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8000 BCE
The Giant Ground Sloth
Giant ground sloths were large, lumbering beasts that lived in the Americas during the Ice Age. Giant sloths, probably had more in common with modern elephants than their cuddly counterparts today. These 20-foot behemoths weighed up to four tons and sported huge clawsThey were directly related to today's modern sloths. They were also distantly related to anteaters and armadillos.Ground sloths were herbivores, meaning they ate vegetation. https://clck.ru/VEgQj -
5000 BCE
The Irish Elk
The Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) also called the giant deer or Irish deer, is an extinct species of deer in the genus Megaloceros and is one of the largest deer that ever lived. Its range extended across Eurasia during the Pleistocene, from Ireland to Lake Baikal in Siberia. The most recent remains of the species have been carbon dated to about 7,700 years ago in western Russia. https://clck.ru/VEBQx -
1700 BCE
Woolly Mammoth
An enormous mammal, believed to be closely related to the modern-day elephant. The creature was over 4 metres tall and weighed over 6 tons. They were covered in fur and their curved tusks could be up to 5 metres long! The Woolly Mammoth disappeared 10,000 years ago through a combination of hunting by humans and the disappearance of its habitat through climate change. The last woolly mammoth populations vanished from Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean around 1700BC. https://clck.ru/VEAKt -
The dodo
The Dodo was about one metre tall and may have weighed 10–18 kg. 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 sighting of a Dodo was in 1662. https://clck.ru/VEAKt -
The great auk
It is a species of flightless alcid. It bred on rocky, isolated islands with easy access to the ocean and a plentiful food supply, The great auk was 75 to 85 centimetres (30 to 33 inches) tall and weighed about 5 kilograms.The Little Ice Age may have reduced the population of the great auk by exposing more of their breeding islands to predation by polar bears, but massive exploitation by humans for their down drastically reduced the population. https://clck.ru/VEBFZ -
The pig-footed bandlcoot
Chaeropus, known as the pig-footed bandicoots, is a genus of small mammals that became extinct during the twentieth century. They were unique marsupial with unusually thin legs yet were able to move rapidly. Two recognised species inhabited dense vegetation on the arid and semi-arid plains of Australia. They had broad heads, and a long yet slender snout. Their fur was coarse and straight, but not spiny. In color they varied from grizzled grey through fawn to orange-brown. https://clck.ru/VEBc4 -
Pyrenean Ibex
One of four subspecies of the Spanish Ibex that was found in the Iberian Peninsula. The Ibeу grow to a height of 60-76cm at the shoulder and weigh 24-80 kg and fed mainly on grasses and herbs. By the early 1900s its numbers had fallen to fewer than 100. The exact cause of the Pyrenean Ibex’s extinction is unknown. The last Pyrenean Ibex was killed by a falling tree in northern Spain in 2000. https://clck.ru/VEAKt -
West African Black Rhinoceros
It was found in the southeast of Africa. They were 3-3.8 metres long and 1.4-1.7 metres high and weighed 800-1,300 kg. It had two horns. Their diet included leafy plants and shoots. Some believe their horns had medicinal properties 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 https://clck.ru/VEAKt