Extinct Animals by Sonia Lobo

The Dodo

slobobran — 2022-09-05 23:09:25 UTC

The dodo or dronte (Raphus cucullatus) is an extinct species of columbiformes bird of the Raphinae subfamily. It was a flightless bird endemic to the island of Mauritius, located in the Indian Ocean (900 km from the island of Madagascar). The dodo, as well as other birds of the Indian Ocean, were related to pigeons that had lost the ability to fly to adapt to a terrestrial life.

Miss Waldron's red Colobus

slobobran — 2022-09-05 23:15:38 UTC

The Waldron's red colobus (Piliocolobus waldronae) is a species of primate mammal of the cercopithecid family (called Old World monkeys) that inhabits the forests of the Ivory Coast and Ghana. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of P .badius.

Quagga

slobobran — 2022-09-05 23:31:26 UTC

The quaga or quagga (Equus quagga quagga) is an extinct subspecies of common zebra (Equus quagga). Unlike the existing subspecies today, the cuaga was a zebra with reddish-brown fur that was not striped on the back and hindquarters, and was dotted with black stripes on the face, neck, sides, and mane. The belly and legs were entirely white. These great differences in coloration led to it being initially described (1788) as a separate species

Irish Elk

slobobran — 2022-09-05 23:36:03 UTC

The Irish elk, giant deer or megalocero (Megaloceros giganteus)12 was the largest deer in history. Similar to a large fallow deer, its antlers measured up to 3.5 m from tip to tip. Although it lived throughout Europe and much of Asia from half a million years ago until its extinction in recent times, it is often popularly known as "Irish elk" due to the abundant finds of specimens preserved in the peat bogs of Ireland.

Sea Cow

slobobran — 2022-09-06 00:44:18 UTC

The Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) is an extinct species of sirenid mammal of the Dugongidae family that measured about 8 meters in length (up to 10 in some cases) and weighed from 4 to 10 tons, which had a forked tail and a rough black skin

Alabama Mussel

slobobran — 2022-09-06 01:01:09 UTC

The mussels (Mytilidae), commonly known as mussels or mussels (in some parts of South America), are a family of bivalve molluscs of great economic and gastronomic interest.

Yangtze river dolphin

slobobran — 2022-09-06 01:06:00 UTC

The baiji (traditional Chinese: 白鱀豚, simplified Chinese: 白暨豚, pinyin: Báijìtún), also called the Chinese river dolphin, (Lipotes vexillifer) is an extinct species of toothed cetacean in the family Iniidae. It was a river dolphin endemic to the Yangtze River (China).

Caribbean monk seal

slobobran — 2022-09-06 01:10:13 UTC

The Caribbean monk seal or Caribbean friar seal (Neomonachus tropicalis) is an extinct species of pinniped mammal of the phocid family. Native to the Caribbean Sea, it probably became extinct in the 20th century. It was the only seal that lived in purely tropical waters, and the only pinniped in the Caribbean Sea.

Alabama Mussel

slobobran — 2022-09-06 01:21:58 UTC