Holocene Animal Extinctions (10th - 16th Centuries AD)

This video is a slideshow showing animals that have become extinct between 900 AD and 1700 AD. In this one, you can see that certain areas took quite a battering, namely New Zealand and Madagascar.



IMAGE CREDITS:
Plesiorycteropus - Stanton F. Fink
Moa-nalo, Asoriculus, Andros Island barn owl, Saint Helena hoopoe - Apokryltaros at English Wikipedia
Vorombe titan - Jaime Chirinos
Adzebill - Nobu Tamura
Mullerornis - DFoidl on Wikimedia Commons
Crested moa, Mantell's moa, heavy-footed moa, eastern moa, bush moa, Haast's eagle, New Zealand owlet-nightjar, long-billed wren, Scarlett's duck, New Zealand stiff-tailed duck, New Zealand musk duck, Chatham duck, Scarlett's shearwater, snipe-rail, New Zealand coot, Chatham coot, Stout-legged wren, New Zealand raven, Chatham raven, Eyles' harrier - Paul Martinson
Coastal moa, Megaladapis, Conquered lorikeet - Michael B. H.
South Island giant moa - York Museums Trust
Waitaha penguin - Te Papa
Waitomo frog - Worthy, 1987
Puerto Rican nesophontes - Jennifer Garcia
Nene-nui - Olson & James
Hispaniola monkey - Rosenberger et al
Pachylemur, Archaeolemur, Babakotia - Smokeybjb
Giant aye-aye - Alexis Sullivan
Chatham Island crested penguin - Sean Murtha
Chatham kaka - Hannah Moss
Vespucci's rodent - Carleton et al
Abrupt giant tortoise - Ghedo at Wikimedia Commons
Canary Islands quail, Gran Canaria giant rat - Ghedoghebo at Wikimedia Commons
Bertha's coua - Velizar Simeonovski
Mangaia crake - David W Steadman
Huahine rail, Nuku Hiva rail - Jeremy J. Kirchman, David W. Steadman
Giant fossa - Daniel Burch Caballé
Geograpsus severnsi - Gustav Paulay, John Starmer
Great ground dove - DickDaniels
Great Maui crake, Great O'ahu crake, stilt-owl - Juliam Hume
Greater Azores bullfinch - Pau Oliver
High-billed crow - David Eickhoff
Malagasy dwarf hippopotamus - FunkMonk at Wikimedia Commons
Lava shearwater, Madeiran scops owl - El fosilmaníaco
Malagasy crowned eagle - Roman Uchytel
Malagasy lapwing - JJ Harrison
Mesopropithecus - Laure R. Godfrey and William L. Jungers
St Michel nesophontes - Macphee et al
Verhoeven's giant tree rat - Eelco Kruideniers
Imposter hutia = G.S Miller
Galapagos giant rat - Geni at Wikimedia Commons
Puerto Rican hutia - Encyclopaedia Britannica
Saint Helena rail - Olson, Storrs L.
Capricorn rabbit rat - Gilbert Price
Coryphomys - Kristofer Helgen
Walrus - Ben2 at Wikimedia Commons


The music is "Blackbird" by Alter Bridge.

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