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The Pink-headed Duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) is (or was) a large diving duck that was once found in parts of the Gangetic plains of India, Bangladesh and in the riverine swamps of Myanmar but feared extinct since the 1950s. Numerous searches have failed to provide any proof of continued existence. It has been suggested that it may exist in the inaccessible swamp regions of northern Myanmar and some sight reports from that region have led to its status being declared as "critically endangered" rather than extinct. The genus placement has been disputed and while some have suggested that it is closer to the pochards, others have placed it in a separate genus of its own.
Darwinius masillae - Saint Helena Shearwater - Great Ground-dove - Huahine Cuckoo-dove - Puijila darwini - Barbados Rail - Amitabha urbsinterdictensis - Snipe-rail - Lord Howe Boobook - Lord Howe Fantail - Norfolk Island Boobook - Gigantornis eaglesomei - Australodelphis - North Island broad-billed moa - Dinornis struthoides - Stout-legged moa - Norfolk Island Thrush - Rhinodrilus fafner - Réunion Rail - Huahine Starling - Coffea lemblinii - Chatham Island Kākā - Mohoidae - Waitaha penguin - Elephas mnaidriensis - Martinique Macaw - Galapagos damsel - Extinct Birds (Rothschild book) - Réunion Fody - Liverpool Pigeon - Bromus interruptus - Oceanic Eclectus Parrot - San Cristóbal Vermilion Flycatcher - Beelzebufo - Onychonycteris finneyi - Antioquia Brush-finch
Subcategories of Extinction:
- 30 June 2009 Researchers from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh unearthed a 38 million year old primate fossil called Ganlea megacanina from Myanmar Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution
- 9 June 2009 Researchers from the University of Wollongong found a perfect preserved skeleton of Elephas hysudrindicus, a large extinct ancestor to the modern Asian Elephant, from the Pleistocene in Eastern Java. Extinct giant elephant skeleton discovered in Indonesia
- 8 June 2009 Researchers from the University of Gothenburg discovered the fossil remains of a prehistoric whale called Balaena svedenborgii on the west coast of Sweden. Prehistoric Whale Discovered On The West Coast Of Sweden
- 28 May 2009 A new extinct giant lemur is described under the scientific name Palaeopropithecus kelyus. New Giant Lemur Species Discovered
- ... that the Banggai Crow was rediscovered on Peleng in 2008 after it was only known by two museum specimens from the late 19th century.
- ... that the extinct flightless Snipe-rail had the smallest wings of all known rail species in proportion to its body size.
- ... that only 300 copies were published of Walter Rothschild's book Extinct Birds.
- ... that Cave Lions were about 25 percent larger than the modern African Lions and Asiatic lions.
Extinction - Extinction event - Local extinction - List of extinct animals - List of extinct plants - Fossil - Holocene extinction event - Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event - Cambrian-Ordovician extinction events - Ordovician-Silurian extinction events - Triassic-Jurassic extinction events - Late Devonian extinction - Permian-Triassic extinction event - Signor-Lipps effect - Australian megafauna - Dwarf elephant - Ape extinction - Pseudoextinction - Extinction Vortex - Prehistoric reptile - Human extinction - Voluntary Human Extinction Movement - Evolution - Biodiversity - Invasive species - Breeding back - Lazarus taxon
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- Arthropods
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