Extinct Species
Published on Nov 21, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
BALEARIC ISLAND CAVE GOAT
- Was a species of goat that lived on the Islands of Majorca and Minorca.
- It went extinct around 5000 years ago.
- It was more closely related to sheep than it was to goats.
- There eyes were not directed towards the side like most herbivore mammals.
- Instead there eyes are directed forwards giving them better depth perception.
EVOLUTION
- This goat did not have eyes facing out because the islands it lived on they had no natural predators.
- It having no predators to worry about meant it lost its natural fear of predation.
- Also it had short legs because it didn't have to worry about escaping predators.
- The goats also became small because they were on an island which has limited space and vegetation.
- It was a browser instead of a grazer like modern goats.
