~Extinctathon~
below are examples from a show on display at the Nabolom Bakery Collective through October 2013 |
| Arcuate Pearly Mussel Epioblasma flexuosa, Unknown, United States |
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| Atitlán Grebe Podilymbus gigas 1989 |
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| California grizzly, California Golden Bear Ursus arctos californicus 1922 |
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| 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. |
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| Passenger Pigeon Ectopistes migratorius 1914 Photograph of a female Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) in captivity from the year 1898 |
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| Xerces Blue Butterfly Glaucopsyche xerces, 1943, Sunset District of San Francisco, California |
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