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Despite the world's last captive thylacine dying in 1936, the secretive animal wasn't declared extinct until 1986. More recently in 2007 the Baiji dolphin , a rare river dolphin native to China ...
Ooma was founded by Andrew Frame, who previously worked for Cisco Systems, and Michael Cerda. [5] [6] Ooma's initial product was a "VoIP in a box" device that had the capability to use peer-to-peer VoIP technology to let users make phone calls over other Ooma users' landline services.
Extinct subspecies such as the Javan tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) [6] are not listed here as the species, in this case Panthera tigris, is still extant. The IUCN Redlist classification for each species serves as a citation, and the superscripted "IUCN" by the date is a link to that species' page.
Extinct due to destruction of nesting habitat by introduced goats, and predation by cats. [56] Zacatecas Worthen's sparrow: Spizella wortheni browni: Northwest Zacatecas, Mexico Last recorded in 1961. Extinct due to habitat loss to agriculture, overgrazing and erosion by cattle herding, and decline of native herbivores which maintained the bird ...
An environmentally beneficial species native to Kentucky was one of 21 species recently delisted.
The BBC notes, "of the 41 communities researchers studied, arapaima populations were extinct in eight of them." And the giant fish, which typically weighs in at more than 400 pounds, is rapidly ...
The passenger pigeon, one of the hundreds of species of extinct birds, was hunted to extinction over the course of a few decades. As long as species have been evolving, species have been going extinct. It is estimated that over 99.9% of all species that ever lived are extinct.
[7] [8] The colossal squid has the largest eyes of any known creature ever to exist, with an estimated diameter of 27–30 cm (11–12 in) [9] to 40 cm (16 in) for the largest collected specimen. The species has similar anatomy to other members of its family, although it is the only member of Cranchiidae to display hooks on its arms, suckers ...