A Sumatran tiger licks a frozen blood lollipop on a scorching summer time day on the Bioparco zoo in Rome, Italy June 27, 2017.
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Questions:
1. This leopard species was first described in 1862. Within the subsequent 120 years, it went extinct in its residence vary in Taiwan. An intensive 15-year survey from 1997 to 2012 additionally failed to search out any people. Name the species.
2. Until no less than 2008, this tiger species was believed to have gone extinct within the Fifties. The species was described as being the smallest tiger on the Sunda Islands. After a 2017 reform in taxonomy, this species was introduced beneath Panthera tigris sondaica, which incorporates the extant Sumatran tiger. Name this tiger.
3. This species of deer was endemic to Thailand and resembled the barasingha. It was described in 1863. The deer’s inhabitants dwindled after Thailand intensified rice cultivation, and was final recorded in 1938. Name the species.
4. This species of aquatic mammal went extinct within the Nineteen Seventies. Until 2003, it was regarded as a subspecies of the California sea lion, however has since been categorized as a separate species. It was pushed to extinction by over-hunting and presumably submarine warfare throughout World War II. Name it.
5. This equine species was additionally referred to as the hemippe. It was rendered extinct by 1927 by overhunting in addition to by the results of World War I. It was the smallest equine species and couldn’t be domesticated. Name it.
Visual:
Name the species of ox memorialised on this statue in Cambodia. It’s additionally the nationwide animal of Cambodia and categorized as presumably extinct. CHRISTIAN PIRKL (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Answers:
1. Formosan clouded leopard
2. Bali tiger
3. Schomburgk’s deer
4. Japanese sea lion
5. Syrian wild ass
Visual: Kouprey
