lived in enormous migratory flocks until the early 20th century, when hunting and habitat destruction led to its demise.
A. Passenger pigeon
B. Carolina Parakeet
C. Cuban Red Macaw
What is Passenger Pigeon
100
subsisted on nuts, seeds, bulbs, and roots.
A. Dodo
B. New Zealand giant moa
C. Madagascar elephant bird
What is Dodo
100
The molars were adapted to their diet of coarse tundra grasses, with more enamel plates and a higher crown than their earlier, southern relatives.
A. Woolly Mammoth
B. Smilodon
C. Mastodon
What is Woolly Mammoth
100
was a large, herbivorous marine mammal.
A. Steller’s sea cow Caribbean
B. Monk Seal
C. Baiji
What is Steller’s sea cow Caribbean
100
the ancestor of domestic cattle, is an extinct type of large wild cattle.
A. Aurochs
B. Bucardo
C. Xerces blue butterfly
What is Aurochs
200
habitats were forests along rivers, with large hollow trees to use as roosting and nesting sites.
A. Passenger Pigeon
B. Carolina Parakeet
C. Cuban Red Macaw
What is Carolina Parakeet
200
flightless bird of the alcid family that became extinct in the mid-19th century.
A. Dodo
B. Great Auk
C. Madagascar elephant bird
What is Great Auk
200
an extinct group of mammal species related to elephants, that inhabited North and Central America 12,000 years ago.
A. Woolly Mammoth
B. Mastodon
C. Smilodon
What is Mastodon
200
were found in warm temperate, subtropical and tropical waters.
A. Steller’s sea cow Caribbean
B. Monk Seal
C. Baiji
What is Monk Seal
200
Extinction was caused by the inability to compete with other species for food, infections and diseases, and poaching.
A. Bucardo
B. Aurochs
C. Xerces blue butterfly
What is Bucardo
300
The bird was also hunted for food although its meat tasted bad, and nests were plundered or disturbed to acquire young birds to keep as pets.
A. Passenger Pigeon
B. Carolina Parakeet
C. Cuban Red Macaw
What is Cuban Red Macaw
300
belong to the ratite group in the order Dinornithiformes.
A. Dodo
B. Great auk
C. New Zealand giant moa
What is New Zealand giant moa
300
The nickname saber tooth refers to the extreme length of their maxillary canines.
A. Woolly Mammoth
B. Mastodon
C. Smildon
What is Smildon
300
It was hunted for its flesh and skin, and quickly became scarce.
A. Steller’s sea cow Caribbean
B. Monk Seal
C. Baiji
What is Baiji
300
Its stomach has an ability to distend to allow the animal to eat large amounts of food at one time.
A. Tasmanian tiger
B. Xerces blue butterfly
C. Aurochs
What is Tasmanian tiger
400
feeds mainly on the larvae of wood-boring beetles, but also eats seeds, fruit, and other insects.
A. Carolina parakeet
B. Cuban red macaw
C. Ivory-billed woodpecker
What is Ivory-billed woodpecker
400
it is not known for certain if there were species adapted to dense forest dwelling, like the cassowary in Australia and New Guinea today
A. Dodo
B. Great Auk
C. Madagascar elephant bird
What is Madagascar elephant bird
400
They are generally reported as having disappeared from North America about 12,700 years ago.
A. Woolly Mammoth
B. Mastodon
C. Smildon
What is Mastodon
400
It fed on a variety of kelp.
A. Steller’s sea cow Caribbean
B. Monk Seal
C. Baiji
What is Steller’s sea cow Caribbean
400
believed to be the first American butterfly species to become extinct as a result of loss of habitat.
A. Xerces Blue Butterfly
B. Aurochs
C. Tasmanian tiger
What is Xerces Blue Butterfly
500
the last confirmed report was of one female in Durango in 1956 and the species is probably now extinct.
A. Cuban red macaw
B. Ivory-billed woodpecker
C. Imperial woodpecker
What is Imperial woodpecker
500
fearlessness and its inability to fly made easy prey for sailors.
A. Dodo
B. Great auk
C. New Zealand giant moa
What is Dodo
500
The appearance and behaviour of this species are among the best studied of any prehistoric animal due to the discovery of frozen carcasses.
A. Woolly Mammoth
B. Mastodon
C. Smildon
What is Woolly Mammoth
500
had a fairly large, long, robust body, and could grow up to about 8 ft in length and weighed 375-600 lbs.
A. Steller’s sea cow Caribbean
B. Monk Seal
C. Baiji
What is Monk Seal
500
The right to hunt large animals on any land was restricted first to nobles and then, gradually, to only the royal households.
A. Aurochs
B. Bucardo
C. Mastodon