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Hypothetical Extinct Species
Several species have been assumed to exist, but due to a lack of evidence they can only be regarded as potential species. They have caused confusion, as they may have been a separate species, a subspecies, an introduced species or a misidentification. List of hypothetical species Birds *Dominican green-and-yellow macaw *Gallus giganteus *Guadeloupe amazon * Guadeloupe parakeet * Jamaican red macaw * Lesser Antillean macaw *Martinique amazon *Martinique macaw * Hypothetical relatives of the Rodrigues Parrot * Red-headed macaw * White Dodo/Réunion solitaire (probable misidentification of the Réunion ibis) *Réunion swamphen * Painted vulture Dinosaurs *Archaeoraptor *Proavis Insects * Venezuelan poodle moth *'' Battus polydamas antiquus'' (Possibly based on a misidentification) Mammals * Chilihueque * Sumxu * Kting voar * Steller's sea ape * Marozi * Andean wolf * Kallana *Zhejiang unknown canid Fish *Bathysphaera *Bathysidus * Bathyembryx See also Chimera (paleontology) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadeloupe Psittaciformes
Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the two inhabited Îles des Saintes—as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings. It is south of Antigua and Barbuda and Montserrat, north of the Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica. The region's capital city is Basse-Terre, located on the southern west coast of Basse-Terre Island; however, the most populous city is Les Abymes and the main centre of business is neighbouring Pointe-à-Pitre, both located on Grande-Terre Island. It had a population of 384,239 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 971 Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Réunion Swamphen
The Réunion swamphen (''Porphyrio caerulescens''), also known as the Réunion gallinule or ' (French for "blue bird"), is a hypothetical extinct species of rail that was endemic to the Mascarene island of Réunion. While only known from 17th- and 18th-century accounts by visitors to the island, it was scientifically named in 1848, based on the 1674 account by Sieur Dubois. A considerable literature was subsequently devoted to its possible affinities, with current researchers agreeing it was derived from the swamphen genus ''Porphyrio''. It has been considered mysterious and enigmatic due to the lack of any physical evidence of its existence. This bird was described as entirely blue in plumage with a red beak and legs. It was said to be the size of a Réunion ibis or chicken, which could mean in length, and it may have been similar to the takahe. While easily hunted, it was a fast runner and able to fly, though it did so reluctantly. It may have fed on plant matter and inv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bathysphaera
An illustration based on Else Bostelmann's reconstruction "''Bathysphaera intacta''", the "giant dragonfish" is species of fish that was described by William Beebe on 22 September 1932, being spotted by the biologist as he descended to a depth of 640 metres (2100 feet) of the coast of Bermuda . Background The "bathysphere", as termed by Beebe, was a new invention, a rounded steel enclosure with space adequate for two people. On the side, there was a single window, fifteen centimetres across. Having no camera equipment on the 1930 to 1934 dives, Beebe described observations in detail to Else Bostelmann, an artist who proceeded to illustrate the descriptions. The encounter Beebe encountered two fish, which he had described as "six feet long". He said they resembled barracudas, with short heads and jaws that were constantly opened. The fish expressed bioluminescence, as stated by him: "strong lights, pale bluish, was strung down the body". Bebe then expressed his justification f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kallana
Kallana ( ml, കല്ലാന) is a suspected species of dwarf elephants allegedly found in South India. Kaani tribals dwelling in the rainforests of the Western Ghats (Kerala, India) claim that there are two distinct varieties of elephants in the Peppara forest range, one the common Indian elephants (''Elephas maximus indicus''), and the other a dwarf variety which they call ''kallana''. The name ''kallana'' comes from the words "kallu", which means stones or boulders, and "aana", which means elephant. The tribals gave the creatures this name because they see the smaller elephant more often in the higher altitudes where the terrain is rocky. Some tribals also call the delicate creatures ''thumbiana'' (''thumbi'' means ''dragonfly'') for the speed with which the pachyderms run through trees and rocks when disturbed. Behaviour and diet According to the Kani tribals, the pygmy elephants feed on grass, bamboo leaves, tubers and the Bark (botany), barks of smaller trees. Like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andean Wolf
The Andean wolf (previously described as ''Dasycyon hagenbecki'', though this now not an accepted taxon) is a purported south american canine that is falsely labelled a wolf. Various tests on the singular pelt have failed to provide a conclusive identity. History In 1927, Lorenz Hagenbeck bought one of three pelts from a dealer in Buenos Aires who claimed that they had come from a wild dog of the Andes. The pelt ended up in Munich where the German mammalogist Ingo Krumbiegel examined it in 1940. Krumbiegel published two papers describing the animal and giving it the scientific name of ''Dasycyon hagenbecki''. The American zoologist Howard J. Stains supported Krumbeigel's new genus ''Dasycyon''.Stains, Howard J. 1975. Distribution and taxonomy of the Canidae. In M. W. Fox (ed.), The wild canids, their systematics, behavioral ecology and evolution. New York, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., pp. 3-26 Other mammalogists believed that the skin was that of a domestic dog. In 1954 Fritz Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marozi
The marozi or "spotted lion" is variously claimed by zoologists to be a distinct race of the lion adapted for a montane rather than savanna-dwelling existence, a rare natural hybrid of a leopard and lion, or an adult lion that retained its childhood spots. It is believed to have been smaller than a lion, but slightly larger in size than a leopard and lacking any distinguishable mane. It has been reported in the wild and the skin of a specimen exists, but it has yet to be confirmed as either a separate species or subspecies. Discovery While Africans have been familiar with the animal and Europeans have reported seeing spotted lions since roughly 1904, the first documentable encounter by a European was in 1931 when Kenyan farmer Michael Trent shot and killed two individuals in the Aberdare Mountains region at an elevation of . The unusual spotted markings on what seemed to be smallish adult lions prompted interest from the Nairobi Game Department; they were from pubescent lion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steller's Sea Ape
Steller's sea ape is a purported marine mammal, observed by German zoologist Georg Steller on August 10, 1741, around the Shumagin Islands in Alaska. The animal was described as being around long; with a dog-like head; long drooping whiskers; an elongated but robust body; thick fur coat; no limbs; and tail fins much like a shark. He described the creature as being playful and inquisitive like a monkey. After observing it for two hours, he attempted to shoot and collect the creature, but missed, and the creature swam away. There have been four attempts to scientifically classify the creature, described as ''Simia marina'', ''Siren cynocephala'', ''Trichechus hydropithecus'', and ''Manatus simia''. Most likely, Steller simply misidentified a northern fur seal. Accounts Original account Observations German zoologist Georg Steller, aboard the ship ''St. Peter'' on Vitus Bering's Great Northern Expedition (1733–1743), described several new species during the voyage. At around ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kting Voar
The kting voar, also known as the khting vor, linh dương, or snake-eating cow is a bovid mammal reputed to exist in Cambodia and Vietnam. The kting voar's existence as a real species should be regarded as questionable. Characteristics The kting voar is normally described as a cow-like animal with peculiar twisting horns about long and spotted fur. It often has some sort of connection with snakes, varying between stories. Names Kting voar is the animal's Cambodian name. This was erroneously translated in the West as 'jungle sheep', leading to a mistaken assumption that the animal was related to sheep and goats. Adding to the confusion, the Vietnamese name ''linh dương'' meaning ('antelope') or ('gnu') was once reported to refer to this animal. However, this is in fact a local name of the mainland serow. Other Kampuchean names possibly include ''kting sipuoh'' ('snake-eating cattle') and ''khting pôs''. The Latinized binomial "Pseudonovibos spiralis" is invalid, given ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumxu
The ''sumxu'', Chinese lop-eared cat, drop-eared cat, droop-eared cat, or hanging-ear cat, all names referring to its characteristic feature of pendulous ears, was a possibly mythical, long-haired, lop-eared type of cat or cat-like creature, now considered extinct, if it ever actually existed. The descriptions are based on reports from travellers, on a live specimen reportedly taken to Hamburg by a sailor, and on a taxidermy specimen exhibited in Germany. The cats were supposedly valued as pets, but was also described as a food animal. The last reported Chinese lop-eared cat was in 1938. It is believed by some to have been a mutation similar to that found in the Scottish Fold. The name ''sumxu'' originally described the yellow-throated marten, but a series of mistranslations caused the name to be applied to the alleged cat or cat-like animal. Description Michael Boym ( 1612–1659), a Polish Jesuit missionary to south China, was the first Westerner to describe the sumxu in his il ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilihueque
The chilihueque or hueque was a South American camelid variety or species that existed in central and south-central Chile in Pre-Hispanic and colonial times. There are two main hypotheses on their status among South American camelids: the first one suggests that they are locally domesticated guanacos and the second that they are a variety of llamas brought from the north into south-central Chile.Bonacic, Cristián (1991)Características biológicas y productivas de los camélidos sudamericanos. ''Avances en ciencias veterinarias''. Vol. 6, No. 2. The alpaca has also been suggested as a possible identity. In a 2016 mitochondrial DNA study it is concluded that the chilihueque from Mocha Island could derive from the wild guanaco populations of southern Chile. According to Jesuit priest and scientist Juan Ignacio Molina, the Dutch captain Joris van Spilbergen observed the use of chilihueques by native Mapuches of Mocha Island as plough animals in 1614.''The Geographical, Natural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battus Polydamas Antiquus
''Battus polydamas antiquus'' is an extinct subspecies of the Polydamas swallowtail within the butterfly family Papilionidae. It is only known by a drawing from 1770 by British entomologist Dru Drury. It was endemic to Antigua. There are 21 ''Battus polydamas'' subspecies. ''B. p. antiquus'' is the only subspecies currently listed as extinct. Dru Drury received his butterflies from a variety sources during a period of history when cartography was not precise. There exists, to those who have examined his three-volume work ''Illustrations of Natural History'', a plethora of errors in his taxonomy. Such errors may indicate that ''B. p. antiquus'' never existed at all. It may be the only butterfly said to have gone extinct on account of having never existed. It is a hypothetical extinct species. Description Drury's illustration depicts a male. The ground color of the forewings and hindwings is black. The upperside of the forewings consists of a row of eight green spots. The upper fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venezuelan Poodle Moth
The Venezuelan poodle moth is an as-yet unidentified species of moth photographed in 2009 by Kyrgyzstani zoologist Dr. Arthur Anker in the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela. Anker initially captioned his photo as "Poodle moth, Venezuela", naming it after its resemblance to a poodle. Classification Anker hypothesized it could be a member of the genus '' Artace'', namely the species '' Artace cribraria''. Dr. John E. Rawlins from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History concurred with the ''Artace'' classification: The moth is often confused online with images of the domestic silk moth (''Bombyx mori''), which is native to China. Cryptozoologist Karl Shuker noted the Venezuelan poodle moth has a superficial resemblance to the muslin moth (''Diaphora mendica''), a tiger moth from Eurasia. Measurements derived from Dr. Anker's photographs show the moth to be about 1 in (2.5 cm) in length. The unusual appearance and dearth of actual information on the moth has led to it b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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