What are some interesting animals that went extinct?

The Tasmanian tiger was listed as extinct nearly 80 years ago, but now a team of British naturalists are on the prowl to prove that the species is still alive. Properly named a thylacine, the "Tassie tiger" is the largest known carnivorous marsupial of modern times. read more

Some of the animals that lived on isolated continents and islands are very interesting because they developed without the crossing or extinction that occurred elsewhere. I like the Tasmanian Tiger-Wolf, Thylacinus cynocephalus. read more

One of Europe’s most famous extinct animals, the aurochs or urus (Bos primigenius) were a very large type of cattle. Aurochs evolved in India some two million years ago, migrated into the Middle East and further into Asia, and reached Europe about 250,000 years ago. read more

Some of these are the Pied Raven, Caspian Tiger, Javan Tiger, Yangtze River Dolphin, Cave Lion, Zanzibar Leopard, Toolache Wallaby, and of course, the Dodo. It is tragic that humanity has caused the extinction of so many beautiful animals, and shameful that this has continued until the present day. read more