Tarpan at the Moscow Zoo, published 1884
The last species of Tarpan died in Askania Nova natural reserve, Ukraine in 1876. Prehistoric Tarpan is kind of a horse ever wanders from the South of France and Spain to the East towards Russia. Tarpan died in the wild in the late 1800s.
Reason for the extinction of the Tarpan include habitat destruction of forests and grasslands. Hunting is done by farmers for fear their crops will be eaten Tarpan. There are various attempts to re-create the Tarpan through breeding, so that horses that earned at least resemble their ancestors that are now extinct.
2. The Quagga
Quagga at London's Regent's Park Zoo, 1870
The type of horse that other is extinct Quagga. It is a subspecies of the zebra. The last wild Quagga, lives in the blast at the end of the 1870s. While in captivity died in 1883 at the Artis Magistra Zoo in Amsterdam.
The extinction Quagga caused by poaching and he had made Quagga as a replacement for lamb Livestock also joined the cast as the cause of its extinction. A unique and differentiated from the other horse species Quagga is a like a zebra skin pattern on the front.
3. The Javan exported Tiger
Live Javan exported Tiger, taken in 1938 at Ujung Kulon
Javan Tiger is a subspecies of tiger that can only be found on the island of Java, Indonesia. The Javan tiger was last to die around the 1980s.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the Javan Tiger can be found throughout the island, but because the human population increased rapidly causing damage to the habitat in the forest. Another cause of the extinction Javan Tiger hunting iar, as well as that of the 1950s only about 25 tails Javan Tiger.
4. The Caspian Tiger
A captive Caspian Tiger in the Berlin Zoo, 1899
Another Tiger was extinct Caspian Tiger. Recent research shows the Caspian Tiger is mostly identical to the Siberian Tiger. The extinction of the Caspian Tiger, among others, due to poaching for food, wild boar, and also because of habitat destruction. The Caspian tiger was the last time was discovered in the 1950s
5. The Syrian Wild Ass
Syrian Wild Ass in the London Zoo, 1872
The last species of the animals died in 1928 at the Zoo Schönbrunn, Vienna. Before the 18th century the Syrian Wild Ass habitat includes mountains, desert, and steppe between the Palestinians and Iraq.
That caused the extinction of these animals, due to the damage of habitat due to World War I and the destruction was done in the 19th century in Northern Arabia
6. The Bubal Hartebeest
Female Bubal Hartebeest that lived in the London Zoo from 1883 until 1897
Bubal Hartebeest is the type species of antelope that destroyed in 1923. Hunting throughout the 19th century, drastically reducing the number of population of Bubal Hartebeest. Bubal Hartebeest which makes unique is the typical form of horns.
7. The Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine)
Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) photographed in a cage with a chicken
The last thylacine died in 1936 in Hobart, Tasmania Zoo. It is a close relative of the tasmanian devil.
The thylacine hunted to extinction by poachers and farmers, although other factors such as diseases, and disorders of the human being against its Habitat may also play a role in extinction.
8. Pyrenean Ibex
Pyrenean Ibex, which has one of the most interesting stories in between other extinct animals. Pyrenean Ibex ever attempted to revived through cloning, but the clone only managed to live for 7 minutes and then died of lung failure.
Pyrenean Ibex is an animal native to the Pyrenees, a mountain range in Andora. The number of population in the 20th century 14 is still very much. The mid-19th century the population began to diminish. Pyrenean Ibex population grew critical since the beginning of the 20th century, when it is estimated that the population in Spain only numbered around 100.
In 1981 reported only about 30 tails. Then in the late 1980s reduced again to about 6-14 the tail. The last Pyrenean Ibex born naturally, died on January 6, 2000, at the age of 13 because of trees uprooted.
9. Passenger Pigeon
The story of the Passenger Pigeon was one of the most tragic tale of extinction in the modern era. As of late, around 200 years ago they didn't make the list of endangered animals.
In fact, they are really a lot of birds in North America, and some reports are calculated in a single flock numbering billions. Then when pigeon meat was commercialized and is recognized as a cheap food, especially for the slaves and the poor, which led the campaign to hunt on a large scale.
Furthermore, because the number of flocks of passenger Pigeon, a bird-a bird was seen as a threat to farmers. The last species of passenger Pigeon named Martha died on September 1, 1914.
10. the Caribbean Monk Seal
Caribbean Monk Seal is a seal of the sea and the Gulf of Mexico caribia. The animals become extinct because of human behavior. Caribbean Monk Seal is the first mammal from the new world discovered by Columbus and his company on the coast of Santo Domingo in 1494.
Appears in the records of the second voyage of Columbus ' journey to America '. Columbus immediately ordered his men to kill eight of the animals, called, "the Wolves of the sea" appellation for the seals, for food.
Since that time, a lot of Caribbean Monk Seal has been hunted for their oil and massacred by the fishermen, who regarded it as a competitor in the menacari fish.
Officially declared extinct on June 6, 2008. Such seals are generally Caribbean Monk Seal was running slow on land.
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