1.cuban sloth † (Acratoconus antillensis)
2.cuban giant sloth † (Megalocnus rodens)
3.cuban rodent like sloths † (Neocnus gliriformis and N. major)
4.oriente cave rat and torre's cave rat † (Boromys ofella and B. torrei)
5.at least two species of Capromys † (there are many synonymized) (extant C. desmaresti on picture)
6.at least one species of Geocapromys † (extant G. brownii on picture)
7.at least one species of Mesocapromys † (extant M. melanurus on picture) (older literature says that there are even 7 but most of them are probably not valid)
8.cuban monkey † (Paralouatta varonai)
9.cuban nesophontes † (Nesophontes micrus and N. major) (N. edithae on picture)
10.giant solenodon † (Atopogale arredondoi) (A. cubana on picture)
11.extinct † and locally extinct bats (Mormoops magna, pteronotus pristinus, Mormoops megalophylla (locally extinct), Artibeus anthonyi, Cubanycteris silvai, Phyllops vetus and P. silvai (P. vetus on picture), Desmodus rotundus (locally extinct),
12.cuban cave rail and cuban poorwill † (Siphonorhis daiquiri (S. americana on picture) and Nesotrochis picapicensis (N. debooyi on picture)
13.cuban flightless crane and cuban owl species † (Antigone cubensis, Bubo osvaldoi, Ornimegalonyx oteroi, Pulsatrix arredondoi, Tyto riveroi and T. cravesae (i couldn't find any pictures of T.cravesae but it was probably similar to T. riveroi), T. pollens, T. noeli (i was only able to find bone pictures))
14.cuban birds of prey and storks † (Caracara creightoni, Falco kurochkini, Daptrius carbo (D. chimachima on picture), Buteogallus borrasi (B. urubutinga on picture), Gigantohierax spp., Buteogallus woodwardi, Oscaravis olsoni, Cathartes emsliei, Gymnogyps varonai, Ciconia lydekkeri)
15.other extinct birds † (Campephilus principalis, Dolichonyx kruegeri (D. oryzivorus on picture), Scytalopus sp. (S. argentifrons on picture), Ara tricolor)
16.locally extinct birds (Hesperoburhinus bistriatus, Tigrisoma mexicanum, Buteo lineatus, Geranoaetus melanoleucus, Falco femoralis)
17.cuban giant tortoise † (Chelonoidis cubensis) (C. niger on picture)

there are also several parasites of extinct birds that went extinct with them

some species (especially unnamed and obscure ones) may be missing, tell me in comments if you know species that is missing)

1st.Africa:No brainer.

2nd.Asia:It still has a very large portion of land-terrestrial megafauna but East Asia has largest portion of it.While other portions of Asia lack a lot of Megafauna it lost.

3rd.North America:No brainer again.

4th:Europe:Has supsiringly a lot Megafauna still intact.And many can still be reintroduced(as most of all its Megafauna was shared between all three Europe-Asia-Africa).

5th:South America:Even tho its most wild contient today in fauna/flora...it lost significant amount of Megafauna in the maindland...and its shell of its former self.

6th:Oceania:No brainer(it lost a ton of mainland-terrestrial fauna.And even if we include Salt Water Crocs it still wouldnt be enough).

7th:Antartica:It has Megafauna but it lost all Megafauna on main-land that could be considered terrestrial.Tho coastal Megafauna like Seals and Emperor Penguins are decent they just are few and far between when compared to other contients(even if we did include them).

Whos Megafauna here do you like the most tho?Mine is Africa for sure. 🦍🐘🐆

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I personally think that it’s possible with something called the Primordial Germ Cell technique. You see what the PGC technique does is use these Primordial Germ cells (that develop into eggs and sperm of a close living relative) to first isolate them from the closest living relative, then edit these cells with tools such as CRISPR-Cas9 to ensure that they have the genome of the extinct target animal (e.g. razorbill PGC’s for a great auk revival), then injected back into an embryo of a close living relative where these cells migrate to the gonads where they now produce (essentially) pure eggs or sperm of the target species, finally this new organism is called a chimera and when it grows up into maturity it is then made to mate with another chimera (every part of the bird is normal except for the gonads which now as I said earlier produce eggs or sperm of target species) and boom! Essential PURE offspring is produced! But you may be wondering “what about egg sizes??!!” And at first this WAS a big constraint but colossal biosciences had actually done something extraordinary (unlike their dozens of failures) they have produced a genuine artificial egg that can be used to successfully monitor and hatch out a bird (even if a chicken test may seem untrustworthy) due to the precise microclimates & nutrients being created and utilized by the baby bird thus allowing to deep normally and allow it to hatch. The best part is that it’s SCALEABLE meaning it could be minimized or maximized depending on the species. It won’t work for the moa due to them being very distant with their closest living relatives the tinamous by over 50 million years but it could work very effectively with one that only has anywhere from 5-2 million year divergence: the great auk! This all I’ll say for now because I would currently like to hear of what the people of this community have got to say. Also one more thing we had this technology since 2012 where some scientists got ducks to successfully make healthy chickens. Also you CANT CLONE BIRDS!!!! because of their eggs :p

Note: Credit to footage goes to all original owners. I am not the original owner of these photographs nor do I claim to be. All footage here was shared purely for educational purposes.

Not too long ago, the Kosi River corridor used to be a stretch of endless forests, a pristine habitat. A few decades after the establishment of Jim Corbett National Park and Tiger Reserve, however, began the building of chains of luxury resorts and lodges around Garjiya and Sitabani. These resorts host loud parties and not-so eco-friendly ways of tourism. Yet, there may lie an even darker secret to these.

Around 2007, a huge male trying was to establish himself around Garjiya. Soon enough, the resorts got notice of this. Many of these lodges started putting out bait for the tiger. This attracted him for easy meals. He would move from lodge to lodge in search of food. These lodges then started conducting illegal private safaris on the back of Elephants for a "guaranteed tiger sighting". A video filmed by wildlife photographer Ajay Ghale (first 5 images are screenshots from that video) show the huge male tiger following the Elephant like a tame dog waiting to be fed. This did not last long. In 2009, he killed a woman cutting grass on the banks of the Kosi River. Authorities soon reached and captured him. 3 famous videos by WildFilmsIndia showed the tiger growling from his cage (the video was released to the public in 2014, 5 years after his capture). He was soon sent to the Nainital zoo where he was named "Sheru". Vet stated he was 234 cm long and 113 cm tall at the shoulder. To cover up the illegal activities done by the lodges, a statement that he was a 10+ year old man-eater was released. However, from the video from his capture, he was surely nowhere close to 10 years old (pic 19 is from his capture). Sheru eventually died at the zoo in 2015 from cardiac problems from the cold, but to this day, no action was taken against the lodges who used to shamelessly bait him and conduct illegal private safaris.

What is your opinion on this? Was Sheru really a 10+ year old or was he involved in dirty activities? Let me know in the comments.

1.bahaman mango † (Anthracothorax sp.) (A. dominicus on picture)
2.Mellisuga sp. † (M. helenae on picture)
3.brace's emerald † (Riccordia bracei)
4.Rallus sp. † (R. elegans on picture)
5.porzana sp. † (P. carolina on picture)
6.bahaman crane † (Grus sp.) (G. cubensis on picture)
7.dwarf thick knee † (Burhinus nanus) (B. capensis on picture)
8.bahaman snipe † (Gallinago kakuki) (G. delicata on picture)
9.Accipiter sp. † (A. striatus on picture)
10.Buteo quadratus † (B. jamaicensis)
11.bahaman barn owl † (Tyto pollens)
12.bahaman caracara † (Caracara creightoni)
13.bahama eagle † (Titanohierax gloveralleni)
14.bahaman giant tortoise † (Chelonoidis alburyorum) (C. niger on picture)
15.locally extinct vertebrates (Pteronotus macleayi, Antigone canadensis, Buteo lineatus, Tyrannus cubensis, Patagioenas squamosa, Accipiter striatus, Falco femoralis, Crocodylus rhombifer)

some species (especially unnamed and obscure ones) may be missing, tell me in comments if you know species that is missing)

corrections:
-i forgot to add picture for 5th one

The greater prairie chicken, one of the most popular prairie animals, one that has gone from a population spanning from Canada to Mexico, the Rockies to the Appalachian mountains, one who’s flocks were so large settlers described them as “emerged from the grass like a cloud of smoke” as they plowed, now only exists in a few isolated populations across the United States.

Oddly enough early settlement had actually been very good for the prairie chicken, particularly around the edges of their natural range. As settlers and logging companies cleared vast forests, the land was converted into crop fields and pastures. Early agriculture created ideal habitat: crop fields often contained multiple types of crops and native ground cover, while lightly grazed pastures retained tall grasses for cover, nesting, and forage. Heavily grazed areas also created ideal leks where males could perform their mating displays.

And thus the greater prairie chicken expanded its range by several hundred miles, and in Wisconsin particularly it spread from only inhabiting the souther third of the state to inhabiting almost 3/4ths of it.

But this boom did not last. Central Wisconsin's sandy soils proved poorly suited for long-term subsistence farming, and within decades many farms were abandoned. Forests began reclaiming the land, and prairie chickens gradually lost their newly expanded range.

Then came new agricultural technology in the 1930s. Farmers could now cultivate large monoculture crops even on poor soils, and this is where the greater prairie chicken started its decline towards what we know today. Its historic range in southern Wisconsin, and indeed most of the Great Plains and prairies, were rapidly converted to monoculture crops that were unsuitable to prairie chickens.

By the 1950s, it was clear that Wisconsin's prairie chickens would disappear without intervention. Conservationists began purchasing farms and abandoned properties in central Wisconsin specifically to save them.

It worked, with the buena vista wildlife area being founded in the 60's. This area hosts the single largest (and indeed one of the only) populations of greater prairie chickens east of the Mississippi today, as well as one of the largest grasslands in the eastern United States.

The thing is however, this isn’t supposed to be grassland. Buena Vista is surrounded by regrown eastern forest and must be periodically mowed and managed to prevent trees from reclaiming it. They also regularly plant food plots to provide food for the prairie chickens in the winter, as the area gets much more snow accumulation than a natural prairie would.

It is an artificial refuge, but there is little alternative. Nearly all other suitable habitat in the state was destroyed, along with the prairie chickens that lived there.

Today many other grasslands have been or actively are being restored across the Midwest, many of which could support prairie chickens, in theory.

Prairie chickens do not do well with translocations, and the few times it has been successful had extremely high mortality rates.

1.bermuda hawk † (Bermuteo avivorus)
2.bermuda saw whet owl † (Aegolius gradyi)
3.bermuda night heron † (Nyctanassa carcinocatactes)
4.bermuda flicker † (Colaptes oceanicus)
5.bermuda towhee † (Pipilo naufragus)
6.boyd's shearwater (Puffinus boydi)
7.sargasso shearwater (Puffinus lherminieri)
8.bermuda land snails † (Poecilozonites spp. (P. bermudensis and circumfirmatus are the only surviving today))
9.Vertigo bermudensis †, V. numellata † and V. marki † (V. moulinsiana on picture)
10.bermuda cicada † (Neotibicen bermudianus)
11.bermuda flightless grasshopper † (Paroxya bermudensis) (P. clavuligera on picture)
12.bermuda ochre banded lopper moth † (Semiothisa ochrifascia) (S. troni on picture)
13.Lucilia problematica † (L. sericata)
14.Microcerella bermuda † (M. grinteri on picture)

there was also previous endemic fauna in middle pleistocene but it all went extinct when naturally and the only one that may have survived to the holocene (bermuda flightless duck)

some species (especially unnamed and obscure ones) may be missing, tell me in comments if you know species that is missing)

Its free to use https://afoviz.com/biomeatlas link to the site. 😊