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    The document provides information about several extinct animal species through brief descriptions of each. It discusses extinct large animals that lived in different eras such as the Tyrannosaurus Rex from 65 million years ago, Irish Elk that went extinct 7,700 years ago, and Cave Lion that was extinct 2,000 years ago. It also describes several extinct animal species that were more recently extinct such as the Dodo in the late 17th century, Tasmanian Tiger in 1936, and Steller's Sea Cow in 1768. In each case, it provides key details about the appearance and characteristics of the extinct species.

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    Foudaili Middle school -Djelfa

    2010/11

    My Project on Extinct Animals

    Nothing is Forever
    Except the creature

    Prepared by Supervised by:


    Aina Amina Miss.
    Many kinds of animals and plant species were extinct , as there are today
    other species of creature endangered too. Extinction is due mainly to natural
    and human causes. Today the most cause of it is pollution. Here are some
    examples of some animals that are extinct .

    Tyrannosaurus Rex: Went extinct 65 million years ago.It was one of the largest animals. It
    measures up to 43.3 feet in length and 16.6 feet in height.It weighed approximately 7 tons!

    The Guagga: Went extinct in 1883 it is one of Africa’s most famous extinct animal, the guagga
    was a subspecies of the plains zebra, which was once found in great numbers in South Africa’s
    cape province and the southern part of the Orange Free State. It was distinguished from other
    zebra’s by having the usual vivid marks on the front part of the body only. In the mid-section, the
    stripes faded and the dark, inter-stripe spaces became wider, and the hind quarters were a plain
    brown. The name
    Comes from Khoikhoi word for zebra and is onomatopoeic, being said to resemble the guaggas
    call.
    Caspian Tiger extinct since 1970

    The Caspian tiger or Persian tiger was the westernmost subspecies of tiger, found in Iran, Iraq,
    Turkey, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Caucasus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan until it
    apparently became extinct in the 1970s. Of all the tigers known to world, the Caspian tiger was
    the third largest

    Aurochs extinct since 1627

    One of Europe’s most famous extinct animals, the aurochs or urus (Bosprimegenius) were a very
    large type of cattle. Aurochs evolved in India some two million years ago, migrated into the Middle
    East and further into Asia, and reached Europe about 250,000 years ago.

    Thylacine: The Tasmanian tiger extinct since 1936


    The Thylacine was the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times.
    Native to Australia and New Guinea, it is thought to have become extinct in the 20th century. It is
    commonly known as the Tasmanian tiger (due to its striped back)
    And also known as the Tasmanian wolf, and known locally as the Tassie (or Tazzy) Tiger or
    simply Tiger. It was the last extant member of its genus,
    Thylacinus, although a number of related species have been
    found in the fossil record dating back to the early
    Miocene
    Stellers sea cow extinct since 1768
    Formerly found near Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea, it was discovered in 1741 by the naturalist
    Georg Steller, who was travelling with the explorer Vitus Bering. The sea cow grew up to 7.9
    meters (25.9 ft) long and weighed up to three tons, much larger than the Manatee or Dugong. It
    looked somewhat like a large seal, but had two stout forelimbs and a whale-like tail. According to
    Steller’’The animal never comes out on shore, but always lives in the water. Its skin is black and
    thick, like the bark of an old oak…, its head in proportion to the body is small…, and it has no
    teeth, but only two flat white bones-One above, the other below. It was completely tame,
    according to Steller. Fossils indicate that Stellers Sea Cow was formerly widespread along the
    North Pacific coast, reaching south Japan and California. Given the rapidity with which its last
    population was eliminated, it is likely that the arrival of humans in the area was the cause of its
    extinction elsewhere as well. There are still sporadic reports of sea cow-like animals from the
    Bering area and Greenland, so it has been suggested that small populations of the animal may
    have survived to present day. This remains so far unproven

    Irish deer extinct about 7,700 years ago

    The Irish elk or giant deer was the largest deer that ever lived. It lived in Eurasia, from Ireland to east
    of Lake Baikal, during the Late Pleistocene and early Holocene. The latest known remains of the
    species have been carbon dated 5,700 BC, or about 7,700 years ago. The Giant Deer is famous for its
    formidable size (about 2.1 meters or 7 feet tall at the shoulders), and in particular for having the
    largest antlers of any known cervid (a maximum of 3.65 meters / 12 feet from tip to tip and weighing
    up to 90 pounds)
    Great Auk extinct since 1844
    The Great Auk was the only species in the genus penguins, flightless giant auks from the
    Atlantic, to survive until recent times, but is extinct today. It was also known as garefowl, or
    penguin

    Cave Lion extinct 2,000 years ago


    The Cave Lion, also known as the European or Eurasian cave lion, is an extinct subspecies of
    lion known from fossils and a wide variety of prehistoric art. This subspecies was one of the
    largest lions. An adult male, which was found in 1985 near Seigsdorf (Germany), had a shoulder
    height of around 1.2 meters and a length of 2.1 meters without a tail, which is about the same size
    as a very big modern lion. This male was even exceeded by other specimens of this subspecies.
    Therefore this cat may have been around 5-10% bigger than modern lions. It apparently went
    extinct about 10,000 years ago, during the Würm glaciation, though there are some indications it
    may have existed as recently as 2,000 years ago, in the Balkans
    Dodo extinct since late 17th century

    The Dodo (Raphus cucallatus) was a flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius. Related
    to pigeons and doves, it stood about a meter tall (three feet), lived on fruit and nested on the
    ground. The Dodo has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century. It is commonly used as the
    archetype of an extinct species because its extinction occurred during recorded human history,
    and was directly attributable to human activity. The adjective phrase ‘’ as dead as a Dodo ‘’
    means undoubtedly and unquestionably dead. The verb phrase ‘’ to go the way of the Dodo’’
    means to become extinct or obsolete, to fall out of common usage or practice, or to become a
    thing of the past

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