Extinct animals Extinct animals Cretoperipatus burmiticus is an extinct species of velvet worm that is known from Cretaceous amber approximately 100 million years old. Found in Kachin state, Myanmar, the species can already be assigned to one of the modern families, the Peripatidae. ...more on Wikipedia about "Cretoperipatus burmiticus"
The Israel painted frog or Palestinian painted frog (Discoglossus nigriventer) is an extinct amphibian, whose range was limited to the HaHula Lake marshes in Israel and adjacent Syria. Due to drainage of the marshes in the 1950s, this rare species disappeared. It was classified as extinct in 1996, but continues to be listed as an endangered species in Israel on the slim hope that a relict population may be found in the Golan Heights. Almost nothing is known about its life history, because it was only found twice by scientists: once (four specimens, of which one still exists) in 1940, from which specimens it was described; a single specimen was found in 1955. This was the last record of this species. ...more on Wikipedia about "Israel painted frog"
This is a list of extinct, endangered and threatened animals of the Lithuania. Collecting of this list started in 1959 and current version ( 2003) contains 815 species - 23 mammals, 75 birds, 128 insects, 224 flowering plants, 199 fungi and lichen. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of extinct and endangered animals of Lithuania"
(List of extinct animals) * Hawaii 'O'o, Moho nobilis ...more on Wikipedia about "List of extinct animals"
The list of extinct animals in Europe features the animals that have become extinct in the European Union (EU) and the rest of the European continent. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of extinct animals of Europe"
The list of extinct animals in Martinique and Guadeloupe in features the animals that have become extinct in the French Overseas Departments of Martinique and Guadeloupe. 9 animal extinctions have occurred in Martinique, and 9 animal extinction in Guadeloupe. The Lesser Antillean Macaw (Ara guadeloupensis) could be found as well in Guadeloupe as in Martinique, which makes a total of 17 recent animal extinction in these two French overseas departments. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of extinct animals of Martinique and Guadeloupe"
The list of extinct animals in Réunion features the animals that have become extinct on the island of Réunion. Réunion is one of the 26 régions of France with much the same status as those situated on the European mainland. At least 19 animal extinctions have occurred on Réunion Island. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of extinct animals of Réunion" This article is made on http://www.shortopedia.com Extinct_animals
This is a list of extinct animals of the British Isles. Only a small number of these are globally extinct, most famously the Irish elk, Great Auk and woolly mammoth. Most of the remainder survive to some extent outside the British Isles. The list includes introduced species only where they were able to form self-sustaining colonies for a time. Only species extinct since the British Isles were separated from mainland Europe are included. The date beside each species is the last date when a specimen was observed in the wild, or where this is not known, the approximate date of extinction. The list is complete for mammals, reptiles, freshwater fish and amphibians. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of extinct animals of the British Isles"
This is a list of extinct animals of the Netherlands. A lot of animal species and subspecies once lived in the Netherlands but have disappeared today. Fossilized remains of the grey whale (Eschrichtuis robustus), have been found dated to 340 BC, demonstrating that this species once roamed the North Sea, although it is no longer found there. A lower jaw of a lynx (Lynx lynx lynx) was found at the remains of a Roman settlement near Valkenburg in the Netherlands. During excavations of sites dated to the Roman period (around 400BC) on the Rhine delta there were findings of important breeding sites of the Dalmatian Pelican ( Pelecanus crispus). According to the hunting rights of the bishops of Utrecht we know that brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos) were still found in the Netherlands as late as the 11th century. According to a hunting licence from Drenthe, elk (Alces alces alces) were also known to be in this country until 1025. The Atlantic Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis), which once appeared from the Bay of Biscay to Norway, have disappeared from the waters around the Netherlands. It is suspected that the last whales were caught at the end of the Middle Ages. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of extinct animals of the Netherlands"
An incomplete list of extinct animals of the United States. This list covers only extinctions since the year 1500. ...more on Wikipedia about "List of extinct animals of the United States"
Maculinea alcon arenaria was a subspecies of the Alcon Blue butterfly. There is not much known about this subspecies, but it has always been very rare. It was endemic to the Netherlands, where two populations were known. One in Meijendel (dunes north of The Hague), and in the Meije (in the neighbourhood of de Nieuwkoopse Plassen). The population in the Meije disappeared in 1975 and in Meijendel this subspecies disappeared in 1979. ...more on Wikipedia about "Maculinea alcon arenaria"
Megalania prisca is an extinct giant monitor lizard. It was one of the megafauna that roamed southern Australia, and appears to have become extinct around 40,000 years ago. The name Megalania prisca means “ancient giant butcher”. The first aboriginal settlers of Australia may have encountered living Megalania. ...more on Wikipedia about "Megalania prisca"
The Ratas Island Lizard once lived on a rocky island in the bay of Mahon, Minorca ( Spain). But the island, which was its habitat, was destroyed when Port Mahon was rebuilt. The last sign of this subspecies was in 1950 and it seems to be extinct. Four specimens of this European reptile are conserved in museum collections. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ratas Island Lizard"
The Rocky Mountain locust (Melanoplus spretus) was the major form of locust that ranged through almost the entire western half of the United States (and some western portions of Canada) until the end of the 19th century. The last recorded sighting of a live specimen was in 1902. Preserved remains have been found in Grasshopper Glacier. The insect may have produced larger swarms than any other type of locust. One sighting famous to entomologists recorded a swarm 198,000 square miles (513,000 km²) in estimated size—greater than the area of California, the third-largest U.S. state. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rocky Mountain locust" Whatever You're Into, Get Into http://www.shortopedia.com. shortopedia
The Santo Stefano lizard lived on Santo Stefano Island a small island near Ventotene in the Tyrrhenian sea off the west coast of Italy, and part of the Pontine Islands. It became extinct in 1965, probably caused by feral cats and a snake species. These animals destroyed almost the whole population and any survivors seem to have interbred with an introduced subspecies. An epidemic of an unknown pathogen that followed wiped out the majority of the population and contributed to this subspecies' extinction. ...more on Wikipedia about "Santo Stefano Lizard"
The Xerces Blue butterfly (Glaucopsyche xerces) is an extinct species of butterfly. The species lived in coastal sand dunes of the Sunset District of San Francisco. The Xerces butterfly is believed to be the first American butterfly species to become extinct as a result of loss of habitat caused by urban development. The last Xerces Blue was seen in either 1941 (Garth, J.S. and J.W. Tilden, California Butterflies, UC Press 1986) or 1943 (Powell, J.A. and C.L. Hogue, California Insects, UC Press, 1979) on lands that may now be part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Xerces Blue"
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