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However an epizootic outbreak in 1919 reduced the animals to just 50, and the last individuals were poached in 1927. [62] The only captive animal, a male, lived in Germany between 1908 and 1925 and bred with females of the lowland wisent subspecies. As a result, several wisent populations carry its genes today.
22 June – The DELAG Zeppelin dirigible, Deutschland, makes the first commercial passenger flight from Friedrichshafen to Düsseldorf in Germany. The flight takes nine hours. 16 August – Berliner FV, German association football club founded. Full date unknown Gymnasium Lerchenfeld is founded in Hamburg. [1]
The Golden eagle (Steinadler) is the national bird of Germany. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Germany.The avifauna of Germany includes a total of 527 confirmed species as of December 2016, according to the German Ornithologists' Society (Deutsche Ornithologen-Gesellschaft (DO-G), published in October 2019; [1] four more were added up to 2021. [2]
Two haplotypes are found in remains from the Vandal and Byzantine periods: one shared with Iberian bears that could have been introduced by humans, and another unique to Africa. [259] It is not known which type survived until more recent times. 1835: Darwin's large ground finch: Geospiza magnirostris magnirostris: Floreana and San Cristóbal ...
1910 in Germany (5 C, 3 P) 1911 in Germany (6 C, ... Pages in category "1910s in Germany" ... History of Germany during World War I; 0–9.
1940s; 1950s; 1960s; Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total. ... Pages in category "1910 in Germany" The following 3 pages are ...
The passenger pigeon was once among the most abundant wild bird species in the world, with a single flock numbering up to 2.2 billion birds. It was hunted close to extinction for food and sport in the late 19th century. The last individual, a mateless female named Martha after Martha Washington, died in the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914.
1802 – Louis Dufresne popularizes the use of arsenical soap for preserving birds, a technique which had enabled the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris to build the greatest collection of birds in the world; 1804 Bewick's British Birds: see 1797; 1804– 1806 – Lewis and Clark Expedition. This was the first overland expedition undertaken ...