Can you name this animal that went extinct about 3,700 years ago?
Woolly mammoth
Asian elephant
Snuffleupagus
Palaeoloxodon
What is the name of this animal that went extinct sometime in the 1930s?
Javan tiger
Caspian tiger
Tasmanian tiger
Sumatran tiger
What is the name of this species that is believed to have gone extinct sometime in the 17th century?
What is the name of this species that went extinct sometime in the early 20th century?
Passenger pigeon
Pagan reed warbler
Lord Howe gerygone
North Island piopio
What is the name of this species that was officially declared extinct in 2011?
What is the name of this species of dolphin that hasn't been seen since 2002?
Baiji white dolphin
Irrawaddy dolphin
Amazon river dolphin
Striped dolphin
The last individual from this species was killed in the year 2000. What is this animal's name?
West Caucasian tur
Markhor
Pyrenean ibex
Chamois
What is the name of this whale species that is believed to have been driven to extinction by warming climates 10 or 11 million years ago?
Leviathan melvillei
Bowhead whale
Fin whale
Narwhal
What is the name of this species that was hunted to extinction in the 18th century?
Steller's sea cow
Vaquita
False killer whale
Caribbean monk seal
The last individual from this flightless bird species was killed in 1844 when residents of a town believed it was a witch and caused a large storm. What is the animal's name?
Flightless cormorant
Southern cassowary
Kakapo
Great auk
This species of bear went extinct in the 19th century. What is its name?
California grizzly bear
Steppe brown bear
Atlas bear
Mexican grizzly bear
This seemingly half-zebra half-horse species from South Africa went extinct in the 19th century. What is its name?
Centaur
Unicorn
Quagga
Norfolk trotter
This Japanese wolf was hunted to extinction by 1905. What is its name?
Siberian wolf
Dire wolf
Honshu wolf
Red wolf
The Jurassic Park movies portrayed these extinct dinosaurs as being much larger than they actually were. What is their name?
Brachiosaurus
Dilophosaurus
Tyrannosaurus Rex
Velociraptor
The largest shark ever in history, pictured below, is believed to have gone extinct around 3.6 million years ago. What is its name?
Scissor-toothed shark
Mega-toothed shark
Ginsu shark
Megalodon
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