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Use the drop down menu or click on a picture below to find information about the following extinct species.

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= Species That Had A Lazarus Return in My Book
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TASMANIAN TIGER/THYLACINE
heath hen
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JAMAICAN  GIANT GALLIWASP
DODO
giant moa
STELLER'S SEA COW
STEPHENS ISLAND WREN/LYALL'S WREN
falkland islands wolf
PASSENGER PIGEON
PINTA ISLAND TORTOISE/ LONESOME GEORGE
CARIBBEAN MONK SEAL NASAL MITE
CARIBBEAN MONK SEAL
ROUND ISLAND  BURROWING BOA
little marianas fruit bat
Yunnan Lake newt
TUBERCLED BLOSSOM/  PEARLY MUSSEL
KAWEKAWEAU/  DELCOURT'S GIANT GECKO
LABRADOR DUCK
NORTH ISLAND SNIPE &  SOUTH ISLAND SNIPE
THE BAIJI/  YANGTZE RIVER DOLPHIN
"DODO TREE"/  TAMBALACOQUE
SMOOTH HANDFISH
THE ILIN ISLAND  CLOUDRUNNER
PYRENEAN IBEX/  BUCARDO
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Xerces Blue Butterfly
LAKE PEDDER  EARTHWORM
ROCKY  MOUNTAIN LOCUST
great auk
EELGRASS LIMPET/ LOTTIA ALVEUS
HAAST'S EAGLE/  POUAKAI
AUROCHS
LAKE TITICACA  ORESTIAS FISH/ AMANTO
QUAGGA
ACHATINELLA APEXFULVA/  O'AHU TREE SNAIL
GASTRIC-BROODING FROG/  PLATYPUS FROG
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sardinian pika
Bennett's Seaweed
Laughing Owl
LEVUANA MOTH
KAUA'I 'AKIALOA
Malabar Large-Spotted Civet
WAITAKERE SCURVY GRASS
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sea mink
Atitlan grebe
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domed Mauritius giant tortoise
BACHMAN'S WARBLER
Goff's pocket gopher
Malagasy dwarf hippo
Pasadena freshwater shrimp
LESSER BILBY/ YALLARA
Himalayan quail
Jamaican monkey
Ukrainian migratory lamprey
chatham island crested penguin
elephant bird
Wake Island rail
sloth lemur
ZULU  AMBUSH KATYDID
oʻahu ʻōʻō
Vespucci's rodent
NAVASSA RHINOCEROS IGUANA
PINK-HEADED DUCK
ESKIMO CURLEW
JALPA FALSE BROOK SALAMANDER
CHINESE PADDLEFISH
LORD HOWE SWAMPHEN
BLUEBUCK
JAPANESE SEA LION
FLABELLIDIUM SPINOSUM/  SANTA CRUZ BRYOPHYTE
PUERTO RICAN NESOPHONTES
THE YAMATOMIMIZU/  JAPAN'S EARTHWORM
MARYLAND DARTER
IRISH ELK
BUBAL HARTEBEEST
Siamese-flat-barbelled-catfish
BALI TIGER, CASPIAN TIGER, JAVAN TIGER
SAN MARCOS GAMBUSIA
SHOL SPRITE
SCIOTO MADTOM
BRAMBLE CAY MELOMYS
LORD HOWE PARAKEET
PO'OULI
NORTHERN WHITE RHINO
ASCENSION CRAKE
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CHRISTMAS ISLAND FOREST SKINK
LORD HOWE BOOBOOK/MOREPORK
SRI LANKA BUBBLE-NEST FROG
CHRISTMAS ISLAND PIPISTRELLE
ROBUST MARMOT
SAINT HELENA PETREL
SAINT HELENA GIANT EARWIG
PIG-FOOTED BANDICOOT
GOLDEN TOAD
CALIFORNIA GRIZZLY BEAR
LORD HOWE PIGEON
CASCADE FUNNEL-WEB SPIDER
TASMAN STARLING
TURNSPIT DOG
LORD HOWE FANTAIL
MACOUN'S SHINY MOSS
MOUNT MATAFAO DIFFERENT SNAIL
SUGARSPOON MUSSEL
JAVA STINGAREE
GRICE
EASTER ISLAND PALM
MASCARENE COOT
SPLENDID KILLIFISH
DERWENT RIVER SEASTAR
RODRIGUES GIANT DAY GECKO
RODRIGUES DAY GECKO
TOBIAS CADDISFLY
WHITE-FOOTED RABBIT-RAT
GARDINER'S GIANT MITE
UPLAND MOA
ANTIOCH DUNES SHIELDBACK KATYDID
GALAPAGOS AMARANTH
DUSICYON AVUS/ ARGENTINEAN WARRAH
BARBARY LION
BLUE PIKE
NAMIBIAN CANDONID CRUSTACEAN
WAIAUTOA  FORGET-ME-NOT
LAGOSTOMUS CRASSUS/ DWARF VISCACHA
CRESTED SHELDUCK
CATARINA PUPFISH
WELLINGTON'S SOLITARY CORAL
LITTLE SWAN ISLAND HUTIA
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AFROCYCLOPS PAULIANI
LAYSAN RAIL
KOUPREY
GIANT FOSSA
GIANT FEATHERBACK
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23 EXTINCT SPECIES 2021
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