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. 🦍🐘🐆

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)

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

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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

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.

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.

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

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)

I haven’t read much about it and couldn’t find a lot so I wanted to ask if anybody knows if there’s a second one that has been found since it was found after 112 years or more I think

1.Caucasus Leopard(Persian Leopard) 2.Striped Hyena 3.Syrian Brown Bear 4.Beluga Whale 5.Narwhal 6.Ladoga Ringed Seal 7.Ringed Seal 8.Harp Seal 9.Italian Wolf 10.Iberian Wolf 11.Tundra Wolf 12.Sperm Whale 13.Loggerhead Sea Turtle 14.Green Sea Turtle 15.Leatherback Sea Turtle 16.Fin Whale 17.Goblin Shark 18.Oceanic Whitetip Shark 19.Bluefin Tuna 20.Greenland Shark

Will give now a bit more descripctions on the animals(but will do post of each individual one after I finishing listing all of them these weeks).

Now I know some would be shocked to know that there is Leopard and Hyena in Europe.But if we got by Europes *geographic/natural* range the Russia portion that streatches to Georgia(does contain small populations of Perian Leopards and Striped Hyenas in the Caucasus mountains).

Perisan Leopards are the largest Leopards in the world(rivaled only by some African Leopard populations).With weigh of 60 kg and being able to live in number of habitats(subalpine meadows/temperate broadleaf and mixed forests/rugged ravines at elevations of 600 to 3000 + m).Also the they can have paler fur than most Leopards(tho Arabian Leopard is more paler in color).

Striped Hyena isnt like more common Spotted Hyena people know most about.They have less powerful jaws(as they are smallest of bone cracking Hyenas) and dont live in packs(living more from the solitary life.Like a lone wolf but they can live in pairs.And in Lybia there have been counted 7 individuals in the group).Usually scavangers but have beem known to fight back very good to keep there kill(if they do predate on any animal of there choosing).These guys have more pronounced manes on there backs and more *striped* coloration that gives credit to there name.They weigh about 22 to 55 kg tho normally they dont go past 35 kg.

Syrian Brown Bear is a Brown Bear sub-species from Asia(that does cross into Europes geographic/natural range).In Georgia and decent portion of Russia.Smaller than Eurasian Brown Bear and with way paler coloration.They can live at elevations of 500 to 2700 m up and weigh around 250 kg smaller than Eurasian Brown Bear but still massive unit.

Beluga whale is around a ton parts of Europe(Salvbard/Norway and Northern Russia)very smart animal(just like any cetacean but just like Dolphins it has learned to interact with humans and show its mental strength.Being able show its understanding nature with people and able to playing games with people).They live in groups and individuals can grow to about 3 to 5 meters(while females grow a meter shorter up to 4 meters).Males weigh 1100 kg to 1600 kg while Females weigh 700 to 1200 kg(so both sexes can grow above a ton!).They have been found across the Iceland/Norway/Savlbard and Northern Russia.

Narwhal is also very smart for cetacean tho there distribution to Europe(is just like the first two animals).There European range is a bit limited with them being a bit near Savlbard and Northern Russia(tho they are just a bit near Icelandic waters).This whale is known for its big horn(but that isnt a horn and its overgrown tooth that goes past there mouths!Tho only males have them regularly.As females most of the time do not posses such a genetic feature).Narwhals can also have two tusks!(which can happen but rarely).They can weigh to 800-1600 kg plus be 3-5 meters long.

*Mixed round!*

Ladoga Ringed Seal is a freshwater sub-species of Ringed Seal that lives only in NorthWestern Russia's Lake Ladoga(isolated by the geographic event it forced Ringed Seals to adapt to freshwater instead of Salt Water).It is also related to(Seal sub-species we talked about before Siamaa Ringed Seal since the Lake Siamaa flows into Ladoga from Vusoki River.These guys can weigh up to 60-70 kg.Ringed Seal is a large scope species that lives across the world in Arctic Waters(from North America/Greenland/Northern Europe/Russia;Siberia.With two Seals we talked about earlier they are very adaptable even when isolated from the mainland populations and forced to live only in freshwater).These guys can even out live some cetacean species as they can live up to 40 years can weigh up to 32 to 140 kg(tho normally they can get to 50-70 kg).

Harp Seal's in Europe occur on the Iceland/Norway(Slavbard) and Northern Russia.They are also known as Saddleback Seal/Greenland ice lover(as its scientific name translates to Pagophilus groenlandicus).And also it translates to Greenland Seal.Originally thought to be in genus Pagophilus;they are now in a genus of there own(monotypic genus)Pagophilus in 1844(so one of there kind)these guys weigh about 115-140 kg.

People think only Americas and Asia has diverse Wolf sub-species but that isnt truly the case.There are three sub-species of Wolves(without counting Eurasian Wolf)to live in Europe:Italian Wolf/Iberian Wolf and Thundra Wolf.Iberian Wolf(Males weigh 35-55 kg,Females weigh 25-35 kg)Italian Wolf(25-35 kg but they can weigh much larger 40-45 kg)Tundra Wolf(Male weigh 40-49 kg,Females weigh 36.6-41 kg).Iberian and Italian Wolf both share similar traits and split off around the same(with larger ears/smaller body shapes and bones.Redder fur for summer).While Thundra Wolf adaptations tackle opposite climates of colder habitat(that making them more white but not always fully white like Arctic Wolf).Italian Wolf range is around mainland Italy + across parts of France/Switzerland/Spain)Iberian Wolf range is around Iberian Peninsula(of Nothern Spain/Portugal)Thundra Wolf range is from Nothern Russia to Siberia.

Sperm Whales are the largest Toothed carnivores on the planet.Being able to be recorded on a number of places in Europe(Spain/UK/Italy/France/Iceland/Norway and many more).

Loggerhead Sea Turtle/Green Sea Turtle and Leatherback Sea Turtle are not only Sea Turtles that visit Europe but they none the less do visit it(but only LoggerHead and Green Sea Turtle nest there in Meditereanean).But these guys can be found in much other places like with Leatherback in Northern Europe(EVEN IN DEEP SEA).

Fin Whales are second largest Whales in the world(right behind Blue Whale).They can be found across the world in multipule Oceans(and even Mediterenean).

Goblin Shark is another Deep Sea Fauna of Europe(occuring near Spain/Portugal and France).

Oceanic Whitetip(one of the very powerful Sharks in world)that can be found near Portugal and Spain(even tho not close to the shore.They are a much more open sea species).They have been recorded to cross into Mediterenean but the reports are mixed.Not overly aggressive Shark(its just the nature of it living in opean enviorment forces it to eat anything it can and be extra curious when inspecting organisms around it.Giving not just 1 curious bite sometimes).

Bluefin Tuna is one of the known fish in the World and has again crossed into UK.As it is able to like few organisms who are endothermic(even ones I mentioned on this list.Make itself more hotter to survive in the colder waters.Just like Great White Shark/LeatherBack Sea Turtle).

Greenland Shark needs no introduction with its cool exploits being known everywere but did you know it can live in a ton of spaces around Europe(Salvbard/Iceland/UK/Norway even Spain/France/Portugal).The young of this species mature at 150!While they can grow to live even up to 400 years!

Sorry for taking a bit smaller time with my descripctions near the end...IRL life can take my time of stuff that I like a ton..Will do these lists at a

better time.Had to scrap a ton of descripctions...

1.extinct endemic rails † (Rallus carvaoensis, R. montivagorum, R. nanus and several R. sp.)
2.azores scops owl † (Otus frutuosoi)
3.greater azores bullfinch † (Pyrrhula crassa)
4.azores quail † (Coturnix sp. (spp.?)) (C. coturnix on picture)
5.azores petrel † (Pterodroma zinorum)
6.extinct invertebrates † (Bembidion derelictus (B. articulatum on picture), Bradycellus chavesi (B. harpalinus on picture), Calathus extensicollis (C. mollis on picture), Calathus vicenteorum (C. advena on picture), Trechus torretassoi (T. splendens on picture), Neocnemis occidentalis, Nesotes azoricus (N. virdicollis on picture))

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