SPECIES TODAY
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CARIBBEAN MONK SEAL (1952)
STELLAR'S SEA COW (1768)
(similar, but smaller than manatee pictured here)
SEA MINK (1894)
Saved from extinction: BLACK-FOOTED FERRET (1908)
Artwork by Sandra Doyle/Wildlife Art Ltd., Ron Klingner, Elizabeth McClelland, and Consie Powell.
CARIBBEAN MONK SEAL (1952)
STELLAR'S SEA COW (1768)(similar, but smaller than manatee pictured here)
SEA MINK (1894)
Saved from extinction: BLACK-FOOTED FERRET (1908)
Artwork by Sandra Doyle/Wildlife Art Ltd., Ron Klingner, Elizabeth McClelland, and Consie Powell.North American Extinction
In North America we have lost three species in the recent past, all from over-hunting. A fourth species was extinct in the wild, but saved through last-ditch efforts and is being reintroduced in the Western United States.
