The Dodo, a flightless bird native to Mauritius, met its demise in the 1600s when Dutch sailors landed, ate it to extinction.
The Quagga, resembling a hybrid of horse and zebra, went extinct in the 1870s due to hunting and planned extermination by colonists in South Africa.
Once common in Africa, became the rarest black rhino subspecies and ultimately went extinct due to widespread hunting and habitat loss.
The Passenger Pigeon, native to North America, went extinct in just 50 years due to merciless hunting, deforestation, and other factors.
The Great Auk, a flightless bird resembling modern penguins, was hunted for down feathers by Europeans, leading to extinction in 1852 as the remaining specimens were collected.
The massive Woolly Mammoth, with fur-covered bodies and long tusks, went extinct due to hunting and climate change in the last glacial period.
The Irish Elk, boasting 12-foot-wide antlers, evolved 400,000 years ago, inhabited northern Europe, and went extinct 5,000 years ago, likely due to extensive human hunting.
The Caspian Tiger, Earth's largest cat with long legs, went extinct in the 1970s due to rapid hunting and habitat loss.
The Moa, large ostrich-like birds native to New Zealand, went extinct by the 17th century, primarily due to extensive hunting by Maori tribes for food, meat, and bones.
The brilliant burnt-yellow Golden Toad, once abundant in Costa Rica's Monteverde Cloud Forest, went extinct by 2004 due to pollution, global warming, and chytrid skin infections.