Extinct Animals

1

What large, flightless bird native to Mauritius went extinct in the late 1600s?

1

The pelican

2

The moa

3

The dodo

4

The cassowary

2

Which extinct animal was the largest known land mammal, resembling a hornless rhinoceros?

1

Woolly rhinoceros

2

Giant ground sloth

3

Steller's sea cow

4

Paraceratherium

3

The thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian tiger, was native to which country?

1

Brazil

2

India

3

New Zealand

4

Australia

4

Which Ice Age creature, related to the elephant, went extinct around 4,000 years ago?

1

Giant beaver

2

Mammothus maximus

3

Woolly mammoth

4

Woolly rhinoceros

5

What predator was the largest known shark species and went extinct over 3 million years ago?

1

Lemon Shark

2

Megalodon

3

Giant Hammerhead

4

Dunkleosteus

6

Which extinct bird from New Zealand could grow up to 12 feet tall and was hunted by the Māori?

1

The harrier

2

The dodo

3

The rhea

4

The moa

7

What amphibious animal, once the largest lake fish in Lake Huron and Michigan, was declared extinct in the 20th century?

1

The bullfrog

2

The great white shark

3

The bluegill sunfish

4

The deepwater cisco

8

Which striped zebra-like animal from South Africa went extinct in the late 19th century?

1

The striped hyena

2

The plains zebra

3

The quagga

4

The okapi

9

What small bird from North America went extinct in the early 20th century, with the last known individual dying in 1914?

1

The eastern meadowlark

2

The common sparrow

3

The passenger pigeon

4

The golden finch

10

What extinct flightless bird was native to the North Atlantic and often mistaken for a penguin?

1

The dodo penguin

2

The South American skua

3

The wandering albatross

4

The great auk

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