- Endling
An "endling" is the name given to an individual animal that is the last of its
species . Once the endling dies, the species becomes extinct."On 7 September 1936 an endling died in Hobart Zoo. An endling is the name given to an animal that is the last of its species. In 1936, this endling was ‘Benjamin’ (actually a female), the last
thylacine , or Tasmanian tiger." [ [http://www.nma.gov.au/shared/libraries/attachments/schools/resources/tangled_destinies/tangled_destinies_document/files/19806/tangled_destinies_full_colour.pdf http://www.nma.gov.au/shared/libraries/.../tangled_destinies_full_colour.pdf - PDF] ]The
Quagga became extinct in the wild in the late 1870s, and the species endling died in captivity on August 12, 1883 at theArtis Magistra zoo in Amsterdam.Notes
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Extinction External links
* [http://www.ejmagazine.com/2002a/history.html "Cut from history"] by Eric Freedman for [http://ej.msu.edu/about.php Knight Center for Environmental Journalism]
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