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2011 The Eastern cougar was declared extinct. Last known individual was trapped & killed in 1938. |
2011 The western black rhinoceros was declared extinct. |
2012 The Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteneyi) declared extinct by country's Ministry of Environment, after not being seen for more than 30 years. |
2012 "Lonesome George", last known specimen of the Pinta Island tortoise, died on 24 June 2012. |
2013 The Cape Verde giant skink was declared extinct. |
2013 The Formosan clouded leopard, previously endemic to island of Taiwan, is officially declared extinct. |
2014 The Bermuda saw-whet owl was declared extinct after being described from fossils in 2012. |
2017 The Christmas Island forest skink was declared extinct, three years after last known specimen died. |
2019 The Bramble Cay melomys was declared extinct. |
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