~Extinctathon~
below are examples from a show on display at the Nabolom Bakery Collective through October 2013Arcuate Pearly Mussel Epioblasma flexuosa, Unknown, United States |
Atitlán Grebe Podilymbus gigas 1989 |
California grizzly, California Golden Bear Ursus arctos californicus 1922 |
Cuban Red Macaw Ara tricolor 1860s In 2005, a species of chewing louse, Psittacobrosus bechsteini, was reported from a museum specimen of the Cuban Macaw. It is thought to have been unique to this macaw, and is therefore an example of coextinction. |
Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius 1914 Photograph of a female Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) in captivity from the year 1898 |
Xerces Blue Butterfly Glaucopsyche xerces, 1943, Sunset District of San Francisco, California |