TIMELINE OF EXTINCTION OF

LIVING ORGANISMS
BY: ERIC JAMES NATINGA
9-DARWIN
 EXTINCTION
OCCURS WHEN THE LAST MEMBER OF
THAT SPECIES DIES
 THREATENED
WHEN THE POPULATION OF A SPECIES
BEGINS DECLINING RAPIDLY
 ENDANGERED
AN ANIMAL THAT IS ENDANGERED IS
CLOSE TO EXTINCTION
EXTINCTION OF
ANIMALS
 JAVAN TIGER
EXTINCTION (1979)
Similar in appearance to the Sumatran tiger,
the Javan tiger was native to the Indonesian
island of Java. In the 1800s they were so
common they were considered pests by
island natives, but as the island was
developed their population dwindled. By the
1950s, only 20 tigers remained.
Cause of extinction: Loss of habitat and
agricultural development led to severe
population decline. Conservation efforts in
the 1940s and '50s were unsuccessful due to
a lack of adequate land and planning.
 GOLDEN TOAD
EXTINCTION (1989)
The golden toad is not the only
species to disappear in the past 40
years, but it might just be the
brightest. This fluorescent
amphibian was found in the high-
altitude ridges of Costa Rica, but
thanks to pollution, global warming
and fungal skin infections, the
species became extinct in 1989.
 WEST AFRICAN BLACK
RHINOCEROS
EXTINCTION (2006)
The majestic West African black rhino
was declared extinct in 2006, after
conservationists failed to find any in their
last remaining habitat in Cameroon. The
West African black rhino was one of four
subspecies of rhinoceros.
Cause of extinction: Habitat loss, along
with disease, predators and a decline in
its food source — native tree snails — are
all seen as reasons for the bird's demise.
EXTINCTION OF
PLANTS
 SAINT HELENA OLIVE
EXTINCTION (1994)

The St. Helena Olive became very rare

in the 19th century, probably as a
consequence of habitat loss, and by
1875 only 12 to 15 trees were recorded
as growing on the northern side of
Diana’s Peak. After a while this tree was
thought to have become extinct
CYNOMETRA BEDDOMIE
EXTINCTION (1998)

 is a species of tree in the Fabaceae

family. It was described from a single
tree in the Kerala Western Ghats of
India. In 1998 it was declared extinct as
it had never been seen again since 1870.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
 BLUTAPARON RIGIDUM
EXTINCTION (1998)

These are annual or perennial herbs with

stems that extend along the ground.
They have fleshy, alternately arranged
leaves and rounded or cylindrical flower
heads at the tips of the stems
 EXTINCTION OF
MICROORGANISMS
 SMALLPOX VIRUS
EXTINCTION (1978)
Smallpox has existed for at least 3,000 years and
was one of the world’s most feared diseases until
it was eradicated by a collaborative global
vaccination programme led by the World Health
Organization. The last known natural case was in
Somalia in 1977. Since then, the only known
cases were caused by a laboratory accident in
1978 in Birmingham, England, which killed one
person and caused a limited outbreak. Smallpox
was officially declared eradicated in 1979.
 POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS
EXTINCTION (2004)
It was once believed that poliomyelitis was
not an infectious disease, the virus reached
the CNS via nerve pathways and not via the
bloodstream, the virus was strictly
neurotropic, unlikely of cultivation in
nonneural tissue, and the prevention of the
disease could not be accomplished by a
noninfectious virus vaccine because it was
also believed that the process of infection
was required for inducing effective and
durable immunity.
 LEPROSY BACTERIUM
EXTINCTION (2010)
Leprosy is an infectious disease that causes
severe, disfiguring skin sores and nerve damage
 in the arms, legs, and skin areas around the
body. The disease has been around since
ancient times, often surrounded by terrifying,
negative stigmas and tales of leprosy patients
being shunned as outcasts. Outbreaks of
leprosy have affected, and panicked, people on
every continent. The oldest civilizations of
China, Egypt, and India feared leprosy was an
incurable, mutilating, and contagious disease
 ALWAYS REMEMBER WHEN
WE LOSE AN ANIMAL SPECIES
TO EXTINCTION ITS LIKE
LOSING A PART OF A FAMILY
SO WE MUST PROTECT THE
LIFE ON EARTH