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A thread of extinct British animals, because I feel like it:
Straight-tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-tusked_elephant
Straight-tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight-tusked_elephant
Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)
Remains have been found at West Runton, on the North Norfolk coast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolly_mammoth
Remains have been found at West Runton, on the North Norfolk coast. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolly_mammoth
Barbary Macaque (Macaca sylvanus)
Still exists on Gibraltar and NW Africa
Still exists on Gibraltar and NW Africa
Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis)
Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber)
Reintroduced, with a pair in North Essex and several individuals in Devon.
Reintroduced, with a pair in North Essex and several individuals in Devon.
Arctic Lemming (Dicrostonyx torquatus)
Still exists in Arctic Russia. English population died out 10,000 years ago
Still exists in Arctic Russia. English population died out 10,000 years ago
