Photos of Extinct Animals Thread

[Ventrue]

The Caribbean monk seal, believed to be extinct, was a sub-tropical marine mammal found in the Caribbean. The last confirmed sighting came in 1952 at the Serranilla Bank (falls between Nicaragua and Jamaica), where a small colony was known to live. Researchers believe that final extinction took place around 1960.

The primary factor behind their extinction was hunting with overfishing of their prey species being another major factor. Unlike other species, very little was done to save the Caribbean monk seal population by the time it was kept in the endangered species category in 1967.

 

[Crex Crex]

Laysan Crake. It went extinct in the 1920s on it's native island of Laysan due to habitat destrction, but an introduced population on Midway lived on until 1944 when rats were accidentally introduced by a landing craft.


Laysan honeycreeper. Also endemic to Laysan and extinct in 1923 due to habitat destruction.


Wake rail. Another victim of WWII, it was gorillioned by starving Japanese soldiers and american bombing runs during the siege of Wake between 1942 and 1945.

 

[DapperShark]

No they don’t have to be! Preserved animals are also welcome, I view it as nature’s geological photograph (if that makes sense)

Cave lion cub:
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Here's a saber-tooth cat cub recently discovered in the Siberian permafrost (Homotherium latidens):

And a remarkably well preserved mummified dinosaur (Borealopelta):

 

[Kiwisee]

The Ivory Billed Woodpecker

 

[The Mighty Banth]

Barbary lions can still be seen in limited zoos)

I had no idea! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Kiwisee]

I had no idea! Thanks for sharing.

I've seen some sources claim that they're crossed with the Asiatic Lion, but I'm not 100% sure if its true. They're only around in zoos today because a handful of Sultans had them as pets.

 

[General Disarray]

The Ivory Billed Woodpecker

Good news! It has (potentially) been rediscovered:

https://www.sungazette.com/news/outdoors/2024/06/research-rediscovers-extinct-ivory-billed-woodpecker/

 

[The Cringe Connoisseur]

I was going to make a joke but I can't think of a single image that sums up "funny and passionate youtubers with integrity".

 

[Ventrue]

Carolina parakeet, once very common within its native range, was a Neotropical parrot. It was as early as 1832 when the birds decline was documented. The last reported sighting outside Florida came in 1817, in Kentucky, east of the Mississippi River. After 1860, this species was rarely reported outside the swamplands of Florida. The last confirmed sighting of a wild Carolina parakeet came in 1910.

The IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) put the Carolina parakeet in the ‘extinct’ category in 1918. The species was declared extinct in 1939. Most details about this bird come from museum specimens and anecdotal accounts.

In the 18th and 19th century, deforestation and hunting played major roles in their extinction. Their colorful feathers were used in making women’s hats. Some reports suggest that illegal pet trade also played a role as they were used to reduce predation in a few places.

The only known photo of a Carolina Parakeet was taken in 1900.



The last captive Carolina parakeet, Incas, died at the Cincinnati Zoo on February 21, 1918, in the same cage as Martha, the last passenger pigeon, which died on September 1, 1914.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

I feel bad when it's something that looks basically just like another version of the basic animal just it's a different color or slightly slimmer, and I just really can't manage to give many fucks.
Like, I actually saw the last of that sparrow when I was a kid, and even then I really wanted to care but it was just a sparrow but like, dark.
when I think "extinct animal" the brain conjures up giant mutants of the ice ages and crazy shit that simply can't exist in our world, not "that thing you see all the fucking time but God played with the color sliders a little"

 

[Hamstirer]

You're thinking of the Striped Hyena, which is listed as near threatened with a population under 10,000.

Spoiler: Striped Hyena

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Did Chris Chan design that hyena?

 

[Arbiter]

The Ivory Billed WoodpeckerView attachment 7309665

Good news! It has (potentially) been rediscovered:

https://www.sungazette.com/news/outdoors/2024/06/research-rediscovers-extinct-ivory-billed-woodpecker/

I want to believe. Here is the Imperial Woodpecker, endemic to Mexico. It's the largest woodpecker to ever live. It hasn't been seen since 1956.

 

[Dick The Birthday Boy]

Ah, shit. I know this is going to come across like a spergy edge lord but what happened with the Baji (aka Yangtze River Dolphin) makes me genuinely hate China and how they treat animals especially. This is QiQi, he died in 2002 and was probably the last of his species.

The treatment of the Tasmanian Tigers is also fucking horrid. The last one was a female that died in 1935 at a zoo. In the footage taken of her, her pen is so small and she is pacing around nonstop. The reason she died? Neglect.

 

[Yellow Rose Of Texas]

Ah, shit. I know this is going to come across like a spergy edge lord but what happened with the Baji (aka Yangtze River Dolphin) makes me genuinely hate China and how they treat animals especially. This is QiQi, he died in 2002 and was probably the last of his species.
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The treatment of the Tasmanian Tigers is also fucking horrid. The last one was a female that died in 1935 at a zoo. In the footage taken of her, her pen is so small and she is pacing around nonstop. The reason she died? Neglect.
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Talk about Tasmanian Tigers,isn't there a alleged sighting last year?

 

[Patrick Not-Star]

Javan Tiger