Extinct

Dodo

The dodo was a completely flightless bird.

Woolly Mammoth

Some people want to bring the woolly mammoth back using preserved genetic evidence!

Aurochs

The ancestor of all domesticated cattle!

Carolina Parakeet

The Carolina parakeet is one of the few parrots that lived as far north as the United States

Quagga

The quagga is a subspecies of plains zebra.

Cape Lion

Despite its large, muscular body, the Cape lion actually rests more than 20 hours a day

Oviraptor

Oviraptor means "egg thief" or "egg seizer," though they were quite protective of their own eggs.

Archelon Turtle

Archelons are the largest turtles to have ever lived in the world

Arctodus

The South American spectacled bear is its closest relative living today.

Uintatherium

The Uintatherium was an exceptionally large and exceptionally ugly ungulate that lived during the Eocene epoch

Procoptodon

The largest variety of kangaroo to have ever been discovered.

Thylacoleo

Scientists have speculated that its bite force was equivalent to that of a 551 pound lion!