Extinct Animals

The moa, flightless birds native to New Zealand, lived on Earth until about 600 years ago. They were hunted to extinction by the Maori people and possibly also by introduced predators like humans and dogs.

The scientific name for the big pig in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science is "Brachiosaurus altithorax."

The scientific name for the extinct animal known as the Diprotodon is Diprotodon optatum. Otherwise known as a giant wombat, this animal is the one from which the order 'Diprotodontia' was derived. Diprotodontia encompasses marsupials such as wombats, koalas, kangaroos and possums (but not opossums, which are of a different order).

The scientific name for the mythical animal known as the dragon is "Draco" or "Draco volans" which is a genus of gliding lizards found in Southeast Asia.

The term 'passenger' was taken from the French word 'passager' which means 'to pass by'. Passenger pigeons took quite a while to 'pass by' because in the 1800's and before, their flocks were so huge. This is probably where the name came from.

There are many, many animals that are extinct. Extinct animals include the Stellar Sea Cow, the Thylacine, Caspian Tiger, and the Quagga just to name a few. For a detailed list of all known extinct animals, see the Related Links.

The scientific name for quagga is Equus quagga. It is a subspecies of plains zebra that was native to South Africa but became extinct in the late 19th century.

The largest flightless bird in New Zealand was the Giant Moa (scientific name Dinornis maximus and Dinornis giganteus),

Over time, India has seen several species of plants and animals go extinct. Some of the extinct species are the Nilgiri Holly (Ilex gardneriana), Kerala Legume Tree (Cynometra beddomei), Courtallum Wendlandia (Wendlandia angustifolia) and Meghalaya Sterculia (Sterculia khasiana).

It's called Endangered if a species is threatened to go extinct.

"Sauros" is a Greek word that means "lizard" or "reptile." It is commonly used as a suffix in scientific names of reptiles to indicate their class or order.

During the time of dinosaurs, early mammals, birds, and various reptiles lived alongside them. The majority of dinosaurs roamed the Earth during the Mesozoic Era, particularly during the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods. These creatures inhabited different regions around the globe, from forests and swamps to deserts and plains.

yes, he died of strangles in season 3. the episode was called quarantine

They are not extincted

about 360 million years ago

Peacocks are highly sought after for the religious purposes their feathers are used for. They are also being killed by pesticides. If caught killing a peacock, many charges include death according to sources, but not selling its feathers. Catching a peacock is easy as well, since they are flightless birds

If completely killed, the world would lose a brilliantly beautiful bird. These religions that so prize these peacocks would lose an iconic figure.

If a species goes extinct, anything it used to eat (be it plants or animals) now has one less predator and their numbers will increase. If they increase too much unchecked by their predators they may use too many resources and cause their own starvation. Another animal may start eating them, though -- since now they don't have to compete with the old species anymore.

Also, any animal which was a predator to the now-extinct species has lost a food source. They may have to find something else to eat or starve themselves into extinction, too.

In fiction, there are very many amounts of dragons of various description. This question is like asking

"What does a shoeprint look like?" They are very varied and it would depend on the type of dragon/shoe in question. For example, a typical dragon such as a wyvern would have large, lizard-like footprints at assumption, but the amphithere has no feet at all. I'm leaving the below comment because I find it funny. :D

A better answer would be: It all depends on which shoes my mother-in-law is wearing. :-)

It is related to a great white shark.

No, often people did not keep pets for the simple reason they could not keep them alive. They could not feed them often because they coloud not feed themselves. Rich people sometimes had a cat or a dog, but if they pooped in the wrong place or did not do a trick they would abandon them or kill them. Harsh or what!

This animal below have been extinct for more than 100 years. The Moa has been extinct for about 600 years

i dont know i say just kill them all off! hahahahahahahahaha

American lions are once said to be the biggest cat species living on earth, bigger than the african liger or the siberian tiger. Males can grow to be 5 ft tall at the shoulder, be up to 12 ft long, and weighs up from 700 pounds to 800 pounds. Females are 25 percent the size of males.
the American lion stood 5ft tall to the shoulder and was about 11.5 feet long not including its 4.3ft tail

Make a difference!

Animals are becoming extinct because people will cut down the forests and they will not take care of the earth, they just ruin it. I am not a part of this horrible creation of a mess. I recycle batteries, cardboard, and lots of other stuff. People should stop taking oil out of the earth; it isn't fair to the earth, because the earth can't put up a fight besides putting the oil way down deep in its crust. I think we should leave and die out, or get to work and fix as much as we have destroyed.

No one or anything should be treated how we have been treating the earth. My favorite animals are elephants and they are endangered because we give them nowhere to live that they can work with. We take their land and we used to kill them for their tusks. It is not right. No one should be killed because they have something someone else wants. No one should be killed because we humans are greedy. Some of us try to protect the elephants and all the endangered species and I am proud of them for helping the earth and not just helping themselves to anything the earth puts on the table for us to share with everything living. Most of us humans need to learn to share the earth and not just leave it there to pick off of until it can't hold are greed and it dies out.

The earth cannot hold us forever soon enough no one will free. There will either be no government and everyone is living on the streets half dead with no one to take care of them because they are either dead or just lost. Or the government controls how much we eat, when we sleep, how long we work, and the government will no longer care if we die out because they have a secret place where everything is perfect and safe or they just won't plain care. People will no longer know the difference between right and wrong no one will care if you commit suicide or just die. People will beg the people with food for some or they will just murder them and take it. No one will be the same, people can change and the world can die out.

We could find a place to live right now and get ready pack up and leave everything with the animals and all the other living things. But, I highly doubt that will happen I bet we will live here for as long as possible. And, when we have destroyed the earth as much as possible, then we pack up and leave. Then we get to the other world and we ruin that place. After that, we just keep going and make a difference. The people that help the earth can either make a difference. Or the world will be one of the things I just said.

By Evangeline Campbell

Age 11