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14
What are some recently extinct animals or plants?
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I need to do a project on an animal/plant that has been extinct for 30 years or less. I have to find recently extinct animals or plants that we used for food in the last 30 years.
I’m in grade 7..if that helps
I tried searching on google, ask, yahoo, etc but I couldn’t find anything….
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November 14th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Miss Waldon’s red Columbus monkey
November 14th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
western black rhinoceros
golden toad
guam flying fox
might want to double check these.
November 14th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
The below website lists recently extinct animals. : (
November 14th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
Here are some animals to get you started:
Yangtze River Dolphin
Western Black Rhino
Pyrenean Ibex
And some plants:
Bennett’s Seaweed
St. Helena Olive
St. Helena Redwood
These are a few that were overhunted by man:
Many Whale Species – slaughtered for oil and meat
The African black rhinoceros – killed for its horn, used as a medicine , is critically endangered.
The great auk and the passenger pigeon became extinct in the 19th and early 20th centuries because of overhunting
The Carolina parakeet – a combination of overhunting and habitat destruction.
Plants such as cactus, orchids, and cycads are considered threatened or endangered because of overcollection for commercial purposes.