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<blockquote data-quote="0716aravinda" data-source="post: 12744452" data-attributes="member: 120590"><p><strong>ලෝකයෙන් තුරන් වී ගිය...</strong></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>මචන්ලා ඔන්න මම අලුත් නූලක් දෑම්මා..<span style="color: Blue">අද ත්රෙඩ් එකෙන් මම කියන්නෙ ලෝකයේන් 1900 සිට 2000 වෙනකම් තුරන් වෙලා ගියපු සත්ව විශෙශ ගැනයි.( කොහොමද වැඩේ <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/P.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":P" title=":P :P" data-shortname=":P" /> )</span> පහල තියන තොරතුරු මම සින්හලෙන් දානවා, එත් මගේ බෙල්ල පොඩ්ඩක් රිදෙනව බන්z ලා උදේ ඉදන් ලැප් එක ඉස්සරහ ඉන්දල. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad :(" data-shortname=":(" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad :(" data-shortname=":(" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/sad.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Sad :(" data-shortname=":(" /> ඒ හින්ද සින්හලෙන් කොටන්න අමාරුයි.ඒ හින්ද මම munge nam google searck karala WIKI එකෙන් අරන් paste කරා..(දැන් ඉතින් පලු යන්න බනින්න එහෙම එපා. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy :)" data-shortname=":)" /> )තව මේ ...... එකෙ ඉස්සරහට තොරතුරු දනවා. (තව 45 දෙනෙක් ඉන්නව ඔන්න.මෙතන ඉන්නෙ 9 දෙනයි <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/P.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":P" title=":P :P" data-shortname=":P" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/P.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":P" title=":P :P" data-shortname=":P" />) 1900 ඉදන් 2000 වෙනකම් ලෝකයෙන් තුරන් උන සියලුම ජීවී විශේශ මම මේ ත්රෙඩ් එකේ දානවා. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy :)" data-shortname=":)" /> එහෙනම් මෙන්න.......</strong></span><u><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></u></p> <p style="text-align: center"><u><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong></strong></span></u></p> <p style="text-align: center"><u><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Guadalupe Caracara 1900</strong></span></u></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Caracara_plancus_%282%29.jpg/200px-Caracara_plancus_%282%29.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://www.eversostrange.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Quelili-Guadalupe-Caracara.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The </span></span>Guadalupe Caracara<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, </span></span><em>Caracara lutosa</em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> (Mourning Caracara), is an extinct </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_prey" target="_blank">bird of prey</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> belonging to the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon" target="_blank">falcon</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_%28biology%29" target="_blank">family</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> (Falconidae).</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> It was, together with the closely related </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_Caracara" target="_blank">Crested</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> and </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Caracara" target="_blank">Southern Caracara</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, formerly placed in the genus </span></span><em>Polyborus</em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">. It was also known as the </span></span></strong><strong>Quelili<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> or the </span></span></strong><strong>Calalie<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">.</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"><u><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Long tailed hopping mouse 1901</span></strong></u></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Long-tailed_Hopping_Mouse_historic_drawing.jpg/220px-Long-tailed_Hopping_Mouse_historic_drawing.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"> <img src="http://museumvictoria.com.au/bioinformatics/mammals/images/Hap_long.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 22px"> <img src="http://biznz.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/long-tailed-hopping-mouse.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> </p> <p style="text-align: center"> <u><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Pig footed bandicoot 1901</span></strong></u></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Pig-footed_Bandicoot_Pengo.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/PigFootedBandicoot.jpg/800px-PigFootedBandicoot.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"> <img src="http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/spp/Schouten/PIG-FOOTED_BANDICOOT.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"> <img src="http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Images/10062/Pig-footed%20bandicoot%20skull_.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The </span></span>pig-footed bandicoot<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, </span></span><em>Chaeropus ecaudatus</em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, was a small </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsupial" target="_blank">marsupial</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> of the arid and semi-arid plains of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" target="_blank">Australia</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">. The distribution range of the species was later reduced to an inland desert region, where it was last recorded in the 1901s, and is now presumed to be extinct.</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><u><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Auckland island merganser</span></strong></u> <u><span style="font-size: 18px"><strong>1902</strong></span></u></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Mergus_australis.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Mergus_australis_head.jpg/800px-Mergus_australis_head.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Auckland_Islands_Merganser.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center">This bird was first collected when a French expedition led by the explorer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Dumont_d%27Urville" target="_blank">Jules Dumont d'Urville</a> on the ships<em>L'Astrolabe</em> and <em>La Zelee</em> visited the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Islands" target="_blank">Auckland Islands</a> in 1840. Its decline was caused by a combination of hunting and predation by introduced <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal" target="_blank">mammals</a>. The bird was not flightless, but rather hard to flush; it preferred to hide between rocks when pursued. The last sighting was of a pair shot on January 9, 1902. It was not found in a 1909 search, and a thorough 1972/1973 exploration of possible habitat concluded that it was long extinct (Williams & Weller, 1974).</p><p></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center">Subsequent fossil discoveries suggest that this merganser was previously resident on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Island" target="_blank">South Island</a> and<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Island/Rakiura" target="_blank">Stewart Island/Rakiura</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand" target="_blank">New Zealand</a>. Fossils of a subspecies or closely related species have also been found on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Islands" target="_blank">Chatham Islands</a>. There exists a short remark mentioning "a merganser" found on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Island,_New_Zealand" target="_blank">Campbell Island</a> in McCormick (1842), but this may just as well refer to the semi-marine <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Teal" target="_blank">Campbell Teal</a> which is otherwise missing in his notes: he only mentions the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Black_Duck" target="_blank">Pacific Black Duck</a> ("a New Zealand species of duck").</p><p></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">Bulldog rat 1903</span></p><p></span></span></u></strong></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Rattus_nativitatis.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Skull_MaclearsRat_BulldogRat.png/391px-Skull_MaclearsRat_BulldogRat.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><img src="http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/assets/2008/11/05/2008110521.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p><p></span></span></p><p></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The </span></span>Bulldog Rat<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> (</span></span><em>Rattus nativitatis</em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">) was a species of rat endemic to </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Island" target="_blank">Christmas Island</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> in the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean" target="_blank">Indian Ocean</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">. The rats lived on the higher hills and denser forests of the island. They had short tails and their backs were covered in a two centimetre thick layer of fat. They lived in small colonies, in burrows among the roots of trees or under hollow logs in primary forest. They were sluggish and never climbed and may have seemed half-dazed in daylight. The last record dates from 1903. They may have succumbed to a disease brought by </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_rat" target="_blank">black rats</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> that had been inadvertently introduced by human sailors.</span></span></p><p></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><span style="font-size: 18px">Choiseul crested pigeon</span></span></span></p><p></span></span></u></strong></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Microgoura_meeki.jpg/220px-Microgoura_meeki.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />3</span></span></p><p></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Choiseul_Crested_Pigeon.jpg/220px-Choiseul_Crested_Pigeon.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><img src="http://img57.exs.cx/img57/3426/choiseulcrestedpigeon4db.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The </span></span>Choiseul Crested Pigeon<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> (</span></span><em>Microgoura meeki</em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">) is a presumedly extinct </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon" target="_blank">pigeon</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> which was only known on the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands" target="_blank">Solomon island</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choiseul_Province" target="_blank">Choiseul</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> in the</span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific" target="_blank">Pacific</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">. This species was first described by Walter Rothschild in 1904 and named in honour of Albert Stewart Meek. The Choiseul islanders called that species </span></span><em>kukuru-ni-lua</em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> which means ground pigeon</span></span></p><p></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p><strong><u><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">Honshu wolf 1905</span></p><p></span></span></u></strong></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Honshu-wolf.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Honshu-wolf_skeleton.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Canis_lupus_hodophilax.jpg/800px-Canis_lupus_hodophilax.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The </span></span>Honshū wolf<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, known in Japan as the </span></span>Japanese wolf<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">(ニホンオオカミ(日本狼) <em>Nihon Ōkami</em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000EE"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">?</span></span></a>, <em>Canis lupus hodophilax</em>)</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, </span></span>yamainu<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">(ヤマイヌ(豺、犲、山犬)<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000EE"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">?</span></span></a>, "mountain dog")</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, or simply </span></span>wolf<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">(オオカミ(狼) <em>Ōkami</em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000EE"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">?</span></span></a>)</span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, is one of the two </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinct" target="_blank">extinct</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies" target="_blank">subspecies</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> of the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_wolf" target="_blank">gray wolf</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> once endemic to the islands of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" target="_blank">Japan</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">. The Honshū wolf occupied the islands of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB" target="_blank">Honshū</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikoku" target="_blank">Shikoku</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, and </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB" target="_blank">Kyūshū</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> in </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" target="_blank">Japan</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">. The other subspecies is the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D_wolf" target="_blank">Hokkaidō wolf</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, native to the island of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" target="_blank">Hokkaidō</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">. The Honshū wolf is thought to have become extinct due to a combination of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies" target="_blank">rabies</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, which was first reported in Kyūshū and Shikoku in 1732, and human eradication. The last known specimen died in 1905, in </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_Prefecture" target="_blank">Nara Prefecture</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">.</span></span></p><p></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><u><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px">Huia bird 1905</span></p><p></span></span></strong></u></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Heteralocha_acutirostris.jpg/800px-Heteralocha_acutirostris.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Huia_Buller.jpg/452px-Huia_Buller.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Keulemans_Huias.jpg/800px-Keulemans_Huias.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />.</p><p></span></span><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"><p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">The </span></span>Huia<span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> (</span></span>Māori: <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Unicode MS'"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_M%C4%81ori" target="_blank">[ˈhʉia]</a></span></span><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">; </span></span><em>Heteralocha acutirostris</em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">) was the largest species of </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callaeidae" target="_blank">New Zealand wattlebird</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> and was </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism" target="_blank">endemic</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> to the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Island" target="_blank">North Island</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> of New Zealand. Its extinction in the early 20th century had two primary causes. The first was rampant </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overexploitation" target="_blank">overhunting</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> to procure Huia skins for </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxidermy" target="_blank">mounted specimens</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, which were in worldwide demand by museums and wealthy private collectors. Huia were also hunted to obtain their long, striking tail feathers for locally fashionable hat decorations. The second major cause of extinction was the widespread </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_destruction" target="_blank">deforestation</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> of the lowlands of the North Island by European settlers to create pasture for agriculture. Most of these forests were ancient, ecologically complex </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_forest" target="_blank">primary forests</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">, and Huia were not able to survive in regenerating </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_forest" target="_blank">secondary forests</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">. The last confirmed sighting of a Huia was on 28 December 1907 in the </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tararua_Ranges" target="_blank">Tararua Ranges</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'">. Further credible sightings near </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington" target="_blank">Wellington</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> were reported until 1922 and in </span></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Urewera_National_Park" target="_blank">Te Urewera National Park</a><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: 'sans-serif'"> in the early 1960s.</span></span></p><p></span></span></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"><p style="text-align: center"> <u><strong><span style="font-size: 18px">Guadalupe storm petrel 1911</span></strong></u></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"> <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Oceanodroma.macrodactyla.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px"><span style="color: Red">සලකලා යනවා කියලා මම දන්නවා. <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy :)" data-shortname=":)" /> <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/happy.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Happy :)" data-shortname=":)" /> බොහොම ස්තුතියි.</span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: Blue">මීට 0716aravinda</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="0716aravinda, post: 12744452, member: 120590"] [b]ලෝකයෙන් තුරන් වී ගිය...[/b] [CENTER][SIZE=6][B]මචන්ලා ඔන්න මම අලුත් නූලක් දෑම්මා..[COLOR=Blue]අද ත්රෙඩ් එකෙන් මම කියන්නෙ ලෝකයේන් 1900 සිට 2000 වෙනකම් තුරන් වෙලා ගියපු සත්ව විශෙශ ගැනයි.( කොහොමද වැඩේ :P )[/COLOR] පහල තියන තොරතුරු මම සින්හලෙන් දානවා, එත් මගේ බෙල්ල පොඩ්ඩක් රිදෙනව බන්z ලා උදේ ඉදන් ලැප් එක ඉස්සරහ ඉන්දල. :( :( :( ඒ හින්ද සින්හලෙන් කොටන්න අමාරුයි.ඒ හින්ද මම munge nam google searck karala WIKI එකෙන් අරන් paste කරා..(දැන් ඉතින් පලු යන්න බනින්න එහෙම එපා. :) )තව මේ ...... එකෙ ඉස්සරහට තොරතුරු දනවා. (තව 45 දෙනෙක් ඉන්නව ඔන්න.මෙතන ඉන්නෙ 9 දෙනයි :P :P) 1900 ඉදන් 2000 වෙනකම් ලෝකයෙන් තුරන් උන සියලුම ජීවී විශේශ මම මේ ත්රෙඩ් එකේ දානවා. :) එහෙනම් මෙන්න.......[/B][/SIZE][U][SIZE=6][B] Guadalupe Caracara 1900[/B][/SIZE][/U] [/CENTER] [CENTER][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Caracara_plancus_%282%29.jpg/200px-Caracara_plancus_%282%29.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.eversostrange.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Quelili-Guadalupe-Caracara.jpg[/IMG] [B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]The [/FONT][/COLOR]Guadalupe Caracara[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], [/FONT][/COLOR][I]Caracara lutosa[/I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] (Mourning Caracara), is an extinct [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_prey"]bird of prey[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] belonging to the [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon"]falcon[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_%28biology%29"]family[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] (Falconidae).[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] It was, together with the closely related [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_Caracara"]Crested[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] and [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Caracara"]Southern Caracara[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], formerly placed in the genus [/FONT][/COLOR][I]Polyborus[/I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]. It was also known as the [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B]Quelili[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] or the [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][B]Calalie[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif].[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [U][B][SIZE=6]Long tailed hopping mouse 1901[/SIZE][/B][/U] [SIZE=6] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Long-tailed_Hopping_Mouse_historic_drawing.jpg/220px-Long-tailed_Hopping_Mouse_historic_drawing.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE] [SIZE=6] [IMG]http://museumvictoria.com.au/bioinformatics/mammals/images/Hap_long.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE] [SIZE=6] [IMG]http://biznz.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/long-tailed-hopping-mouse.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE] [U][B][SIZE=5]Pig footed bandicoot 1901[/SIZE][/B][/U] [SIZE=5] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d4/Pig-footed_Bandicoot_Pengo.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE] [SIZE=5] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/PigFootedBandicoot.jpg/800px-PigFootedBandicoot.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE] [SIZE=5] [IMG]http://www.rainforestinfo.org.au/spp/Schouten/PIG-FOOTED_BANDICOOT.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE] [SIZE=5] [IMG]http://australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Images/10062/Pig-footed%20bandicoot%20skull_.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE] [B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]The [/FONT][/COLOR]pig-footed bandicoot[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], [/FONT][/COLOR][I]Chaeropus ecaudatus[/I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], was a small [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsupial"]marsupial[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] of the arid and semi-arid plains of [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia"]Australia[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]. The distribution range of the species was later reduced to an inland desert region, where it was last recorded in the 1901s, and is now presumed to be extinct.[/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [U][B][SIZE=5]Auckland island merganser[/SIZE][/B][/U] [U][SIZE=5][B]1902[/B][/SIZE][/U] [SIZE=5] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Mergus_australis.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE] [SIZE=5] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Mergus_australis_head.jpg/800px-Mergus_australis_head.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE] [SIZE=5] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Auckland_Islands_Merganser.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE] [/CENTER] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER]This bird was first collected when a French expedition led by the explorer [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Dumont_d%27Urville"]Jules Dumont d'Urville[/URL] on the ships[I]L'Astrolabe[/I] and [I]La Zelee[/I] visited the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auckland_Islands"]Auckland Islands[/URL] in 1840. Its decline was caused by a combination of hunting and predation by introduced [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammal"]mammals[/URL]. The bird was not flightless, but rather hard to flush; it preferred to hide between rocks when pursued. The last sighting was of a pair shot on January 9, 1902. It was not found in a 1909 search, and a thorough 1972/1973 exploration of possible habitat concluded that it was long extinct (Williams & Weller, 1974).[/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER]Subsequent fossil discoveries suggest that this merganser was previously resident on the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Island"]South Island[/URL] and[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stewart_Island/Rakiura"]Stewart Island/Rakiura[/URL] in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand"]New Zealand[/URL]. Fossils of a subspecies or closely related species have also been found on the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Islands"]Chatham Islands[/URL]. There exists a short remark mentioning "a merganser" found on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Island,_New_Zealand"]Campbell Island[/URL] in McCormick (1842), but this may just as well refer to the semi-marine [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Teal"]Campbell Teal[/URL] which is otherwise missing in his notes: he only mentions the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Black_Duck"]Pacific Black Duck[/URL] ("a New Zealand species of duck").[/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][U][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][SIZE=5]Bulldog rat 1903[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][SIZE=5][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/65/Rattus_nativitatis.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][SIZE=5][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Skull_MaclearsRat_BulldogRat.png/391px-Skull_MaclearsRat_BulldogRat.png[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][SIZE=5][IMG]http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/assets/2008/11/05/2008110521.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]The [/FONT][/COLOR]Bulldog Rat[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] ([/FONT][/COLOR][I]Rattus nativitatis[/I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]) was a species of rat endemic to [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Island"]Christmas Island[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] in the [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean"]Indian Ocean[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]. The rats lived on the higher hills and denser forests of the island. They had short tails and their backs were covered in a two centimetre thick layer of fat. They lived in small colonies, in burrows among the roots of trees or under hollow logs in primary forest. They were sluggish and never climbed and may have seemed half-dazed in daylight. The last record dates from 1903. They may have succumbed to a disease brought by [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_rat"]black rats[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] that had been inadvertently introduced by human sailors.[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][U][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][SIZE=5]Choiseul crested pigeon[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Microgoura_meeki.jpg/220px-Microgoura_meeki.jpg[/IMG]3[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Choiseul_Crested_Pigeon.jpg/220px-Choiseul_Crested_Pigeon.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][IMG]http://img57.exs.cx/img57/3426/choiseulcrestedpigeon4db.jpg[/IMG][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]The [/FONT][/COLOR]Choiseul Crested Pigeon[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] ([/FONT][/COLOR][I]Microgoura meeki[/I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]) is a presumedly extinct [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeon"]pigeon[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] which was only known on the [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands"]Solomon island[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] of [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choiseul_Province"]Choiseul[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] in the[/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific"]Pacific[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]. This species was first described by Walter Rothschild in 1904 and named in honour of Albert Stewart Meek. The Choiseul islanders called that species [/FONT][/COLOR][I]kukuru-ni-lua[/I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] which means ground pigeon[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [B][U][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][SIZE=5]Honshu wolf 1905[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR][/U][/B] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Honshu-wolf.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Honshu-wolf_skeleton.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Canis_lupus_hodophilax.jpg/800px-Canis_lupus_hodophilax.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]The [/FONT][/COLOR]Honshū wolf[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], known in Japan as the [/FONT][/COLOR]Japanese wolf[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif](ニホンオオカミ(日本狼) [I]Nihon Ōkami[/I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets"][COLOR=#0000EE][FONT=sans-serif]?[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL], [I]Canis lupus hodophilax[/I])[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], [/FONT][/COLOR]yamainu[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif](ヤマイヌ(豺、犲、山犬)[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets"][COLOR=#0000EE][FONT=sans-serif]?[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL], "mountain dog")[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], or simply [/FONT][/COLOR]wolf[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif](オオカミ(狼) [I]Ōkami[/I][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Installing_Japanese_character_sets"][COLOR=#0000EE][FONT=sans-serif]?[/FONT][/COLOR][/URL])[/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], is one of the two [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinct"]extinct[/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspecies"]subspecies[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] of the [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_wolf"]gray wolf[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] once endemic to the islands of [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan"]Japan[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]. The Honshū wolf occupied the islands of [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honsh%C5%AB"]Honshū[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shikoku"]Shikoku[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], and [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB"]Kyūshū[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] in [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan"]Japan[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]. The other subspecies is the [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D_wolf"]Hokkaidō wolf[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], native to the island of [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D"]Hokkaidō[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]. The Honshū wolf is thought to have become extinct due to a combination of [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabies"]rabies[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], which was first reported in Kyūshū and Shikoku in 1732, and human eradication. The last known specimen died in 1905, in [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nara_Prefecture"]Nara Prefecture[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif].[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [U][B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][SIZE=5]Huia bird 1905[/SIZE][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR][/B][/U] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Heteralocha_acutirostris.jpg/800px-Heteralocha_acutirostris.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Huia_Buller.jpg/452px-Huia_Buller.jpg[/IMG][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Keulemans_Huias.jpg/800px-Keulemans_Huias.jpg[/IMG].[/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR][B][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif][CENTER][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]The [/FONT][/COLOR]Huia[COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] ([/FONT][/COLOR]Māori: [COLOR=#000000][FONT=Arial Unicode MS][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:IPA_for_M%C4%81ori"][ˈhʉia][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]; [/FONT][/COLOR][I]Heteralocha acutirostris[/I][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]) was the largest species of [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callaeidae"]New Zealand wattlebird[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] and was [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemism"]endemic[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] to the [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Island"]North Island[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] of New Zealand. Its extinction in the early 20th century had two primary causes. The first was rampant [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overexploitation"]overhunting[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] to procure Huia skins for [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxidermy"]mounted specimens[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], which were in worldwide demand by museums and wealthy private collectors. Huia were also hunted to obtain their long, striking tail feathers for locally fashionable hat decorations. The second major cause of extinction was the widespread [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_destruction"]deforestation[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] of the lowlands of the North Island by European settlers to create pasture for agriculture. Most of these forests were ancient, ecologically complex [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_forest"]primary forests[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif], and Huia were not able to survive in regenerating [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary_forest"]secondary forests[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]. The last confirmed sighting of a Huia was on 28 December 1907 in the [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tararua_Ranges"]Tararua Ranges[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif]. Further credible sightings near [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wellington"]Wellington[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] were reported until 1922 and in [/FONT][/COLOR][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te_Urewera_National_Park"]Te Urewera National Park[/URL][COLOR=#000000][FONT=sans-serif] in the early 1960s.[/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/FONT][/COLOR][/B] [CENTER][CENTER][CENTER] [U][B][SIZE=5]Guadalupe storm petrel 1911[/SIZE][/B][/U] [SIZE=5] [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Oceanodroma.macrodactyla.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE] [/CENTER] [/CENTER] [B][SIZE=6][COLOR=Red]සලකලා යනවා කියලා මම දන්නවා. :) :) බොහොම ස්තුතියි.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=5][COLOR=Blue]මීට 0716aravinda[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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