Woolly Mammoth

Woolly Mammoth

The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), also known as tundra mammoth, was a species of mammoth. The woolly mammoth was discovered from the frozen carcasses and bones in northern Eurasia and northern North America. These animals are the well known species of mammoth. They began to disappear from its range some 10,000 years ago in the Pleistocene. However, a handful number of species still survived in the 1700 B.C. in Wrangel Island. Scientists did not face any kind of difficulty in comprehending the nature of woolly mammoth as their remains did not turn into stone but are conserved in their organic state. One of the possible reasons was the frozen climate and the gigantic size. Woolly mammoth were not believed to be larger than African elephants. The adult woolly mammoths had could grow to a size of 2.7 meters (9 feet) and 3.2 meters (10 feet). They had smaller ears as compared to the present-day elephants. The length of these ears could measure around 30 cm (12 inches).

Tasmanian tigers The largest carnivore marsupial, Tasmanian tiger (thylacine) is also known as Tasmanianwolf. These animals are endemic to New Guinea and Tasmania in the continental Australia. It follows that these tigers were become extinct by the mid of 20thcentury. Scientists have discovered numerous fossils that tell the story of these tigers in early Miocene. It is also believed that Tasmanian tiger was the last existing species among its family. These wild animals had become extinct before the European begins to settle in Australia; however, it continued to exist in Tasmania together with other animals. One of the foremost reasons of their extinction is the Tasmanian tigers hunting at an excessive scale; some other causes include epidemic diseases, emergence of wilddogs, and habitat loss. These tigers were considered to be apex predators. These species was not very much like placental mammals but some of their general adaptations coincide with these mammals. Tasmanian devil is believed to be its closest relative which is still existing. Tasmanian tigers first emerged some 4 million years before. By the end 20thcentury, last seven Tasmanian tigers fossils were discovered in the northwest Queensland.Pyrenean Ibex

The Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) was a subspecies of the Iberian wild goat that went extinct in 2000.

Once found throughout the French, Spanish and Andorran Pyrenees, the population wasseverely thinned by hunting.

In 2009, scientists were able to clone a female Pyrenean ibex using DNA from preserved skin samples.Due to lung defects, the ibex died shortly after birth, according to The Telegraph.

Quagga

The Quagga (Equus quagga ssp. quagga) was a subspecies of the common plains zebra and a native of South Africa. Known for its unique stripes, theQuagga was hunted for its hide and killed by rancherswho believed the animals competed with livestock for grazing area, according to PBS.

Thelast known Quagga died at the Amsterdam Zooin 1883

Great Auk

PAThe great auk (Pinguinus impennis) was a flightless coastal bird that bred on rocky islands around the North Atlantic, including in Canada, Greenland, Iceland, the British Isles and Scandinavia.

They wereslaughtered in huge numbers until the late 18th century, according to the British Natural History Museum. Although hunting declined, the rare birds became a prized specimen for collectors and they were driven to extinction by the mid-1850s.

Bubal Hartebeest

The Bubal hartebeest, or Bubal antelope, (Alcelaphus buselaphus ssp. buselaphus) was a subspecies of African antelope that lived in North Africa.

The animals were hunted to extinction and the last known Bubal hartebeest was killed in Algeria sometime between 1945 and 1954, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Once nearly extinct the population of theWhooping Craneraised from 21 in 1941 to 437 in 2011.

Thanks to a breeding program by theMauritian Wildlife Foundationand theGerald Durrell Endemic Wildlife Sanctuarythe entire population of theMauritius Parakeetraised from roughly 10 in the 1980s to 300 in 2007.

Thanks to a breeding program the population of theMauritius Kestrelraised from 4 in 1974 to 800 in the 2000s.

TheMadagascar Pochardis an extremely rare duck species endemic to Lake Matsaborimena, Madagascar. Thanks to a captive breeding program the population increased to 80 individuals in 2013.

TheSpoon-billed Sandpiper(Eurynorhynchus pygmeus) is a critically endangered wader from Russia and Southeast Asia with possibly less than 1000 individuals left.

Lonesome George, who died on 24 June 2012, was the lastPinta Island tortoise

The last individual of theBonin Nankeen Night Heronwas shot in 1889

One of the first photographs of a livingHula painted frogwhich was rediscovered in November 2011 after it was thought to be extinct since 1955.

TheBritish Large Copper(Lycaena dispar dispar) was an endemic subspecies of the Large Copper from the British Isles. It was last seen in 1851.

TheAlaotra Grebewas officially declared extinct in 2010 after its last confirmed sighting in the 1980s.

The last livingLesser Stick-nest Ratwas seen in 1933. The last fresh stick-nest of this species was found in 1970.

TheWhite-footed Rabbit-ratwas last seen in 1845.

TheKioeafrom the likewise extinct Hawaiian bird familyMohoidaebecame extinct around 1858.

TheBulldog Ratwas endemic toChristmas Islandand became extinct by 1903.

TheGalapagos damselwas last seen in the early 1980s. It disappeared after theEl Nio-Southern Oscillationhad turned off the plankton production in the Eastern Pacific.

The last sighting of theHawaii was in 1934.

The last pair of theAuckland Islands Merganserwas shot in 1902.

Bennett's Seaweedis the first extinctprotistlisted in the IUCN redlist.

The lastSyrian Wild Assdied in captivity in 1928.

TheMegatheriumwas a largeground slothof theSouth Americanmegafauna.

The last knownSchomburgk's Deerwas killed in 1938.

TheWoolly Mammothwas a well-known elephant-like mammal of theIce Age.

The last purebredAurochswas beaten to death in 1627.

Urania sloanusis an extinct butterfly from Jamaica which was last collected in the 1890s.

Since 1970, the Black Rhino population, native to southern and east Africa, has declined by 90% to less than 3,000. They are killed primarily for their horns. Trade of Rhinos has been banned for more than twenty years. Although having banned trading of the species, there still continues to be a great demand for Rhino parts.

Within a few short years, Giant Pandas could be facing extinction. Fewer than 1,000 remain in their native habitat of China. The main reason for their decline is due to loss of natural habitat and poaching.

These magnificent cats are native to tropical zones in Southeast Asia and temperate regions like the Russian Far East. Less than 6,000 tigers remain in the wild. The most urgent threat to the species is poaching for body parts and bones used in traditional Asian medicines.

The perennial Goldenseal herb is favored by naturopathists for its ability to heal numerous ailments from haemorrhoids to allergies. Home in the hardwood forests of North America, the demand for this cure-all perennial herb has recently leaped more than 30%.

Prized by turtle trappers and dealers for its rare meat, Alligator Snapping Turtles, the largest of freshwater turtles from North America, is quickly being depleted due to increased shipments to many international world markets including Asia.

Demand for the red colored wood goes unabated because of worldwide consumer demand for quality mahogany hardwood furniture. Although mahogany trees are widely distributed in tropical forests from Mexico to the Amazon Basin, the species grows naturally only as individual trees rather than in groups of large forest stands. Wholesale stripping of Amazon forests has resulted in perhaps 70 per cent of the world's supply being depleted large forest stands. Wholesale stripping of Amazon forests has resulted in perhaps 70 per cent of the world's supply being depleted.