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The Dodo
The Dodo
Dodo is an extinct bird that does not fly.
The Dodo were grey or brown. Their head was bald and grey. The beak was green, black or yellow. These birdse were very large - about 1 meter heigh. Their weight was from 10 to 23 kg. The Dodo lived in Mauritius island located in the Indian ocean.The reasons for the disappearance of the Dodo: the excessive hunting of the Europeans who arrived on the Islands of Mauritius. -
Steller cow
Steller cow
Steller cow is an extinct animal.
The body of the Steller cow was thick, the head was small, the limbs had the form of short rounded lastows. The skin of the Steller cow was naked, folded and extremely thick. It had the color from gray to dark brown.
These animals lived in the Pacific ocean along the coast of Asia.
Causes of extinction of the Steller cow: people hunted the Steller cow for meat. -
Tarpan
Tarpan
Tarpan is an extinct ancestor of the modern horse. Tarpan was a small animal with a thick head, sharp ears, short wavy hair and a tail. Its color was black and brown, yellow and brown or dirty yellow with a broad dark stripe along the back. Its legs, mane and tail were dark. Steppe areas, Europe, the European parts of Russia, Kazakhstan and Western Siberia.
The reasons for the extinction of the Tarpan: the destruction of natural habitat. -
Japanese wolf
Japanese wolf
Japanese wolf is extinct animal. The length of the body was about 40cm. These animals were more than 30cm heigh and weighed about 10 pounds. The Japenese wolf once occupied the islands in Japan.The cause of the extinction of the Japanese wolf was the development of the Islands of Japan by men and the government's policy aimed to exterminate this animal. -
Passenger pigeon
Passenger pigeon
Passenger pigeon is an extinct bird of the pigeon family. The body length was about 35-40 cm, the length of the wings was about 20 cm. It weighed about 250-340 g. Its head and rump were grey. It had scarlet eyes. The passenger pigeon was common in the deciduous forests of North America east to the Rocky Mountains.
Causes of passenger pigeon's extinction: the excessive hunting and the loss of habitat. -
Barbary lion
Barbary lion
Barbarisi lion is an extinct ancestor of a modern lion. The weight of males ranged from 160 to 250 kg, females - from 100 to 170 kg. It had a thick dark mane that grew on its head and shoulders hanging down to the belly.
Barbary lion lived in North Africa , from Morocco to Egypt.
Causes of extinction Barbarische lion: spreading of guns, the policy of destruction, hunting. -
Thylacine (Tasmanian tiger)
Thylacine
Tasmanian tiger is an extinct marsupial animal. It was the largest animal among the carnivorous marsupials. It resembled a modern dog a lot. Its chest was elongated and it had bent legs. Its hair was short and thick. The colors were grey, yellow and brown.
The Australian Island of Tasmania.
The reasons for the extermination of the Tasmanian tiger: hunting by the European settlers. -
The Bali tiger
The Bali tiger
Balinese tiger is an extinct animal that lived only on the island of Bali. The Balinese tiger was rather a small tiger. The length of males was from 120 to 230. Its weight was about 90-100 kg. It had a short red fur with a small amount of black bars. The Balinese tiger lived on the island of Bali, the Indonesian archipelago.
The reasons for the extinction of the Bali tiger: the mass hunting and the destruction of habitats. -
Caspian tiger
Caspian tiger
The Caspian tiger is the ancestor of tigers that lived in Central Asia. The Caspian tiger was bright red with long strips. Its weight was about 240 kg.It lived in reeds along river banks.
The Caspian tiger lived on vast territories along the coasts of the Black and Caspian Seas.
The Caspian tiger is a totally extinct animal. It happened because of human hunting and lack of food. -
Black Cameroonian rhinocero
Black Cameroonian rhinoceros
Western black rhinoceros is a large and powerful animal. It weighed 2 tons, its length was about 3m and its height was 150-160 cm. It had two horns on its head, but there were some animals which had three and even five forward pointing horns.
Black Cameroonian rhinocero lived in Central, Eastern and Southern Africa .
The reasons for the extinction of the Black Rhino Cameroon: the mass hunting.
