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Extinct Animals

Several extinct animal species that once lived in the Philippines are summarized. Stegodon luzonensis was a large elephant that roamed the Philippines but went extinct due to diminished food sources, habitat loss, and human interference. Rhinoceros philippinensis was a Pleistocene rhino known only from jaw fossils, and likely disappeared due to deforestation. Billions of passenger pigeons darkened skies from Manila to Ilocos Norte but commercial overhunting drove them extinct by 1914. Megalochelys sondaari was the largest tortoise on Luzon and Cuon alpinus lived on Palawan, both extinct due to geographical and human factors.

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Extinct Animals

Several extinct animal species that once lived in the Philippines are summarized. Stegodon luzonensis was a large elephant that roamed the Philippines but went extinct due to diminished food sources, habitat loss, and human interference. Rhinoceros philippinensis was a Pleistocene rhino known only from jaw fossils, and likely disappeared due to deforestation. Billions of passenger pigeons darkened skies from Manila to Ilocos Norte but commercial overhunting drove them extinct by 1914. Megalochelys sondaari was the largest tortoise on Luzon and Cuon alpinus lived on Palawan, both extinct due to geographical and human factors.

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Extinct Animals In the Philippines

Stegodon luzonensis

Stegodon luzonensis, Once roamed in the plains of Luzon, Mindanao and entire Philippines Archipelago.
Unfavourable geographical conditions and human exploitation caused their extinction. They became
extinctdue to a combination of diminished prey, loss of habitat and human interference.

Rhinoceros philippinensis

Due to the lack of a complete skeleton, little is known about Rhinoceros philippinensis, other than that it
lived during the Pleistocene era (2.588 million – 11,700 years ago) and that it was essentially the larger
version of its modern cousin, the Sumatran rhino. Fossilized upper jaw. The specimen is a portion of
right upper jaw with two well-preserved molars and a broken one of a rhinoceros. Habitat loss due to
deforestation the possible cause extinction of this species.

Ectopistes migratorious

Billions-strong flocks of passenger pigeons (Ectopistes migratorius) once from Manila to Ilocos Norte
turned skies black. But commercial hunting for meat completely wiped out the species by 1914. As
extinctions go, the extinction of the passenger pigeon is truly a stupendous human achievement,
unparalleled in recorded history: thanks to our penchant for relentless killing combined with large-scale
habitat destruction, these iconic birds’ population crashed from billions to zero in just fifty years.

Megalochelys sondaari

Lived on the island of Luzon, this species are the largest among all the tortoise. Caused of extinction
Unfavourable geographical conditions and human exploitation caused their extinction

Cuon alpinus(dhole)

Lived on Palawan during the Pleistocene and Early Holocene caused of extinction Unfavourable
geographical conditions and human exploitation caused their extinction

Extinct Animals In other country

GORGOSAURUS

With a huge skull and jaws filled with sharp teeth, Gorgosaurus definitely lived up to its name, which
means ‘dreadful lizard’. Gorgosaurus lived in the late Cretaceous Period and was found in America and
Canada. Cause of extinction Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event The Cretaceous–Paleogene
extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary extinction, was a sudden mass extinction of
some three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, approximately 66 million years ago.

Smilodon(sabre-toothed tiger)

Often called Sabre-toothed Tigers or Sabre-toothed Lions, they existed 55 million to 11,700 years ago.
Sabre-tooth Cats were carnivores named for the elongated bladelike canine teeth, which in some
species were up to 50cm long. Quite bear-like in build, they were believed to be excellent hunters and
hunted animals such as sloths and mammoths. These felines could open their jaws at an angle of 120
degrees – almost twice as wide as a modern lion! It is believed the Sabre-tooth Cat’s extinction may be
linked to the decline and extinction of the large herbivores they hunted.

Mammuthus primigenius(woolly mammoths)

its ancestors migrated out of Africa about 3.5 million years ago, spreading across northern Eurasia and
North America. The creature was over 4 metres tall and could weigh over 6 tons. The Woolly Mammoth
eventually disappeared 10,000 years ago through a combination of hunting by humans and the
disappearance of its habitat through climate change. The last of the isolated woolly mammoth
populations is believed to have vanished from Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean around 1700BC.

Raphus cucullatus(dodo bird)

An extinct flightless bird that inhabited Mauritius, the Dodo was about one metre tall and may have
weighed 10–18 kg. The only account we have of the Dodo’s appearance is through varied illustrations
and written accounts from the 17th century so its exact appearance remains unresolved. Dutch sailors
first recorded a mention of the dodo in 1598. The bird was hunted to extinction by sailors and their
domesticated animals, and invasive species. The last widely accepted sighting of a Dodo was in 1662.

Panthera pardus adersi(Zanzibar leopard)

One of several subspecies of leopard, the Zanzibar leopard made its home on the Zanzibar archipelago
of Tanzania. It's still unclear whether this large cat is technically extinct — there are occasional
unconfirmed sightings. Cause of extinction: Locals believed the leopards were kept by witches, and
aggressively hunted them. The animals were seen as evil predators that must be exterminated — and
even the government was in on the campaign. In the mid-'90s there was a short-lived conservation
effort but it was deemed too little, too late.

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