WOOLLY MAMMOTH

• species of mammoth, the common name for the extinct elephant genus Mammuthus.
• 10,000 years or so ago their numbers began to dwindle
• Climate change and humans hunting were two of the causes of the extinction.

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SABER- TOOTHED CAT

• also misleadingly known as a saber-toothed tiger
• found worldwide from the Eocene epoch to the end of the Pleistocene epoch (42 mya – 11,000 years ago)
• existing for about 42 million years
• The large maxillary canine teeth extended from the mouth even when it was closed.
• Sabre-toothed tigers are believed by mainstream scientists to have become extinct mainly because their climate was ever changing.

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GREAT AUK

• was a flightless bird of the alcid family that became extinct in the mid-19th century.
• It was the only modern species in the genus Pinguinus
• 3 July 1844 the last confirmed two were killed off the Coast of Iceland.
• Went extinct because it was hunted for food and bait.

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