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† – A species that is globally extinct * – A species that is known to have been introduced by humans and was never present by natural immigration. Some animals have gone extinct several times and then recolonized. The date given is of the most recent extinction. Species that have been introduced or reintroduced by humans are noted.
The species is otherwise extinct in Scotland and is also flightless, raising the question of how the colony arrived on the island. [156] The northern February red stonefly (Brachyptera putata) has recently lost its range elsewhere in Britain and is now it considered to be a Scottish endemic. [157] [158]
St Kilda, Scotland: A commensal species, it became extinct after the removal of all human inhabitants from the island in 1930. [16] Tyrrhenian field rat: Rhagamys orthodon: Corsica and Sardinia Most recent remains dated to 348 BCE - 283 CE. [9]
The Scottish wildcat, a population of European wildcat found only in Scotland, is a critically endangered animal. But for one local conservation group, the Scottish Wildcat Haven, they are not ...
The Scottish polecat (Mustela putorius caledoniae) is an extinct subspecies of European polecat that was endemic to Scotland until its extinction in the early 20th century. It was one of two subspecies of polecat in the island of Great Britain. In Scotland, polecats are referred as "foumarts", a term which originates from the Scots language.
In 2015, a newly formed and endemic species of monkeyflower (Erythranthe peregrina) was identified in Scotland and the Scottish islands. [7] Bromus interruptus is an endemic to England, which was extinct in the wild but has been reintroduced from saved seed.
Felis grampia was the scientific name proposed in 1907 by Gerrit Smith Miller Jr. who first described the skin and the skull of a wildcat specimen from Scotland. He argued that this male specimen from Invermoriston was the same size as the European wildcat (Felis silvestris), but differed by a darker fur with more pronounced black markings and black soles of the paws. [2]
Tauros have been bred to be genetically similar to the ancient aurochs, which became extinct 400 years ago. Wild cattle could be introduced in Scotland in bid to resurrect extinct species Skip to ...