Sperm whale skeleton (Physeter macrocephalus), at Las Salinas del Carmen, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

Stitchbirds, extinct on the mainland in the 1880s, but survived on predator-free islands and being reintroduced in sanctuaries like Tiritiri Matangi, Hauraki Gulf, North Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Male Torgamba, hairy rhino (Sumatran rhino), near extinct as only 500 left, in captive breeding programme, Port Lympne Zoo, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Male Tormanga, hairy rhino (Sumatran rhino), near extinct as only 500 left, in captive breeding programme, Port Lympne Zoo, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Caucasian boy playing with toy dinosaur

Caucasian girl playing with tea set and dinosaurs

Caucasian woman walking dog near giant dinosaur statue

Dinornis, Giant Moa, Cenozoic Bird

Priscacara Fossil, Eocene Sunfish

Senckenberg-Museum, view of the hall with whales and elephants, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Camels, Montanas del Fuego, volcanic landscape, Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

Camels, Montanas del Fuego, volcanic landscape, Timanfaya National Park, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

Senckenberg-Museum, prehistoric horse, Propalaeotherium, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Senckenberg-Museum, view of the hall with whales and elephants, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Senckenberg-Museum, view of into the the dinosaur hall, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

Skeletons of dinosaurs at Berlin Museum of Natural History, Invalidenstrasse, Berlin-Mitte, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Senckenberg-Museum, view of the hall with whales and elephants, Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, Europe

The Stegosaurus is called also plate lizard and in the jurassic period occurred. Its length amounted to approx. 8 m, the height of approx. 2.75 m and it had a mass of approx. 3 tons. It had a whale-nut-large brain and bone plates at the back. The Stegosau

Souvenir, dodo, extinct National Bird, Caudan Waterfront in the harbour of the capital city Port Louis, Mauritius, Africa, Indian Ocean

Mammoth Styrassic park Bad Gleichenberg Styria Austria Europe

Heck Cattle (Bos primigenius taurus), an attempt to breed back the extinct Aurochs from domestic cattle. Winter in the National Park Bavarian forest (Bayerischer Wald)(enclosure). Europe, Central Europe, Germany, Bavaria, February

Heck Cattle (Bos primigenius taurus), an attempt to breed back the extinct Aurochs from domestic cattle. Winter in the National Park Bavarian forest (Bayerischer Wald)(enclosure). Europe, Central Europe, Germany, Bavaria, February

Monument for the extinct great auk (Pinguinus impennis), created by Todd McGrain. Coastal landscape at Reykjanesviti and Valahnukur on Reykjanes peninsula. europe, northern europe, iceland, august

Monument for the extinct great auk (Pinguinus impennis), created by Todd McGrain. Coastal landscape at Reykjanesviti and Valahnukur on Reykjanes peninsula. europe, northern europe, iceland, august

Barbary lion male (Panthera leo leo), Extinct in the wild, N. Africa, Captivity