Six Animals That are Now Extinct
Six among thousands of animals that are now extinct
Great Auk
The Great Auk stood about 30-34 inches tall. The Great Auk was considered a large flightless bird. Similar to a penguin. Extinction is believed to have occurred from over hunting by humans. The Great Auk laid only one egg per year and humans also contributed heavily to their extinction by gathering their prized eggs and hunting them for their "down". The Great Auk was found in large numbers in the Northern Atlantic. The last Great Auk was spotted in 1852.
Caspian Tiger
Recent DNA analysis has has proved that the Caspian Tiger and the Siberian Tiger are almost identi
cal. In the early 1900's Russia intentionally set out to eradicate the Caspian Tiger. The Russian army was instructed to kill all Caspian Tigers they came across. The exact date of extinction is not know. It is commonly believed to be between 1947 and 1955. There have been occasional sightings of Caspian Tigers with the most recent being in 1997 but it has not been proven.
Quagga
The now extinct Quagga was a type of zebra that was uniquely colored by having its zebra stripes only on the front part of the body. A picture of a living Quagga was taken at a London zoo in 1870.
The last wild Quagga was believed to be killed in the late 1870's. The last known Quagga alive was a Quagga that was in captivity that died in 1883 at a Zoo in Amsterdam. There are 23 known mounted and stuffed Quaggas.
Thylacine: The Tasmanian Tiger
Thylacine, also known as The Tasmanian Tiger and The Tasmanian Wolf use to roam Australia. Before Australia became inhabited the Thylacine was already 
extinct from the Australian mainland, however the Thylacine thrived on the Island of Tasmania for many years until hunting, disease, the introduction of wild dogs, and human encroachment killed off the remaining Thylacines. The extinction of the Thylacine on Tasmania occurred around 1930. The last known Thylacine was shot and killed by a farmer in 1930.
The Thylacine was unique as it has a "protective sheath" that protected the genital area on males as they ran through sharp and thorny brush.
Scientists have been able to recover the DNA from A Thylacine in the museum and believe they will one day be able to restore the Thylacine animal to once again live,breed, and roam the earth.
Eurasia
n Cave Lion
The Eurasian cave lion was a huge animal. In 1985 some remains were found of an adult male Cave Lion. The body measured 7 feet long. If you count the tail it was even longer. Many remains of the Cave Lion have been found in caves, thus their name of Cave Lions. Scientists do not believe that the Cave Lions actually lived in the caves. The Cave Lion lived among other lions outside like their prehistoric ancestors. We have learned much about the Cave Lion from prehistoric cave drawings.
Dodo Bird
The Dodo Bird is a flightless bird that has been extinct since the 1700's. Some experts state the extinction actually occurred in the late 1600's. The Dodo Bird was not afraid of humans. This helped contribute to the species extinction. The Dodo bird is one of the most commonly known extinct animals among people.
The Dodo bird meat was said to be tough, but with good flavor. It is closely related to the modern pigeon . Image Credits: (WikiPedia)
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I only knew about the DODO bird & Dinosaurs and some elephants...it was nice to read this piece of information. Will ask my friends also....lets see how much they know..
Great article and a very fine collection of images!
Love the pictures!
Sad
Soon there will be a lot more animals added to this list unfortunately.
Very good article. Like Millie says sadly, many more to follow. :(
Someday,we cannot see wild animals again. In my country, there is only dozen tigers in jungle.
Excellent article...sad to think about the loss of so many animals.
I agree that this article is an excellent one. It will surely serve as an eye opener to all people out there. Thank you.
i'm interested on tiger species
Well Tigers are going extinct. In my country, we just have few thousands now. Hope my little one remains lucky enough to see them at least in a National Park!
Great job on this article and super pics ;)
Did not know all that very interesting!
Very interesting. Unfortunate that these magnificent animals are now extinct.
This was a really cool article.
good article that leaves me somewhat sad.
Very good article w/ great pics. So sad to see that we can never see those animals ever again. What is also sad is how many species are endangered now.
Good article.
very interesting and always sad when an animal becomes extinct.
Great article
that quagga looks straight up weird
The Spammers sure like this article lol
Hey, they know quality!
Never heard of the quagga, what a bizarre creature.
lol. Thanks AJ!
I am working on a new article and some of the animals on it make the Quagga look like a friendly house pet.
Great article, may have to be updated after the gulf oil spill. many more could be added. Good job BP.
Some crazy looking animals in there and too bad they are now extinct but it seems for each animal there is a close relative to them still alive in the animal kingdom.
Awesome! You know the way to my heart.
This is a great article. I wrote an article a couple of years ago about the Tasmanian Tiger. Some people who live on Tasmania believe that there are still a few left, though no real evidence has been brought forth. They really were cool animals with the face of a dog/wolf, the stripes of a tiger, and a pouch! Anyway...really cool article and great information. It's good for people to know that animals are really disappearing in our time!
I also have read about people that swear they see them occasionally. It seems like UFO sightings.
i know some of these animals i know there was a complete write up bout dodo birds when i was in grade school
Gotta love learning about animals from the past, even just a few thousand years ago. Really puts my view on life in perspective. Just because we see the world a certain way now doesn't mean it is by any means permanent.
Ernie, you make history fun to read like National Geographic....awesome articles and pictures!!
Thanks you for the nice comment. I love National Geographic and wish i could write and take photos at that level.
On a side note this article has a Google Page Rank of 2...thats pretty cool.
great article- i particularly liked the quagga- what a name and what a beast
Unfortunately the list is going to continue to grow with there now being 7 billion people on the earth and we gained 5 billion of those people in 200 years. It took 195,000 years to gain the first billion. Poor animals lets help them.
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