Extinction quiz
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What farm animal's wild ancestor died out in 1627?
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Which extinct bird lived in flocks of billions?
Answer: Passenger pigeon
Why: Martha, thought to be the last passenger pigeon, died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914.
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Which living animal is the woolly mammoth's closest relative?
Answer: Asian elephant
Why: Mammoths did not turn into today's elephants: they were cousins on a separate branch of the family tree.
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Which animal group has the most recorded extinctions since 1500?
Answer: Mollusks
Why: Snails and slugs alone outnumber all the birds listed as extinct on the IUCN Red List.
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What kind of bird was the dodo?
Answer: Pigeon
Why: The dodo's closest living relative is the Nicobar pigeon, a bird that can still fly.
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What is a species found alive after seeming extinct called?
Answer: Lazarus taxon
Why: An Elvis taxon merely looks like a vanished group, while a Lazarus taxon is the very same group turning up again.
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Where did the Irish elk live?
Answer: From Ireland to Siberia
Why: Its name misleads twice, since its closest living relatives are fallow deer, not elk or moose.
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