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Extinct Animals: A-Z

Can you figure out the extinct animals for each letter of the alphabet based off a clue?
Information from https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?redListCategory=ex
Additional info sourced through various Wikipedia pages
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Last updated: August 11, 2020
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Clue
Species
A
Predecessor of the domesticated cow
Auroch
B
Potoroid marsupial indigenous to Australia
Broad-faced potoroo
C
Ranks among the largest cats to ever exist, last sighted as recently as 1998
Caspian tiger
D
Flightless bird endemic to the island of Mauritius
Dodo
E
Enourmous flightless bird that lived on the island of Madagascar
Elephant bird
F
Commonly referred to as the warrah
Falkland Islands wolf
G
Bright orange amphibian endemic to Costa Rica
Golden toad
H
Extinct species of New Zealand wattlebird
Huia
I
Species of snail whose name is synonymous with 'disrupted'
Interrupted rocksnail
J
Located on an Indonesian island until its extinction in the mid 1970s
Java tiger
K
Hawaiian bird previously regarded as a member of the Australo-Pacific honeyeaters
Kauaʻi ʻōʻō
L
Bird named for its outwardly cheerful appearance
Laughing owl
Clue
Species
M
Large butterfly located in Portugal
Madeiran large white
N
Bird known by the Maori name of koreke
New Zealand quail
O
Genus of tree snails endemic to Hawaii
O'ahu tree snail
P
Common name derived from the French word 'passager' as a reference to the migratory patterns of the animal
Passenger pigeon
Q
South African plains zebra, only ever photographed once
Quagga
R
Alternatively referred to as Dubois' wood-rail
Réunion rail
S
Predatory mammal characterised by long, curved canine teeth
Saber-toothed cat
T
Named after the Australian state in which it is located
Tasmanian tiger
V
Dinosaur known for its role in Jurassic Park
Velociraptor
W
One of the most recognisable animals of the Pleistocene (Ice age)
Woolly mammoth
Y
Australian marsupial referred to as the Lesser bilby
Yallara
Z
Leopard population known to have been located on Unguja Island
Zanzibar leopard
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