Statistics for Extinct Animals

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Description	Range	Extinction	Animal	% Correct
Predatory dinosaur with tiny arms	North America, Asia	65 million BC	Tyrannosaurus	95%
Flightless bird	Mauritius	1662	Dodo	94%
Shaggy elephant	Siberia, Alaska	1700 BC	Woolly Mammoth	84%
Three-horned dinosaur	North America, Asia	65 million BC	Triceratops	83%
"Jurassic Park" predator	Asia	71 million BC	Velociraptor	73%
Big cat with prominent canines	All continents	9,000 BC	Saber-toothed cat	69%
Human's closest relatives	Europe, Middle East	30,000 BC	Neanderthal	58%
50 foot long shark	All oceans	1.5 million BC	Megalodon	48%
Carnivorous marsupial	Tasmania, Australia, New Guinea	1936	Tasmanian Tiger	32%
12 foot tall flightless bird	New Zealand	1400	Moa	27%
Bird that flocked in huge numbers	Eastern US and Canada	1914	Passenger Pigeon	24%
Marine arthropod and common fossil	All oceans	250 million BC	Trilobite	21%
20 foot long mammal	South and Central America	8,000 BC	Giant Sloth	14%
Ancestor of modern cattle	Europe, Asia, North Africa	1627	Auroch	13%
Half-striped zebra	Southern Africa	1883	Quagga	12%
Large puffin relative	North Atlantic	1852	Great Auk	9%
Deer with 12 foot antlers	Northern Eurasia	9,000 BC	Irish Elk	9%
Huge manatee relative	North Pacific	1768	Steller's Sea Cow	7%