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Recently Extinct Animals

Name these species of animals that went extinct. This quiz is not meant to test your knowledge as much as it is to inform you of some famous examples of extinct animals.
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Year(s) Confirmed
Clue
Scientific Name
Answer
5700 B.C.
Animal with the largest antlers.
Megaloceros giganteus
Irish elk
2000 B.C.
Most famous Ice Age animal.
______ primigenius
Woolly mammoth
1300-1440
Lived on New Zealand before humans arrived.
Dinornis robustus
Moa
1627
Ancestor to modern cattle.
Bos primigenius
Aurochs
1681
"Dumb" bird from Mauritius.
Raphus cucullatus
Dodo
1768
Manatee relative that lived in northern waters.
Hydrodamalis gigas
Steller's sea cow
1844
Marine bird species that lived in the North Atlantic.
Pinguinus impennis
Great auk
1878
Subspecies of the plains zebra.
Equus ____ ____
Quagga
1914
Ubiquitous bird that used to swarm the skies of the United States.
Ectopistes migratorius
Passenger pigeon
1936
Also known as the "Tasmanian tiger" but is a type of marsupial.
Thylacinus cynocephalus
Thylacine
1952
Pinniped that lived in the Caribbean sea and Central America.
Neomonachus tropicalis
Caribbean monk seal
1960s
Small, nocturnal marsupial that couldn't handle predators introduced to Australia.
Macrotis leucura
Lesser bilby
1970s
Subspecies of big cat that went extinct because of habitat destruction in the Middle East.
Panthera ____ ____
Caspian tiger
1989
Colorful amphibian that went extinct in Costa Rica.
Incilius periglenes
Golden toad
2000
Type of mountain goat that lived in Spain until 2000.
Capra pyrenaica lusitanica
Pyrenean ibex
2002
Chinese river dolphin that was last seen in 2002. Unproven to be truly extinct.
Lipotes vexillifer
Baiji
2011
Subspecies of rhino that recently went extinct in the wild.
Diceros bicornis longipes
Western black rhinoceros
2019
Type of parrot that is now extinct in the wild in South America.
Cyanopsitta spixii
Spix's macaw
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