The ABC Book of Extinctions
“ ” is or uk, th r t uk
l r , li htl ss ir th t liv on isl n s o M ss hus tts, M in , Qu n N w oun l n ; s oll t or oo n oll tions; ir s kill or m t n to r n r t into oil; m xtin t out 1844; th r w r oth r ir s on th isl n s.
“ ” is or ison, th st rn ison
rk r n l r r su sp i s th n th w st rn pl ins ison; mi r t tw n th r t L k s n or i ; huntin n h it t stru tion y s ttl rs l to its xtin tion out 1825; th r w r oth r nim ls mon th hills n v ll ys.
“ ” is or ri ou, th wson’s ri ou
sm ll r in r, n tiv to only on o th Qu n h rlott Isl n s o ritish olum i ; v ry r r ; hunt y n or trophy oll tors; m xtin t out 1908; th r w r oth r nim ls on th isl n
“ ” is or u k, th L r or u k
ommon s u k th t r n rom L r or, N w oun l n to Lon Isl n , N w York, n p rh ps rth r south; xt rmin t y , th r n m t hunt rs out 1875; th r w r oth r ir s lon th s shor .
“ ” is or lk, th st rn lk
ommon nim l in op n n li htly-woo r s; r n throu hout south- ntr l n n north- st rn Unit St t s; hunt xt nsiv ly or m t, l th r n or its upp r t th, whi h w r v lu s orn m nts; m xtin t out 1877; th r w r oth r nim ls in op n n li htly-woo r s.
“ ” is or ox, th Swi t ox
sm ll ox with l r rs th t w s ommon on th ri pl ins o North m ri ; sily hunt , tr pp n poison y s ttl rs who onsi r it p st; th north rn su sp i s m xtin t out 1928; th r w r oth r nim ls on th north rn pl ins.
“ ” is or rizzly, th M xi n Silv r rizzly
sm ll su sp i s o th rown r, r o niz y its “silv r” ur; r n throu hout li orni , rizon , N w M xi o, T x s n M xi o; hunt , tr pp , n poison s p st; xtin uish in th 1930s in th Unit St t s n in th 1960s in M xi o; th r w r oth r nim ls mon th hills n v ll ys.
“H” is for Humans, the Beothuk Humans
A race of aboriginal people who lived along the coast of Newfoundland; sailors and settlers from Europe and Britain introduced deadly diseases; the settlers deliberately hunted the aborigines to destroy them; the last Beothuk died of tuberculosis in 1829; there were other people settling the seashore.