Greater Koafinch (Hopue), Psittirostra palmeri . Hawaii Island, Hawaii. Extinct about 

 1896. Reasons — alteration of environment by modern man, probable avian disease 

 from introduced birds and spread by introduced mosquitoes . Predation by introduced 

 rats, cats, and mongooses hypothetical. 



Lesser or Yellow-headed Koafinch, Psittirostra flaviceps . Hawaii Island, Hawaii. Extinct 

 about 1891. Reasons--alteration of environment by modern man, probable avian 

 disease from introduced birds and spread by introduced mosquitoes . Predation by 

 introduced rats, cats, and mongooses hypothetical. 



Grosbeakfinch or Konafinch, Psittirostra kona . Hawaii Island, Hawaii. Extinct in 1894. 

 Reasons--alteration of environment by modern man, probable avian disease from 

 introduced birds and spread by introduced mosquitoes. Predation by introduced rats, 

 cats , and mongooses hypothetical . 



EXTINCT MAMMALS 



Gull Island Vole, Microtus nesophilus . Gull Island, Long Island Sound, New York. 

 Extinct in 1898. 



Amargosa Meadow Vole, Microtus californicus scirpensis . California. Extinct in 1917. 



Plains Wolf, Canis lupus nubilus . Great Plains . Extinct in 1926. 



Sea Mink, Mustela macrodon . New England coast. Extinct in 1890. 



Eastern Cougar, FeliStkoncolor cougu^r . EasternrUfnlted Stateg-^^'Tlfe.gaj^ded as extirpated ^ 

 in U.S.,/ir^^:899; mj^ bg^r^establiphed^^j?<jfri Can^ian j^eficts . 



Steller's Sea Cow, Hydrodamalis stelleri . North Pacific, Bering Sea. Extinct in 1768. 



Eastern Elk, Cervus canadensis canadensis . United States east of Great Plains. 

 Extinct in 1880. 



Merriam Elk, Cervus merriami . Arizona. Extinct in 1900 . 



Badlands Bighorn, Ovis canadensis auduboni . North and South Dakota. Extinct in 1910. 



