extinct
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The same fragility may also mean that many extinct reptiles and amphibians have disappeared from the fossil record entirely.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
Water voles use to be fairly common in the Hogsmill River catchment but the species, immortalised as Ratty in The Wind in the Willows, was "locally extinct" until 2025.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
The other is an extinct species of tree frog in Florida, according to the museum’s news release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
It might be those ploughshare tortoises, 75 of which were stolen from a successful Madagascar breeding facility in 1996, rendering them virtually extinct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Within a couple of centuries, the majority of the local megafauna was extinct, along with 60 per cent of all bird species.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
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