SPECIES TODAY
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GRAY WOLF (1890)

WOLVERINE (1840)

LYNX (1890s)
PUMA (1908)

ELK (1830s)

ALLEGHENY WOODRAT (1987)

Artwork by Sandra Doyle/Wildlife Art Ltd., Ron Klingner, Elizabeth McClelland, and Consie Powell.
GRAY WOLF (1890)
WOLVERINE (1840)
LYNX (1890s)
PUMA (1908)
ELK (1830s)
ALLEGHENY WOODRAT (1987)
Artwork by Sandra Doyle/Wildlife Art Ltd., Ron Klingner, Elizabeth McClelland, and Consie Powell.
New York State Extinction
Although New York State hasn't lost any species to "global extinction," in the last 500 years, six mammal species have been extirpated from the state, a fate known as "local extinction."

