Ten Most Amazing Extinct Animals by Lelsi 2011/08/09 01:04
>~Tyrannosaurus Rex(extinct 65 million years ago)
Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest land carnivores of all time, measuring up to 43.3 feet long, and 16.6 ft tall, with an estimated mass that goes up to 7 tons.
Fossils of T. rex have been found in North American rock formations dating to the last three million years of the Cretaceous Period at the end of the Maastrichtian stage,
approximately 68.5 to 65.5 million years ago; it was among the last dinosaurs to exist prior to the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event.
>Quagga half zebra, half horse (extinct since 1883)
One of Africa's most famous extinct animals, the quagga 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 zebras by having the usual vivid marks on the front part of the body only.The quagga was originally classified as an individual species, Equus quagga, in 1788.
The last wild quagga was probably shot in the late 1870s, and the last specimen in captivity died on August 12, 1883 at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.
>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 colloquially the Tassie (or Tazzy) Tiger or simply the Tiger.
The Thylacine became extinct on the Australian mainland thousands of years before European settlement of the continent, but survived on the island of Tasmania along with a number of other endemic species such as the Tasmanian Devil.
>Steller's Sea Cow: the defenseless beast (extinct since 1768)
Formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea, it was discovered in in 1741 by the naturalist Georg Steller, who was traveling with the explorer Vitus Bering. The sea cow grew up to 7.9 meters (25.9 ft) long and weighed up to three tons.
>Irish Deer : the largest deer that ever lived (extinct about 7,700 years ago)
The Irish Elk or Giant Deer, was the largest deer that ever lived.
[img=http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a98_Irish.jpg].
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 to about 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).
>~Tyrannosaurus Rex(extinct 65 million years ago)
Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest land carnivores of all time, measuring up to 43.3 feet long, and 16.6 ft tall, with an estimated mass that goes up to 7 tons.
Fossils of T. rex have been found in North American rock formations dating to the last three million years of the Cretaceous Period at the end of the Maastrichtian stage,
approximately 68.5 to 65.5 million years ago; it was among the last dinosaurs to exist prior to the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event.
>Quagga half zebra, half horse (extinct since 1883)
One of Africa's most famous extinct animals, the quagga 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 zebras by having the usual vivid marks on the front part of the body only.The quagga was originally classified as an individual species, Equus quagga, in 1788.
The last wild quagga was probably shot in the late 1870s, and the last specimen in captivity died on August 12, 1883 at the Artis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.
>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 colloquially the Tassie (or Tazzy) Tiger or simply the Tiger.
The Thylacine became extinct on the Australian mainland thousands of years before European settlement of the continent, but survived on the island of Tasmania along with a number of other endemic species such as the Tasmanian Devil.
>Steller's Sea Cow: the defenseless beast (extinct since 1768)
Formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea, it was discovered in in 1741 by the naturalist Georg Steller, who was traveling with the explorer Vitus Bering. The sea cow grew up to 7.9 meters (25.9 ft) long and weighed up to three tons.
>Irish Deer : the largest deer that ever lived (extinct about 7,700 years ago)
The Irish Elk or Giant Deer, was the largest deer that ever lived.
[img=http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a98_Irish.jpg].
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 to about 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).
Lelsi 2011/08/09 15:09
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Quote: Raghu8055: amazing info but i will book mark it and read it fully when i have a lots of time..it takes about 10 mkin to read first half bt interesting newz thanks for it
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Eternal_Knight 2011/08/31 12:30
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Lelsi 2011/08/09 01:44
>Caspian Tiger: the third largest (extinct since 1970)
The Caspian tiger or Persian tiger was the westernmost subspecies of tiger, found in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Caucasus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan until it apparently became extinct in the 1970s. Of all the tigers known to the world, the Caspian tiger was the third largest.Male Caspian tigers were very large and weighed 169-240 kg. Females were not as large, weighing 85-135 kg.
>Aurochs: a very large type of cattle (extinct since 1627)
One of Europe's most famous extinct animals, the aurochs or urus (Bos primigenius) 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.The last recorded live aurochs, a female, died in 1627 in the Jaktorw Forest, Poland.
>Great Auk: largest of all auks (extinct since 1844)
The Great Auk was the only species in the genus Pinguinus, flightless giant auks from the
Atlantic, to survive until recent times, but is extinct today. It was also known as garefowl, or penguin.
Standing about 75 centimetres or 30-34 inches high and weighing around 5 kg, the flightless Great Auk was the largest of the auks. It had white and glossy black feathers. In the past, the Great Auk was found in great numbers on islands off eastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Great Britain, but it was eventually hunted to extinction.
>Cave Lion: one of the largest lions ever (extinct 2,000 years ago)
[img=http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a98_cavelion.jpg]
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 Siegsdorf (Germany), had a shoulder height of around 1.2 m and a length of 2.1 m without a tail,which is about the same size as a very big modern lion.It apparently went extinct about 10,000 years ago,during the Wrm glaciation,though there are some indications it may have existed as recently as 2,000 years ago, in the Balkans.
>Dodo: the archetype of extinct species (extinct since late 17th century)
The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) 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.
[img=http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a98_Dodo.jpg]
The dodo has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century.
>Caspian Tiger: the third largest (extinct since 1970)
The Caspian tiger or Persian tiger was the westernmost subspecies of tiger, found in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Caucasus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan until it apparently became extinct in the 1970s. Of all the tigers known to the world, the Caspian tiger was the third largest.Male Caspian tigers were very large and weighed 169-240 kg. Females were not as large, weighing 85-135 kg.
>Aurochs: a very large type of cattle (extinct since 1627)
One of Europe's most famous extinct animals, the aurochs or urus (Bos primigenius) 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.The last recorded live aurochs, a female, died in 1627 in the Jaktorw Forest, Poland.
>Great Auk: largest of all auks (extinct since 1844)
The Great Auk was the only species in the genus Pinguinus, flightless giant auks from the
Atlantic, to survive until recent times, but is extinct today. It was also known as garefowl, or penguin.
Standing about 75 centimetres or 30-34 inches high and weighing around 5 kg, the flightless Great Auk was the largest of the auks. It had white and glossy black feathers. In the past, the Great Auk was found in great numbers on islands off eastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Ireland and Great Britain, but it was eventually hunted to extinction.
>Cave Lion: one of the largest lions ever (extinct 2,000 years ago)
[img=http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a98_cavelion.jpg]
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 Siegsdorf (Germany), had a shoulder height of around 1.2 m and a length of 2.1 m without a tail,which is about the same size as a very big modern lion.It apparently went extinct about 10,000 years ago,during the Wrm glaciation,though there are some indications it may have existed as recently as 2,000 years ago, in the Balkans.
>Dodo: the archetype of extinct species (extinct since late 17th century)
The Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) 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.
[img=http://www.oddee.com/_media/imgs/articles/a98_Dodo.jpg]
The dodo has been extinct since the mid-to-late 17th century.
EpIcInCoGnItO 2011/08/09 05:31
Fine topic sister. When i read about there creatures i wonder how many more names are going to enter this list. Amazingly humans are developing the rate of world deterioration.
Fine topic sister. When i read about there creatures i wonder how many more names are going to enter this list. Amazingly humans are developing the rate of world deterioration.
R49hu 2011/08/09 05:21
amazing info but i will book mark it and read it fully when i have a lots of time..it takes about 10 mkin to read first half bt interesting newz thanks for it
amazing info but i will book mark it and read it fully when i have a lots of time..it takes about 10 mkin to read first half bt interesting newz thanks for it
SpArKo 2011/08/09 09:50
How exciting life would have been if they existed..
Cheetah is recently extinct from India..
How exciting life would have been if they existed..
Cheetah is recently extinct from India..
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