List of Some Extinct Species

The passenger pigeon is a bird that doesn’t exist anymore, and humans are the reason it disappeared. Many other animals have also disappeared because of things people did in the last few hundred years, like:

Year of Extinction	Name of the Species	Reason for Extinciton
1690	Dodo Bird	Extinct from predation by introduced pigs and cats
1768	Stellar’s Sea Cow	Extinct from hunting for fur and oil
1870	Labrador Duck	Extinct from human competition for mussels and other shellfish
1900	Rocky Mountain Locust	Extinct from habitat conversion to farmland
1936	Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger or Wolf)	Extinct from hunting, habitat loss, and competition with dogs
1952	Deepwater Cisco Fish	Extinct from competition and predation by introduced fishes
1962	Hawaii Chaff Flower	Extinct from habitat conversion to military installations
1989	Golden Toad	Extinct from climate change or other impacts
2004	St. Helena Olive Tre	Extinct from logging and plantations

Extinction of Species

Extinction of Species: As per the definition, “Extinction is the process of evolution that leads to the disappearance of a population or species.” In simpler words, Extinction is the death of all members of a species of plants, animals, or other organisms.

In this article, we will study in depth the Extinction of Species. We will take a look at a list of some of the Extinct Species and learn about the cause of Extinction as well.

Let’s explore.

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