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A gap in nature, the world's six animals that have gone extinct

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1. Portussagh northern goat.

A gap in nature, the world's six animals that have gone extinct

Also known as the Portuguese sheep, it inhabits the portuguese mountains, Galicia, Asturias and western Cantabria. Until 1800, the population of portugosa goats was abundant, but it declined rapidly due to hunting. Before 1870, they were rare. The last recorded community was discovered in 1886. A female sheep was captured in 1889, but survived only three days.

2. Kanchaga brown bear

A gap in nature, the world's six animals that have gone extinct

The brown bear is the most widely distributed of the seven species of bears in the world and the largest in the world, with the largest Alaskan brown bear reaching up to 8O0 kg. The Kanchaga brown bear is second only to the Alaskan brown bear, reaching 780 kg, and has a habit of hibernating, hibernating at the end of October and beginning of November every year until March and April of the following year, hibernating in a state of false sleep. It became extinct in 1920.

3. Queensland furry-nosed wombats.

A gap in nature, the world's six animals that have gone extinct

Distributed in the semi-desertified grassland areas of eastern, southern and central Queensland, Australia, it is an authentic herbivore, the male is about 1 meter long, very strong, strong legs and feet, sharp claws, which are convenient for them to dig into the roots of plants. It was extinct in 1900.

4. Dodo.

Or Dodo, also known as the Mauritian dodo, the dodo, the solitary pigeon, is a flightless bird only produced on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. In just 70 years after its discovery, this bird was completely extinct due to human hunting and the influence of human activities, and it is the most famous extinct animal besides dinosaurs. It is also the only extinct bird in Mauritius to be designated as the national bird.

A gap in nature, the world's six animals that have gone extinct

5, Hokkaido Wolf.

One of the subspecies of the gray wolf, it is medium-sized, well-proportioned, with slender limbs, and is conducive to running fast. It is found in Hokkaido, Japan, Sakhalin Island in Russia, and the Kamchatka Peninsula and the Kuril Islands. It became extinct in 1889. In addition to human poisoning, the causes of extinction may now be rabies and canine distemper.

A gap in nature, the world's six animals that have gone extinct

6. The Thrush.

An extinct ground thrush. They have only been seen on the parent islands of the Ogasawara Islands, and theoretically they may be found on Brother Island and Brother Island, but there are no observations or discoveries.

A gap in nature, the world's six animals that have gone extinct

The Keiri Thrush may have been destroyed by invasive mammals during the development of The Parent Island in 1830, like the Kasahara Wax-billed Finches, due to invasive mammalian predation and habitat destruction.

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