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  2. Timeline of extinctions in the Holocene - Wikipedia

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    Declared extinct Causes c. 1900: Caucasian moose: Alces alces caucasicus: Northern Caucasus and Transcaucasian shore of the Black Sea [359] Hunting. The subspecies' validity is questioned because moose from Russia recolonized the Caucasian moose's former range naturally over the 20th century. [360] Saint Croix racer: Borikenophis sanctaecrucis

  3. List of North American animals extinct in the Holocene

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    Tennessee, Cumberland, Ohio, and Wabash River systems [190] Extinct in 1936 due to loss of habitat through impoundment or channelization. [8] Sampson's pearly mussel. Epioblasma sampsonii. Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana [191] Extinct in the 1930s or 1940s due to habitat destruction and fragmentation.

  4. List of recently extinct mammals - Wikipedia

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    Least concern (LC): 3,306 species. Data deficient (DD): 872 species. Mammalian species (IUCN, 2020-1) 5850 extant species have been evaluated. 4978 of those are fully assessed a. 3651 are not threatened at present b. 1244 to 2116 are threatened c. 81 to 83 are extinct or extinct in the wild: 81 extinct (EX) species d.

  5. Lost Animals of the 20th Century - Wikipedia

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    Discovery Channel. Lost Animals of the 20th Century is a 16-episode documentary series shown on the Discovery Channel in the 1990s. It features animals that have become extinct throughout the 20th century. Animals are adjudged as such when the last specimen of the species dies sometime from 1900 to 1999. However, since the show was produced in ...

  6. List of European species extinct in the Holocene - Wikipedia

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    Map of Europe. This is a list of European species extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) A and continues to the present day. 1. This list includes the European continent and its surrounding islands.

  7. Passenger pigeon - Wikipedia

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    [2] [4] The last captive birds were divided in three groups around the turn of the 20th century, some of which were photographed alive. Martha, thought to be the last passenger pigeon, died on September 1, 1914, at the Cincinnati Zoo. The eradication of the species is a notable example of anthropogenic extinction.

  8. List of Macaronesian animals extinct in the Holocene

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    Declined in São Vicente and Santa Luzia from the late 17th century, though some animals were captured there in the late 19th and early 20th century. Following its rediscovery in Branco in 1873, the species became a highly sought curiosity for European museums and collectionists, who removed hundreds of animals until the island was depleted in ...

  9. Western black rhinoceros - Wikipedia

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    The western black rhino emerged about seven to eight million years ago. It was a sub-species of the black rhino. For much of the 20th century, its population was the highest out of all of the rhino species, at almost 850,000 individuals. There was a 96% population decline in black rhinos, including the western black rhino, between 1970 and 1992.