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30 BCE
Saber-toothed tiger
Cause of extinction: global warming.The saber-toothed tiger belongs to the saber-toothed cat family that became extinct more than 10,000 years ago. They belong to the mahairod family. So the predators were nicknamed because of the monstrously large twenty-centimeter fangs, which in shape resembled the blades of daggers. And besides, they were jagged around the edges, like the weapon itself.
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10 BCE
Cave lion
cause of extinction: hunting. An extinct subspecies (according to another classification - a species) of lions, inhabiting Europe and Siberia during the Pleistocene. He was one of the largest representatives of the cat family of all time. -
9 BCE
Mammoth
cause of extinction: global warming.It is an extinct genus from the group of proboscis with long curved tusks, the northern species were covered with long hair. -
Dodo
Reason for Extinction: Hunting.An extinct flightless bird of the dodo subfamily, endemic to Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. -
Stelper Cow
Reason for Extinction: Hunting.Steller's cow, or also cabbage (lat.Hydrodamalis gigas) - a mammal of the siren squad exterminated by man. Discovered in 1741 by the expedition of Vitus Bering. The Russian name was given in honor of the naturalist Georg Steller, the doctor of the expedition, on whose descriptions a significant part of the information about this animal is based. -
Blue Antelope
Reason for Extinction: Hunting.An extinct African species of bovids (Bovidae), belonging to the subfamily of saber-horned antelopes. The blue antelope was once common in South Africa, but has been completely exterminated. The name of this antelope is due to the bluish sheen of its gray fur. -
Atlas Bear
Reason for Extinction: Hunting.The Atlas bear was dark brown in color, sometimes with a white spot on its face. The coat on the underside of the body was reddish. The length of the coat was 10-12 cm. The muzzle and claws were shorter than that of the baribal, although the Atlas bear was distinguished by a stronger and more massive constitution. Presumably, his main diet consisted of roots, acorns and nuts. -
Japanese Wolf
Cause of Extinction: Poisoning.In size, the Hokkaido wolf was larger than the Honshu wolf, approaching the parameters of an ordinary wolf. The subspecies was exterminated during the Meiji Restoration in 1889 during the intensive development of the island's territory for agricultural farms. The Meiji government assigned a bounty for every wolf killed and organized a campaign to poison them. -
Caroline Parrot
Cause of Extinction: Disease.Body length 32 cm, wings - 19 cm, wingspan - 55 cm, tail length 15 cm. The main color of the plumage is dark grassy green. The front of the head and sides are orange-red. The crown, sides of the head, and throat are yellow. Large wing coverts are olive green with yellowish tips. Flight feathers are of a dark grassy green color, with an intense purple-black color on the inner webs. -
Tasmanian Tiger
Reason for Extinction: Hunting.The marsupial wolf was the largest carnivorous marsupial. The length of its body reached more than 1 m, the length of the tail was 50 cm, the old males, as they say, became noticeably larger, reaching a total length of about 2 m. -
Aldabra snail
Cause of Extinction: Global Warming.A species of air-breathing terrestrial snails, a pulmonary gastropod mollusk from the family Cerastidae. This species lives on one atoll in the Seychelles, the Indian Ocean, and is easily recognizable by its purple-blue shell stripe. Wikipedia site: wikichi.com -
Pyrenean ibex
Reason for Extinction: Hunting.The males differed from the females in the size of their horns. So, for males bucardo were characterized by large, thick horns with a ribbed surface and curving back, and for females - short. There is an opinion that one "rib" on the horn of a bucardo male corresponded to the year of the animal's life, and the total number of "ribs" made it possible to judge its age. -
Dolphin Badges
Cause of Extinction: Hunting, Pollution.It is a light bluish gray dolphin with a white belly. Body length 1.4-2.5 m, weight 42-167 kg. Females are larger than males. The body is stocky. The neck is mobile. The pectoral fins are wide, as if chopped off at the end. The dorsal fin is of medium height, gently sloping, located slightly behind the middle of the body. Exposed out of the water, it resembles a flag. -
West African Rhino
Cause of Extinction: Poaching.The western black rhino was a fairly large species of black rhino. It reached about three meters in length and weighed 2 tons. Lived in Cameroon. The front horn was the largest and reached 50 centimeters in length.