#extinctanimals — Public Fediverse posts

Did you know? The dodo, a flightless bird native to Mauritius, went extinct in the late 1600s due to overhunting and habitat destruction. A reminder of the importance of conservation! #ExtinctAnimals #Wildlife

The Song of the Dodo in Montréal, Québec

A 20-foot statue reminds viewers of an extinct species.#statues #extinctanimals #section-Atlas
The Song of the Dodo

The beautiful Toolache Wallaby ( macropus greyi) , as illustrated by Henry Constantine Richter in John Gould's "Mammals of Australia", published between 1845 and 1863.

This wallaby was to be found in South Australia and Victoria. The last sighting in the wild took place in 1924, and the last Toolache Wallaby in captivity died in 1939.

#Australia #AustralianWildlife #AustralianFauna #Wallabies #ToolacheWallaby #ExtinctAnimals #JohnGould #MammalsOfAustralia #HCRichter #HenryConstantineRichter #Lithograph #ZoologicalIllustration #ScientificIllustration

Attenborough's long-beaked echidna, an egg laying mammal, has been rediscovered in Indonesia's Cyclops Mountains after being last seen over 60 years ago.

#egglayingmammal #Attenboroughslongbeakedechidna #CyclopsMountains #echidna #longbeakedechidna #extinctanimals #monotreme #animals #animalworld #animalkingdom #jagology

Remembrance day for lost species

https://social.trom.tf/display/dbc8dc44-9767-4b1d-48c3-6fc444653827

Futago Park in Inzai, Japan

This park was once home to now-extinct Naumann's elephants, and what might have been a real Banksy.#bathrooms #parks #extinctanimals #graffiti #banksy #sculptures #elephants #section-Atlas
Futago Park

Extinct Bird Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.#dioramas #taxidermy #extinction #extinctanimals #museums #birds #section-Atlas
Extinct Bird Hall

Extinct Bird Displays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Venture into the past with an unlisted exhibit hall featuring extinct birds.#dioramas #taxidermy #extinction #extinctanimals #museums #birds #section-Atlas
Extinct Bird Displays

Ep 12. Lionel Seeks His Forelions, The Finale. Does Lionel find what he searched for? (See #lionelseeks to relive his adventures.)
During the 1200 km drive home to Perth, Lionel kept his watch for signs of fore-lions. Nothing. Even so, Mawson’s Bunch welcomed them home as heroes and eagerly listened to their tales.And then they showed Lionel a surprise. They meet Daisy. And Daisy showed Lionel that People had dug up evidence of mega fauna called marsupial lions or Thylacoleo carnifex. . T hese fearsome had lived tens of thousands of years ago in Australia. So, Lionel did once had fore-lions, of the Australian kinds, out there. Of course, he hadn't been able to find them as they were long gone. Even so, he was very proud to have such fierce ancestry. Read on at www.mawsonbear.blog #marsupial #extinctanimals #ancestry #ancestors #westernaustralia #australia #coralbay #quest

Youtube : https://youtu.be/S-UJdfZ1abw?si=N8MfYjoX99eGmxxZ

Megalodon wasn’t as chonky as a great white shark, experts say - Enlarge / These are the kinds of shark teeth discovered in burial sites... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1996598 #extinctanimals #megaotothshark #paleontology #megalodon #science #animals #biology

Thylacine Taxidermy in Sydney, Australia

A rare specimen of an iconic extinct animal in downtown Sydney.
Thylacine Taxidermy

Lonesome George at the Fausto Llerena Breeding Center in Puerto Ayora, Ecuador

An exhibition devoted to the life (and posthumous taxidermy form) of the last known representative of the Pinta Island Tortoises.
Lonesome George at the Fausto Llerena Breeding Center

Aaaah, I found the name of the goblin-like proto-whale again! Thanks to visited links on Wikipedia being purple instead of blue, and not having visited that many of the species listed on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeoceti
It's Rodhocetus!
image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodhocetus#/media/File:Rodhocetus.jpg
#animals #extinctAnimals #whales