Falkland wolf

Falkland Islands Wolf. Extinct late 1800s.

Falkland Islands Wolf - Per article, this wolf: "..went extinct in the late 1800s and was also known as the Antarctic wolf and the Falkland Islands fox. - These wolves were native to the Falklands off of Argentina and were quite isolated from the world until humans reached the islands and hunted them (kind of easily because the wolves were so friendly). - Scientists believe these wolves fed on penguins and other ground-nesting birds in addition to seal pups. - Cause of Extinction: hunting."

Biologists have been unable to work out how the Falklands wolf came to be the only land-based mammal on the isolated islands – which are 460km from the nearest land, Argentina.

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Holocene Extinction Month #10 – Falkland Islands Wolf The Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis) was the only native terrestrial mammal of the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. It stood around 60cm at the shoulder (~24in), and probably ate penguins and other ground-nesting birds, insects, and scavenged marine life along the islands’ beaches. Although commonly called a “wolf” or a “fox”, it wasn’t closely related to either of those canids. DNA analysis has shown its closest…

Falkland Islands wolf, Dusicyon australis

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