Sunday, February 28, 2016

Extinct mammals of the British isles

Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus Primigenius) - 10,000 BC

Woolly rhinoceros (Coelodonta Antiquotatis) - 10,000 BC

Cave lion (Panthera Leo Spelaea) - 10,000 BC

Saiga antelope (Saiga Tatarica) - 10,000 BC

Arctic fox (Vulpes Lagopus) - 10,000 BC

Lemming (Lemmus Lemmus) - 8,000 BC

Narrow-headed vole (Microtus Gregalis) - 7,000 BC

Pika (Ochotona Pusilla) - 9,000 BC

Wild horse (Equus Ferus) - 7,000 BC

Irish elk (Megaloceros Giganteus) - 6,000 BC

Greater mouse-eared bat (Myotis Myotis) - 1990

Reindeer (Rangifer Tarandus) - 3,500 BC

European bison (Bison Bonasus) - 3,000 BC

Wolverine (Gulo Gulo) - 6,000 BC

Northern vole (Mocrotus Oeconomus) - 2,000 BC

Moose (Alces Alces) - 1,500 BC

Auroch (Bos Primigenius) - 1,000 AD

Lynx (Lynx Lynx) - 700 AD

Brown bear (Ursus Arctos) - 1,000 AD

Beaver (Castor Fiber) - 1526

Wild boar (Sus Scrofa) - 1716

Wolf (Canis Lupus) - 1743

Muskrat (Ondatra Zibethicus) - 1935

Coypu (Myocastor Coypus) - 1978

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