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When did the passenger pigeon, once a mammal predator's prey source, go extinct?
MammalsEcology
Quick Answer
The passenger pigeon went extinct in the wild by the early 1900s, and the last one died in 1914.
The Full Story
The passenger pigeon was a bird, not a mammal, but it is famous in mammal ecology because it once shaped the food web for many mammal predators. After massive hunting and habitat loss, the last passenger pigeon, named Martha, died in 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo. Its extinction is a classic example of how a species once numbering in the billions can disappear quickly. The loss changed forest ecosystems and affected predators that fed on eggs and carrion.
Key Facts
1.last died in 1914
2.Martha at Cincinnati Zoo
3.extinction caused by hunting and habitat loss
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"The extinction that happened at astonishing speed"