Page 30 - GK Class 05

26 Extinct Animals

Earth is home to lots of wonderful wildlife, but sadly, some species that
once called our planet home today no longer exist. These are known as

extinct animals.

Look at the pictures and read the clues to name the following extinct
animals. You can choose your answers from the Clue Corner.

1 2 3

___________ looked like ________________ was a ______________ was a

a horse and a zebra. Its flightless bird that had creature having both
last specimen died in been driven to wings like birds and

1883 at the Artis Magistra extinction by humans teeth and tail like a
Zoo, Amsterdam. and wild animals in reptile.

1681.
This Corner
4 5
Sudan, the world’s last
male northern white
rhino, died on March 19,

2018 in Kenya.

Clue Corner

a) Dodo
___________ looked like _______________ was a
b) Mammoth
an elephant and lived reptile in the Mesozoic
c) Quagga
from around 4.8 million Era, an era also known d) Dinosaur
years to 5000 years ago. as the ‘Age of Reptiles’. e) Archaeopteryx

GK-5 30