Statistics for Recently Extinct Animals

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Giant pigeon native to Mauritius	Dodo	90%
Striped, dog-like Australian carnivore	Thylacine	82%
Huge ostrich-like bird of New Zealand	Moa	79%
Bird that gathered in flocks so large they blocked out the sun	Passenger pigeon	70%
Similar to a zebra, but with stripes only on its head and shoulders	Quagga	70%
Looked like a penguin, but was more closely related to puffins	Great auk	55%
Arctic-dwelling manatee relative	Steller's sea cow	52%
Ancestor of modern cattle	Aurochs	51%
Aquatic Chinese mammal declared extinct in 2006	Baiji	29%
African mammal sub-species declared extinct in 2011	Western black rhinoceros	29%
One of only two parrots native to the United States	Carolina parakeet	28%
Eurasian wild horse	Tarpan	21%
Extinct wild goat that has been the subject of cloning attempts	Pyrenean ibex	19%
Nicknamed the "Lord God Bird"	Ivory billed woodpecker	9%
Popular (though inaccurate) myth states that a single cat drove it to extinction	Stephens Island wren	4%