9 Animals That Became the Last Known Members of Their Species
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The Last of Their Kind: Final Stories of Endlings
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Extinction can become an intensely personal experience, when it's a single individual who is left. These loners, who are known to science as endlings, are the end of each evolutionary family. The real-life watch of a species' decline is a powerful reminder of the impact that humans have on biodiversity across the globe. The final events of nine animals that were all the very last of their kind is described in the following accounts.