Extinct Mammals
Many mammals became extinct in the past millennium. The main cause of their extinction is hunting and the destruction of their natural habitat.
Sadly enough there have been two mammals declared extinct in the new millennium. They are the Pyrenean Ibex (the last individual, see right-hand picture, of this species died on 6 January 2000 in Ordesa National Park in Spain) and a West African Monkey, the Miss Waldron's red colobus monkey (October 2000). Many scientists believe that this may be the first obvious sign that an extinction wave will soon wipe out other large mammals. This isn't that strange, because many mammals are critically endangered.
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