7 BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS
That We Lost In
EXTINCTION
The thylacine, the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial (standing about 2 feet tall and 6 feet long, including the tail), once roamed mainland Australia and New Guinea.
Thylacine
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These flightless, ground-nesting birds were once abundant on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius. Dodos were larger than turkeys, weighing about 23 kg (about 50 pounds), with blue-gray plumage and a large head.
Dodo – Raphus cucullatus
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Only one quagga, a female at the London Zoo in 1870, was ever photographed. The quagga was found in large numbers in the wild in South Africa.
Quagga
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The woolly mammoth is the most well-known mammoth species. These large animals became extinct about 7,500 years ago, after the end of the last Ice Age.
Woolly Mammoth – Mammuthus primigenius
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The tarpan, also known as the Eurasian wild horse, lived in the wild until sometime between 1875 and 1890 when the last wild one was killed during an attempt to catch it. In 1918, the last tarpan in captivity died.
Tarpan
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There is some debate about whether the Seychelles giant tortoise is extinct in its entirety or only in the wild. Like related tortoise populations on other Indian Ocean islands,
Seychelles Giant Tortoise
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The Barbary lion was the largest and heaviest of the lion subspecies, once found from Morocco to Egypt. This magnificent creature was most likely used in gladiatorial combat during the Roman era.
Barbary Lion
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