Extinct
Extinct animals
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Aurochs (Bos primigenius) – extinct wild bull
Aurochs – tur, Aurox, aurochsen, urus, ure Aurochs – the extinct ancestor of some modern cattle breeds. Its large, twisted…
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Dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus / Canis dirus)
Dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus / Canis dirus) This large representative of the genus Canis / Aenocyon lived centuries ago in…
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Latimeria – living fossil
Latimeria – one of the most endangered animals in the world Latimeria – living fossil or not? One of the…
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Glyptodon – walking fortress
Glyptodon You can joke that it resembled a Volkswagen Beetle and there will be some truth in it (as in…
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Toxodon – one of the strangest animals
Toxodon Charles Darwin described Toxodon as “one of the strangest animals ever discovered”. What is the uniqueness of this mighty…
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