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Extinct Animals

All the information you need to know about animals that have already become extinct.

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If oil supplies get exhausted how will affect your life style?

The worlds economies would collapse. You would not be able to get any food supplies and would starve to death unless you live on a farm and can raise your own food.

Why did Stephens Island wren become extinct?

Supposedly the lighthouse keeper's cat (Tibbles) had been hunting the species of wren for weeks and single-handedly wiped out the entire species. However, other birds of the species later arrived, and also fell prey to feral cats.

What is the Trogdor?

He has one arm, mini feet and two little wings. He is known for 'burninating' things, particulally 'the country side, and all the peasants who live in thatched roof cottages' As well as being in the episoed 'dragon' he is also the main charicter in 'trogdor' the game, and the goal/main nemisis in 'peasant quest' the game. He also recures throughout the homestar runner site.

Who is Claire Holt best friend?

Her bestfriend is her former co star from the Australian Nickelodeon show H20 Phoebe Tonkin. Ironically both girls also got cast in separate popular t.v. shows on the cw network. Claire as a vampire on Vampire Diaries. And Phoebe as a witch on The Secret Circle.[

When did the Giant Moa of New Zealand become extinct?

No extinction is as well documented as that of the New Zealand Moa (pronounced mo-ah).

It was a large flightless bird of the order Dinornithiformes. Weighing up to 250Kg and 2.5 metres high, it was hunted to extinction by the Maoris by about 400 years ago.

The Moa occupied the ecological niche in New Zealand of the antelope, rhinoceros and kangaroo in other countries, and lived in habitats from forest to alpine tundra.

They were abundant when the Maoris arrived in New Zealand about 1,000 years ago.

Being so easy to catch and kill, only the best parts of the bird were eaten, the rest being discarded. One site alone shows evidence of 30,000 to 90,000 birds having been butchered over the period of Maori habitation.

Dr Tim Flannery's book, "The Future Eaters" gives a good account of the extinction of the Moa and he quotes "Prodigious Birds" by Atholl Anderson as a "splendid work on the Moa".

What natural disasters has happened in the last 20 years?

There have been many natural disasters to occur over the last 20 years. Some of the natural disasters were earthquakes, tornados, hurricanes, and tsunamis.

How long ago did mammoths become extinct?

that depends because their was a lot of kinds of mammoth their is a

the woolly mammoths ...... and more . but usually about as long as a normal human (that doesn't smoke or take drugs )

Where do mammoth live?

They are now extinct, but they used to lived in the North American and Eurasian prairie plains 1.7 million years ago because they ate grass.

When did the mammoth go extinct?

because The Woolly Mammoth probably went extinct because it couldn't adapt to the combined pressures of the climatic warming that occured when the Ice Age ended, together with predation from humans.

Are thylacines alive?

The Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger and sometimes the Tasmanian Wolf), became extinct during the 20th century. The last known specimen died in the Hobart Zoo on the 7th of September, 1936. It was hunted to extinction after a bounty was placed on it as a livestock killer. There is disputed evidence that a very small number may yet still exist in the Tasmanian wilderness, but nobody has seen, photographed or trapped one. A recent attempt was made to clone one, but failed due to the DNA being of insufficient quality.

How many ty the Tasmanian tiger games are there?

so far, there is 4 games, there are 2 for the ps2 and 1 of the xbox and last but not least one on game boy advance

What animal group is the thylacine in?

The thylacine, now extinct, was a mammal. It was a marsupial, or pouched mammal. It was also in the group own as Dasyurids, which refers to the carnivorous marsupials.

What is a thylacine's appearance?

The thylacine is the Australian marsupial commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger, or sometimes the Tasmanian wolf. It was Australia's largest carnivorous marsupial. The animal was native to Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea, and is feared extinct since 1936. Both male and female thylacines had pouches and a striped coat, and were otherwise physically similar to a dog or small wolf. The female's pouch was for raising the young joeys, whilst the male's was to protect his reproductive organs whilst running through the thick bushland.

When did the last thylacine die?

The Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger or Tasmanian wolf, was last seen in Tasmania in 1936. The last known specimen died in the Hobart Zoo, and no more have been sighted in the wild.

How long is a baby thylacine in the womb?

Thylacines no longer reproduce are they are now extinct. Being marsupials, the baby Thylacine joeys would have been no larger than about 2cm long at birth. Most of their development occurred in the female's pouch.

Extinct since 1936 the Tasmanian tiger wolf was neither a tiger nor a wolf What was it?

The correct name for the Tasmanian Tiger is Thylacine. It was a carnivorous marsupial, or dasyurid, like the Tasmanian Devil, although recent research suggests it was most closely related to the numbat than the Tasmanian Devil.

The Tasmanian Tiger, also known as the Tasmanian Wolf, was native to Tasmania, the southern island state of Australia. It was the largest carnivorous marsupial in the world before its believed extinction in 1936. The first disputed sighting of the Thylacine was by Dutch explorer Abel Tasman in 1642, although his description also matched that of the tiger quoll. The Tasmanian Tiger was only classified in 1808 and it was so named because of its distinctive striped backs. It was also called the Tasmanian Wolf because of its vague resemblance to a wolf and the unique howling noise it would make to communicate.

Therefore the Tasmanian Tiger or Wolf was in fact neither a tiger nor a wolf, but instead its own unique species of marsupial that is sadly now extinct.


When was a reward offered for the killing of thylacines?

The Tasmanian colonial government introduced a reward, or bounty, for the slaughter of the Thylacine (also known as a Tasmanian tiger or a Tasmanian wolf) in 1830. Another bounty was offered in 1888, and this later bounty scheme only ended in 1909.

What time of year did the thylacine breed?

Usually late spring to summer (around November and December, sometimes January, at the very latest February)

What is Mammoth Dentin?

Dentin is one of the four main components of teeth. It makes up the layer beneath the tooth enamel. Mammoth dentin is simply the dentin from a mammoth's tooth.

What caused the extinction of the mammoth?

Mammoths became extinct because of climate change. The atmosphere's temperature went up so high that it made mammoths become extinct. Over hunting by our ancestors that lived during the ice age is also one of the factors why they got extinct.
either they couldn't deal with the climate change around 10,000 years ago, or they were hunted to extinction by early humans
Because it disappeared at 1,700 B.C.

Does the thylacine stay with its young?

The Thylacine is now extinct.

When the Thylacine was still in existence, the female was a dedicated mother, like all marsupials. The young Thylacine joeys stayed in the mother's pouch until they were old enough to be transferred to a den, where the mother continued to look after them.

How do you identify a thylacine?

It probably won't come up since nobody's seen one since 1936. They are considered extinct.

However, they're roughly dog-sized, have stripes (not so vivid as a tiger's, more like an okapi's) and if you should see one walking by, is tail sticks out much more horizontally than a dog's.

The Thylacine was about 100cm-110cm in length, with its strong, stiff tail half the length of its body again. It stood about 60cm tall at shoulder height.

Its fur was grey-brown (not orange, as sometimes depicted), and it had up to 16 black or brown stripes on its back, predominantly at the tail end.

Although it moved on four legs, it had strong hind legs shaped a little like those of a kangaroo. A carnivorous marsupial, it was able to open its jaws as wide as a snake can, which is a feat not matched by any other mammal.