Great Auk
The great auk was a species of birds that couldn’t fly. It mostly inhabited areas along the coastlines of Canada, The Faroe Islands, Norway and Iceland. It was in the mid 1800’s that experts believe it became extinct. People hunted these birds at large because they wanted to use their down for feather pillows.
Great Auk
Crescent Nail-Tail Wallaby
This extension of the wallaby family, used to live in the woodlands and scrubs of Australia. It wasn’t until the early 1900’s that this mammal started to decline in number. In 1956, Australian officials declared the crescent nail-tail wallaby extinct.
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Crescent Nail-Tail Wallaby
