Moa A mere 1,000 years ago, giant flightless birds called moas inhabited the islands of New Zealand. There were more than a dozen species of moa http: //bagheera.com/inthewild/ext_moas.htm
Dusky Seaside Sparrow The dusky seaside sparrow became extinct in 1987. It is widely considered to be the most recent, well-documented extinction of a vertebrate in the United Sta http: //bagheera.com/inthewild/ext_sparrow.htm
Caribbean Monk Seal A sub-tropical marine mammal, the Caribbean monk seal was first recorded in modern scientific terms by Columbus in 1493 during his famous voyage to the Americas http: //bagheera.com/inthewild/ext_carbmonk.htm...
Dodo Bird The dodo bird inhabited the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, where it lived undisturbed for so long that it lost its need and ability to fly http: //bagheera.com/inthewild/ext_dodobird.htm...
Passenger Pigeon How could the passenger pigeon be extinct when it was the most abundant bird species on Earth no so long ago http: //bagheera.com/inthewild/ext_pigeon.htm
Small Wild Fowl The heath hen, a small wild fowl, was a relative of the prairie chicken. It was once considered quite tasty and was rather easy to kill http: //bagheera.com/inthewild/ext_heathhen.htm...
Blue Pike The blue pike was an endemic fish of the Great Lakes region in the United States and Canada. It was once commonly found in the waters of Lake Erie http: //bagheera.com/inthewild/ext_blupike.htm
Trumpeter Swan - An Alberta Endangered Species Trumpeters are the rarest swan in the world. They used to be abundant in North America but by the early 1900s, they were nearly extinct. http: //raysweb.net/specialplaces/pages/swan.html
The Peregrine Falcon: An Alberta Endangered Species Peregrines, the worlds swiftest birds, are endangered everywhere in Canada and in most places in the United States. http: //raysweb.net/specialplaces/pages/falcon.html...
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