was listed as 'THREATENED' under the United States Endangered Species Act by the US Fish & Wildlife Service. This is one category below 'Endangered'.

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The Koala - Endangered or Not? - Australian Koala Foundation

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" In February 2022 the Koala was listed as Research conducted by the AKF strongly suggests the Koala's conservation status should be upgraded to " as the Queensland Minister for the Environment has declared them to be "functionally extinct". 'ENDANGERED' in QLD, NSW and ACT under the EPBC Act.

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Extinct
10,000 years ago
North & South America
Climate change & decline in prey

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1. Wolly mammoth
2. species of mammoth that lived during the Pleistocene until its extinction in the Holocene epoch
3. 10,000 years ago
4. East Asia
5. Hunting from humans and disappearance of its habitat through climate change

Wikipedia.org

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What? A type of wolf that was very similar to wolves today. The main difference between the dire wolf and other wolves were the size of its jaws and the number of teeth.
When? This wolf became extinct between 10-16,000 years ago.
Where? This wolf was found in both North and South America.
Why? The most agreed upon reason as to why this wolf went extinct is that its main prey animal went extinct and it wasn't able to successfully hunt after that.

Source: https://www.sdnhm.org/exhibitions/fossil-mysteries/fossil-field-guide-a-z/dire-wolf/

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Dire Wolves' geographic range spanned from coast to coast in North America and from Canada to South America.

Canis lupus , the Timber Wolf or Gray Wolf, developed in northern Eurasia and probably crossed over the Bering Strait land bridge into North America. The two species, Canis lupus and C. dirus , coexisted for 400,000 years in North America.

In Our Region
A partial skeleton of Canis dirus has been found by the San Diego Natural History Museum paleontology staff in National City. Dire wolves are very common at Rancho La Brea.

Ecology
The greatest number of fossils have been found in the Rancho La Brea tar pits of California, where remains from over 3,600 Dire Wolf individuals have been discovered, making this species more common than any other mammal there.

Why did so many wolves die there? What may have happened is that prey animals ventured into the tar seeps, became entangled and started thrashing about because they were unable to extricate themselves. This in turn lured the wolves to make the same mistake, in pursuit of easy prey. Dire wolves are believed to have been the major predator species of the area around the Los Angeles Basin during the end of the Pleistocene.

Scientists make inferences about the diet of Dire Wolves based on fossil remains. They surmise that C. dirus may have been carrion feeders when they were unable to capture live prey. Their jaw structure and teeth were very massive and capable of crushing heavy bones. Many fossils show wear and tear on the teeth as well as fractures on other bones.

Along with mammoths and mastodons, the Dire Wolf died off between 10-16,000 years ago.

Why did these animals become extinct? Many hypotheses exist. The Dire Wolf skeleton is more stout than that of the Gray Wolf, suggesting an adaptation for power rather than speed. Most of its prey species were rather sedentary herbivorous animals that were not able to run very fast to escape predation. Scientists suspect that once those relatively slow-moving prey animals became extinct, the Dire Wolf may not have been able to hunt and capture swifter prey in order to survive.

The evolution of wolves is of special interest to us, because of their importance as the direct ancestor to the domesticated dog. We can trace many connections between wolves and wolf ancestors and dogs today. For example, the so-called "dew claw" of the dog first appeared in the Miocene; one wolf ancestor, Tomarctus, had a vestigial l fifth claw on the hind legs.

Domesticated dogs had probably already begun living with humans around 14,000 years ago as revealed by scientific research at archaeological sites in Peru, Bolivia, and Mexico. This is also about the time that the Dire Wolves died out.

Further Investigation
Human interaction with Dire Wolves remains unclear. Is the appearance of humans in North America in conjunction with the extinction of Dire Wolves a coincidence, or does it reflect the negative effect of hunting? Some scientists also have suggested that the wolves competed unsuccessfully with humans for prey species. More information is needed to determine the answer to this complex question.

Suggested Reading
Gittleman, J. A., ed. 1996. Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution . Ithaca, NY: Comstock Publishing.

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Place Dire Wolves' geographic range spanned from coast to coast in North America and from Canada to South America. Canis lupus , the Timber Wolf or Gray Wolf, developed in northern Eurasia and probably crossed over the Bering Strait land bridge into North America. The two species, Canis lupus and C.

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Who? Dodo AKA Raphus Cucullatus
What? extinct bird
When did it take place? 1681
Where did it take place? Island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean
Why did it happen? eaten by Portugese sailors

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Who? Dire Wolf
What? Extinct
When? 13,000 years ago
Where? The snow-covered, northern landscape
Why? The disappearance of their prey
Source:
https://theconversation.com/dire-wolves-went-extinct-13-000-years-ago-but-thanks-to-new-genetic-analysis-their-true-story-can-now-be-told-153223

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Dire wolves went extinct 13,000 years ago but thanks to new genetic analysis their true story can now be told

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Our research shows dire wolves lived in the tropics not the Arctic, and were not especially close relatives of the grey wolf.

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Extinct
Unkown/ Predicted. Pliocene Era 2.3 million years ago.
Tropical and temperate oceans
Global Cooling/ Competition/ Lack of Food

(Jesse M. Morris)
Source: Britannica

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1) Who is it about? Black Rhinos.
2) What happened? Hunted for their horns
3) When did it take place? 2011
4) Where did it take place? West Africa
5) The hunters would sell it to the highest bidder and use the horns for medicine.

Source Wikipedia

Wikipedia

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Who: Saber toothed Tiger

What: Extinct vertebrae in the cat family Felidae

When: The Saber toothed tiger died around 10,000 years ago

Where: The Cat lived in North and South America

Why: It is speculated that the Saber toothed Tiger died due to climate change and its reliance on Larger animals for food. The exact cause is unknown.

Source: Wikipedia.org; by: Tyler Woolridge

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extinct
1627
Poland
unrestricted hunting

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