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Total pages in content type is 49

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Homo floresiensis

Total pages in content type is 1

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Timeline of the far future

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Good articles

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Did you know? articles

... that extinct in the wild
after the single wild plant died in a landslide in 2005? (2011-04-26)

... that Archaeoindris (pictured), a recently extinct giant lemur from Madagascar, was the largest known lemur, comparable in size to a male gorilla? (2012-08-27)

... that the discovery of Babakotia radofilai, an extinct species of sloth lemur, helped to resolve the relationship between the indriids, sloth lemurs, and monkey lemurs? (2010-03-05)

... that the
Disney's The Lion King, was based on a Barbary lion
? (2004-11-05)

... that the bluebuck (pictured) was the first large African mammal historically recorded to have become extinct? (2016-07-26)

... that the extinction of the anthropogenic climate change
? (2019-07-20)

... that the reintroduced
in British history? (2008-03-25)

... that the
Chatham Coot were likely hunted to extinction by the Māori people
? (2013-08-11)

... that the
Choiseul Pigeon (pictured), which was endemic to the island of Choiseul in the Solomon Islands, was so tame that the indigenous hunters could pick it up off of its roost
? (2013-04-24)

... that
conservation reliant species, which require continuing wildlife management interventions for their survival, comprise 80% of endangered species in the US
? (2009-03-02)

... that although the giant fossa, formerly one of the top carnivores of Madagascar, is thought to be extinct, there is some anecdotal evidence of very large living fossas? (2010-06-03)

... that on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, the rare and endangered flowers Cyanea superba and Cyanea truncata are threatened by feral pigs and rats, while feral goats are threats to Cyperus trachysanthos? (2011-03-11)

... that Diego (pictured) "had so much sex he saved his species"? (2020-02-14)

... that Dogor, an 18,000-year-old canine puppy, may represent a common ancestor of the dog and the wolf? (2020-01-01)

... that the
extinct Australian dromornithids, which included the largest birds known, are related to ducks and geese
? (2005-09-28)

... that the tadpoles of the critically endangered Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (pictured) literally eat the skin off their fathers' backs? (2012-03-15)

... that every extant individual of the
male
? (2006-11-20)

... that according to The Sportsman's Repository, waterfowl
? (2010-02-06)

... that eradication of infectious diseases can come about through vaccination, quarantine, and even just human behavioral changes, depending on the disease? (2007-12-06)

... that Geograpsus severnsi is the first crab species known to have become extinct? (2011-05-27)

... that the extinct monkey lemurs, including Hadropithecus (pictured), were most closely related to modern indris and sifakas, as well as the extinct sloth lemurs? (2010-02-28)

... that the bark, but puppies learned to imitate the barking of other dogs when the breed was introduced to Europe
? (2009-02-23)

... that until 1962, Texas Panhandle
, 500 miles from the sea? (2010-11-01)
... that less than 50 years after being discovered, Heterelmis stephani is now presumed extinct? (2016-11-30)

... that
resurrection biology and how one would resurrect a mammoth
? (2016-04-08)

... that the Silurian Lau extinction event caused the Earth to temporarily return to a condition similar to how it was before multicellular life evolved? (2007-07-02)

... that no fungi or algae are listed as endangered or threatened by the Illinois Endangered Species Protection Board? (2020-02-04)

... that the Passerines
order? (2008-08-08)

... that no
Lord Howe Island Pigeon exists, as it was described from a painting (pictured) by George Raper
? (2008-12-17)

... that a stone relief (pictured), now accepted as an extinct Marquesan Dog, was claimed by Thor Heyerdahl to depict a llama to bolster his theory that Polynesia was settled from South America? (2017-03-31)

... that Paul S. Martin and Paul Sidney Martin both worked as anthropologists at the University of Arizona in the early 1970s? (2010-10-01)

... that Megaceroides algericus is one of only two deer species known to have been native to Africa, alongside the Barbary stag? (2020-05-22)

... that the sloth lemurs of the genus Mesopropithecus were once thought to be indriids due to the similarities between their skulls and those of living sifakas? (2010-03-05)

... that Microgale macpheei is the only known recently extinct tenrec? (2010-05-25)

... that Neanderthals went fishing? (2020-05-01)

... that doubt exists about exactly where in
Neomacounia nitida
were collected in the 1860s? (2006-10-21)

... that the
New Zealand Little Bittern
(pictured) was described as always being found alone and standing for hours in one place? (2009-09-23)
... that although the
Norfolk Island Boobook was last sighted in 1996, its genes live on in the hybrid
descendants of the last living female bird? (2009-04-12)

... that although the
Norfolk Island Pigeon was hunted to extinction by humans, its first hunters disappeared from Norfolk Island
before it did? (2008-12-14)

... that
Noronhomys, otherwise known only from bone remains, on a voyage to the islands of Fernando de Noronha
in 1503? (2009-11-20)

... that the extinct Mexican rice rat Oryzomys nelsoni has only been collected once? (2010-03-22)
... that the name Pachylemur, now used for a type of extinct giant lemur, was first used as group name of primitive primates once considered intermediate between pachyderms and lemurs? (2012-02-14)
... that in 19th-century America, any amateur hunter could kill six passenger pigeons in a single shot (shooting pictured)? (2016-01-25)
... that the shrub Persoonia laxa was found in Sydney but is now presumed extinct? (2016-02-03)
... that the
Mysterious Bird of Ulieta has variously been considered a thrush, a starling and a honeyeater
? (2010-11-04)

... that the Red Deer Cave people are the youngest prehistoric people discovered who do not appear similar to modern humans? (2012-03-17)
... that the
Aldabra banded snail from the Seychelles died out due to climate change
? (2009-10-23)

... that the last two known individuals of the South Island Snipe
died on 1 September 1964, two days after they were captured? (2010-10-17)

... that as recently as 500 years ago, the island of Madagascar was inhabited by giant lemurs, referred to as subfossil lemurs, that weighed between 10 and 200 kg (22 and 441 lb)? (2010-06-12)
... that Captain James Cook thought the now-extinct Tahitian Dog of the Society Islands tasted like English lamb? (2017-03-26)
... that the Endangered Species Act
because of its extinction? (2011-05-09)

... that
endangered arthropods (example pictured) are becoming extinct
in such large numbers that many are not catalogued? (2007-02-05)

... that over the history of Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction research, scientists have attributed the demise of the dinosaurs to their large size, small brains, or, more likely, a meteor impact (depicted)? (2017-01-14)

... that day flying moth of the Uraniidae
family, was last reported in 1894 or 1895? (2007-10-11)

... that IUCN's Red List
? (2007-07-16)

... that
Vorombe titan, an extinct elephant bird from Madagascar, shared its habitat with dwarf hippos, giant lemurs, and giant tortoises
? (2018-12-07)

... that The World's 100 Most Threatened Species
includes one (pictured) with only five surviving mature individuals? (2012-09-25)

Total pages in content type is 58

Featured pictures

Dusky Seaside Sparrow

Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus)

Perameles gunni

Total pages in content type is 3

In the News articles

Alaotra grebe (2010-05-26)

Chinese paddlefish (2022-07-22)

Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event (2010-03-06)

Homo floresiensis (2009-11-23)

Neanderthal (2010-05-07)

Pinta Island tortoise (2012-06-24)

Waitaha penguin (2008-11-21)

Total pages in content type is 7

Main page featured articles

Archaeoindris (2022-01-23)

Babakotia (2018-09-06)

Bluebuck (2016-11-17)

Broad-billed parrot (2014-07-14)

Chicxulub crater (2008-01-08)

Choiseul pigeon (2015-09-29)

Columbian mammoth (2016-01-29)

Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event (2008-03-13)

Cryptoprocta spelea (2022-09-10)

Cuban macaw (2018-12-17)

Dire wolf (2017-07-17)

Dodo (2013-07-06)

Echo parakeet (2019-06-20)

Golden swallow (2020-01-30)

Great auk (2012-07-03)

Guadeloupe amazon (2021-01-28)

Homo floresiensis (2004-12-24)

Hoopoe starling (2021-10-26)

Huia (2013-02-06)

King Island emu (2018-06-04)

Lesser Antillean macaw (2018-04-09)

Mascarene grey parakeet (2019-01-30)

Mascarene parrot (2018-10-27)

Mauritius blue pigeon (2013-01-02)

Mauritius sheldgoose (2023-07-03)

Mesopropithecus (2018-11-11)

Newton's parakeet (2017-02-17)

Noronhomys (2019-07-15)

Passenger pigeon (2016-09-01)

Quagga (2014-08-12)

Red rail (2016-06-02)

Réunion ibis (2020-08-28)

Réunion swamphen (2022-12-20)

Rodrigues night heron (2023-11-06)

Rodrigues parrot (2020-01-10)

Rodrigues solitaire (2019-10-28)

Rodrigues starling (2020-04-03)

St. Croix macaw (2020-11-12)

Sea mink (2017-11-22)

Seychelles parakeet (2023-06-29)

Smilodon (2017-01-03)

Spotted green pigeon (2017-09-27)

Steller's sea cow (2017-09-02)

Subfossil lemur (2018-04-29)

Tahiti rail (2019-09-13)

Thylacine (2008-12-29)

White swamphen (2022-06-08)

Woolly mammoth (2014-10-24)

Rodrigues rail (2020-07-31)

Total pages in content type is 49

Main page featured lists

Timeline of the far future (2014-11-10)

Total pages in content type is 1

Picture of the day pictures

Perameles gunni (2012-03-01)

Total pages in content type is 1

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