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Here’s Every Single Animal That Became Extinct In The Last 100 Years (PHOTOS)

Discussion in 'Wildlife & Nature Conservation' started by Zooplantman, 30 Dec 2014.

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  1. Zooplantman

    Zooplantman Well-Known Member

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    They are slightly out quoting 1976 for the Madagascar Dwarf Hippopotamus :D
     
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    And a number of them are subspecies.

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    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    the date is from cryptozoological literature. I imagine they used Wikipedia for the information in the list (the photo of the hippo skeleton is from the Wikipedia article).
     
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