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 | 7 Recent Mammal Extinctions by Solidus on 2/17/2013  6 votes Article on the some of the most recent mammal extinctions ranging from the 1930's to 2011. (Source) | |
 | Sabre Toothed Tiger by Aleyan Khan on 10/16/2012  2 votes The Sabre Toothed Tiger was one of the most feared enemies of prehistoric man. The sabre toothed tig(...) (Source) | |
 | Gigantopithecus: The Largest Ape of All Time by Anas Shad on 10/14/2012 1 votes The ancient forests of India, China and Vietnam, were home to one of history's most special apes. Th(...) (Source) | |
 | Terror Bird by Tiago C A on 6/13/2012 5 votes Phorusrhacids ("Rag-Thieves"), colloquially known as "terror birds" as the larger species were apex (...) (Source) | |
 | archaeopteryx by justin goh on 1/26/2012 12 votes this bird was the first of all birds | |
 | Sabretooth tiger by Shubham Balasaria on 12/8/2011  17 votes One of the biggest carnivores among tigers!! It fed on meat of deers, and other big animals... | |
 | Labrador Duck, Elliott Coues by lyf on 11/28/2011 3 votes Egg gatherers raiding the Labrador Duck's nest colonies on the coasts of Quebec and Labrador probabl(...) | |
 | Carolina Parakeet, Gustav Mutzel by yi xuan on 11/28/2011 3 votes Once abundant, this extinct species nested in large colonies in the cypress swamps in the South Atla(...) | |
 | Platybelodon by Max on 8/4/2011 9 votes Platybelodon ("flat-spear tusk") was a genus of large herbivorous mammal related to the elephant (or(...) (Source) | |
 | Aurochs Bour by radu florin paterau on 2/3/2011 11 votes The aurochs or urus (Bos primigenius), the ancestor of domestic cattle, was a type of huge wild catt(...) (Source) | |
 | New Zealand Haast's Eagle by Kiwi on 12/5/2010 41 votes he species was the largest eagle known to have existed. Its prey consisted mainly of gigantic flight(...) | |
 | Megalodon by Eric H on 9/28/2010 70 votes The megalodon, Carcharodon or Carcharocles megalodon is an extinct megatoothed shark that existed in(...) (Source) | |
 | Wooly Mammoths: Extinct 10,000 years by Amanda in Tampa, FL on 9/17/2010 41 votes Mammoths are hairy elephant-like animals, with a sloping back, huge curved tusks up to 3.5 m. long, (...) (Source) | |
 | Dickinsonia by just on 9/12/2010 29 votes It looks more like a piece of chewing gum that somebody has stepped on! Weird... | |
 | Cave Bear by Rafal on 8/26/2010 5 votes What about the greatest of all bears ? Cave bear (Source) | |
 | giant anteaters by turni on 7/7/2010 15 votes Giant anteaters lap up thousands of ants and termites every day with their long tongues, but never d(...) (Source) | |
 | Moa, 12ft bird from New Zealand by Heidi on 7/7/2010 7 votes Imagine running into a 12 ft bird!!.. From Wiki: The moa were eleven species (in six genera) of (...) (Source) | |
 | Samotherium by Octarin on 6/26/2010 6 votes Samotherium is an extinct genus of giraffe from the Miocene and Pliocene. Samotherium had two ossico(...) (Source) | |
 | Marsupial Lion by Bruiser on 6/20/2010 7 votes The Marsupial Lion is the largest meat-eating mammal known to have ever existed in Australia, and on(...) (Source) | |
 | Haast Eagle by Gaz on 6/17/2010 5 votes The picture is from Wiki so you might not be allowed to show it, but as you can see from the paintin(...) (Source) | |
 | The Woolly Rhinoceros by nick on 6/4/2010 6 votes An adult woolly rhinoceros was 3.7 metres (12 feet) in length on average, but they could probably gr(...) (Source) | |
 | 5 About to Extinct Animals by Ghost on 4/15/2010 7 votes The Pinta Island Tortoise is found in the Galapagos Islands. This particular tortoise was thought to(...) (Source) | |
 | Imperial Woodpecker by Hector on 4/10/2010 5 votes If it is not extinct, it is the world's largest woodpecker species. The primary reason for its decl(...) (Source) | |
 | Giant Kangaroo by Bert on 3/29/2010 4 votes Procoptodon goliah (the Giant Short-faced Kangaroo) is the largest kangaroo to have ever lived. It g(...) (Source) | |
 | Anomalocaris by Nik on 3/18/2010 3 votes Super predator of the Cambrian with descendants lasting into the Ordovician. Extinct 400My. (Source) | |
 | The Giant Wombat by Shelley Hobbs on 2/7/2010 3 votes The largest marsupial that ever lived. Inhabited Australia and was hunted to extintion by the Aborig(...) | |
 | Argentavis magnificens by AJT on 1/29/2010 15 votes The most interesting one for me. This bird had a 21ft (6.4m) wingspan. It was of the long-dead Terat(...) | |
 | Golden coquí by John Whistle on 1/25/2010 4 votes Golden coquís are roughly 3/4 inch (~1.9 cm) long (snout-vent length) and are olive-gold to yellow-g(...) (Source) | |
 | A pigeon that has passed by by Jan D Fibrowitch on 1/15/2010 4 votes A bird that was once measured in the billions, the Passenger Pigeon lived long enough to be photogra(...) (Source) | |
 | Amphicoelias Fragillimus by Peter From Sweden on 1/15/2010 4 votes A. fragillimus may have been the longest known land animal at 40?60 meters (131?196 ft) in length, a(...) (Source) | |
 | Gigantopithecus by Peter From Sweden on 1/15/2010 3 votes The fossil record suggests that the Gigantopithecus blacki species were the largest apes that ever (...) (Source) | |
 | Indricotherium by Peter From Sweden on 1/15/2010 4 votes Indricotherium was the largest land mammal to have ever walked on earth. Measuring from 15 to 33 ton(...) (Source) | |
 | Moa by Grady on 1/15/2010 3 votes The moa were ten species (in six genera) of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. The two largest(...) (Source) | |
 | Arctodus simus, Short Faced Bear by Harry Charles on 1/7/2010 3 votes Arctodus simus, also known as the giant short-faced bear, is an extinct species of bear. The genus A(...) (Source) | |
 | Giant Sloth by morgan on 1/6/2010 4 votes Evolving from the tree sloths in South America, ground sloths were very distantly related to anteate(...) (Source) | |
 | Elasmotherium by Grga Kraljevic on 1/2/2010 5 votes An Elasmotherium on the ancient steppe of what is today Southern Russia. Characterized by a single (...) (Source) | |
 | Coelurosauravus by Grga Kraljevic on 12/27/2009 2 votes Coelurosauravus was one of the more intriguing diapseds (animals having two holes behind the eye for(...) (Source) | |
 | Daeodon, terrible hog by Ivan Kraljevic on 12/24/2009 4 votes Daeodon (formerly Dinohyus, "terrible hog"), one of the largest, if not the largest, entelodont arti(...) (Source) | |
 | Diplocaulus, aka "Boomerang Head" by Grga Kraljevic on 12/23/2009 2 votes The weirdest species the team has found in the Red Beds is the ?Boomerang Head,? or, as it's officia(...) (Source) | |
 | Dire Wolf (Canis Dirus) by Sadhbh Quinn on 12/5/2009 5 votes The Dire Wolf is an extinct carnivorous mammal of the genus Canis, and was most common in North Amer(...) | |
 | Terror bird/ titanus by Aaron on 11/25/2009 8 votes The terror bird, or titanus, is a massive carnivorous bird which stood about 7 feet tall, and lived (...) (Source) | |
 | New Zealands Giant Eagle "Haast's Eagle" by Tim on 11/15/2009 3 votes The largest eagle known to have existed, and is sometimes known as the Giant Eagle. Its prey mainly (...) (Source) | |
 | the New Zealand moa by Joshua Lee on 10/16/2009 6 votes The moa were ten species of flightless birds endemic to New Zealand. The two largest species, Dinorn(...) | |
 | Elephant bird by Jorge on 10/12/2009 4 votes The elephant birds, which were giant ratites native to Madagascar, have been extinct since at least (...) (Source) | |
 | Punk sized t-rex by Michelle R on 9/21/2009 2 votes I read this in the paper and they found a smaller t-rex realitive, only 9 ft tall and is accuratly d(...) (Source) | |
 | insect from hell by Sean on 8/6/2009 7 votes well... thats a mighty Slater '^^ 'wikipedia' Arthropleura was a 0.3?2.6 metre (1?8.5 feet) long(...) (Source) | |
 | Megalodon, The Prehistoric Great White Shark (Carcharodon megalodon or Carcharocles megalodon) Extinction: 1.5 million years ago by J.G.W on 7/25/2009 9 votes Length: Over 20 metres (65 feet). Weight: 50-60 tons. Bite force: 40,131 pounds per square inch (2(...) | |
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