EXTINCT ANIMALS

 

Extinct animals means that animals are no longer alive. They

disappear and die out. When the environment changes, they

cannot adapt themselves to the environment. Every animal

has its own story. The Kids of Gordion found the the trace

of some of them.

 

Abrictosaurus

It lived in the early Jurassic Period, appoximately 200 to

190 million years ago.

 

 

Ambulocetus

It was a walking whale, lived 50 - 49 million years ago. It

shows how whale evolved from land-living animals.

 

 

Auckland Islands Merganser

The bird was not flightless, but rather hard to flush; it

preferred to hide between rocks when pursued. The last

sighting was of a pair shot on January 9, 1902.

 

 

Aurochs

It was a very large type of cattle that became extinct in 1627.

 

 

Bali Tiger

It is an extinct subspecies of tiger found solely on the small

Indonesian island of Bali. The last one was killed in 1937.

 

 

Barbary Lion

It was a subspecies of lion that became extinct in the wild.

 

 

Basilosaurus

It lived 40 to 34 million years ago. First fossils were found

in Louisiana, United States.

 

 

Beipiaosaurus

It lived 120 million years ago and it is among the largest

known feathered dinosaurs.

 

 

Bluebuck

The first large African mammal that disappeared in historic times.

 

 

Brachiosaurus

One of the largest animals ever to walk the earth. It has

become one of the most famous of all dinosaurs and is widely

recognised worldwide.

 

 

Broad Faced Potoroo

It lived in Australia until 1875.

 

 

Bubal Hartebeest

It was an antelope that became extinct in 1923.

 

 

Caribbean Monk Seal

It is a considered extinct species of seal. It is the only seal

ever known to be native to the Caribbean sea and the Gulf of

Mexico. The last recorded sighting occurred in 1952.

 

 

Ceratosaurus

It was a large predatory dinosaur from the late Jurassic

Period.

 

 

Crescent Nail-tail Wallaby

It lived in the woodlands and scrubs of the west and centre of

Australia until 1956.

 

 

Cuban Red Macaw

It is an extinct parrot that formerly occurred on Cuba and

the Isla de la Juventud until the late 19th century. The

Cuban Red Macaw was reasonably common around 1800.

During the early 19th century, the human population in its

home range increased dramatically, leading to widespread

deforestation. The bird was also hunted for food despite the

fact that its meat tasted bad, and nests were plundered or

disturbed to acquire young birds to keep as pets.

 

Cymbospondylus

It was one of the largest ichthyosaurs that lived 220 million

years ago.

 

 

Dodo

It was a flightless Mauritian bird that became extinct in the

late 17th century.

 

 

Dorudon

It lived in the warm seas between 41 - 33 million years ago.

 

 

Eskimo Curlew

It is/was a medium-sized New World shorebird. It is believed

to be extinct. Members of this species bred on the tundra of

western arctic Canada and Alaska.

 

 

Eudimorphodon

It is the oldest pterosaurian known. It lived around present

Italy during the Middle Triassic.

 

 

Excalibosaurus

It was a fish like reptile that existed approximately 196.5 -

189.6 million years ago in what is now England.

 

 

Falkland Island Fox

It was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands.

This endemic canid became extinct in 1876

 

 

Great Auk

In the past, the Great Auk was found in great numbers on

islands off eastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway,

Ireland and Great Britain, but it was eventually hunted to

extinction. It has been extinct since 1852.

 

 

Guadalupe Storm-petrel

The introduction of cats to Guadalupe Island decimated the

population during the late 19th century.

 

 

Hadrosaurus

It lived near what is now the coast of New Jersey, USA

around 80 million years ago.

 

 

Hawaiian Rail

It was a somewhat enigmatic species of diminutive rail that

lived on Big Island, Hawaii, but has been extinct since 1890.

 

 

Himalayan Quail

It was extremely rare and is feared extinct.

 

 

Huayangosaurus

It lived in China 165 million years ago.

 

 

Ichthyolestes

It lived in Pakistan 50 million years ago.

 

 

Iguanodon

It lived in Europe between 130 and 120years ago.

 

 

Janjucetus

It lived about 25 million years ago in the coastal seas off

southeast Australia.

 

 

King Island Emu

It lived on King Island between mainland Australia and

Tasmania. The last one died in 1822.

 

 

Labrador Duck

The last Labrador Duck is believed to have been seen at

Elmira, New York on December 12, 1878.

 

 

Laysan Rail

It was a tiny inhabitant of the Northwest Hawaiian Island of

Laysan. It became extinct due to habitat loss by feral rabbits,

and ultimately World War II.

 

 

Lord Howe Swamphen

It was a large bird in the family Rallidae endemic to Lord

Howe Island, Australia. It became extinct in the early 19th

century.

 

 

Mariana Mallard

This species is an interesting example of hybrid speciation. It

became extinct in 1981.

 

 

Mammoth

Most mammoths died out at the end of the last Ice Age,

around 4,500 years ago

 

 

New Zealand Quail

It has been extinct since 1875.

 

 

Ornithocheirus

It was the earliest giant pterosaur that lived 125 million

years ago.

 

 

Pakicetus

It became extinct 34 million years ago. It was found in

Pakistan, hence its name.

 

 

Passenger Pigeon

During the 19th century, the species went from being one of

the most abundant birds in the world to extinction

 

 

Pink-headed Duck

This duck formerly occurred in eastern India, Bangladesh and

northern Myanmar, but is now probably extinct.

 

 

Protoceratops

It was a sheep-sized, herbivorous dinosaur that lived 83.5 to

70.6 million years ago.

 

 

Pteranodon

It lived in North America 89.3 - 70.6 million years ago.

 

 

Quagga

It was a kind of zebra that became extinct in 1883.

 

 

Quetzalcoatlus

It was one of the largest known flying animals of all time. It

lived 84 - 65 million years ago.

 

 

Red Rail

It was a Mauritian bird that became extinct in the 1700s.

 

 

Réunion Sacred Ibis

It is an extinct bird species that was native to the island of

Réunion. It lived until the early 18th century.

 

 

Rodhocetus

It became extinct 47 million years ago.

 

 

Rodrigues day gecko

It lived on the island of Rodrigues. It hasn't been seen since

1917.

 

Saltasaurus

They were herbivorous dinosaurs that lived 70 to 65 million

years ago.

 

 

Schomburgk's Deer

This deer was endemic to Thailand. The wild population of

Schomburgk’s deer is thought to have died because of

overhunting in 1932, with the last captive individual being

killed in 1938.

 

 

Seychelles Parakeet

The species is suspected to have become extinct due to

intense persecution by farmers and coconut plantation owners

in the Indian Ocean islands.

 

 

Spectacled Cormorant

It is an extinct marine bird of the cormorant family of

seabirds that inhabited Bering Island and possibly other places

in the Komandorski Islands until 1850.

 

 

Tahitian Red-billed Rail

It was reported to have existed until recently in 1844 on

Tahiti.

 

 

Tarpan

It was the Eurasian wild horse. The last specimen of this

species died in captivity in Ukraine in 1918 or 1919.

 

 

Toolache Wallaby

It has been extinct since 1943. Many people considered it

to be the most elegant, graceful and swift species of kangaroo.

 

 

Umoonasaurus

It was an aquatic reptile that lived 115 million years ago in

shallow seas covering parts of what is now Australia.

 

 

Velociraptor

It was a turkey-sized dinosaurl that existed approximately

83 to 70 million years ago.

 

 

White-footed Rabbit-rat

It was kitten-sized and was one of Australia's largest native

rodents. It was nocturnal and lived among trees until 1857.