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'''''Lost Animals of the 20th Century''''' is a 16-episode documentary series shown on the [[Discovery Channel]] in the 1990s. It features [[List of extinct animals|animals that have become extinct]] throughout the 20th century. Animals are adjudged as such when the last specimen of the species dies sometime from 1901 to 2000. However, since the show was produced in the 1990s (still part of the 20th century), most of the animals covered became extinct in the early part of the century. [[Greta Scacchi]] introduces each episode during the [[title sequence]] and narrates episodes 1 through 8. [[Lin Sagovsky]] narrates the remainder of the series.
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'''''Lost Animals of the 20th Century''''' is a 16-episode documentary series shown on the [[Discovery Channel]] in the 1990s. It features [[List of extinct animals|animals that have become extinct]] throughout the 20th century. Animals are adjudged as such when the last specimen of the [[species]] dies sometime from 1900 to 1999. However, since the show was produced in the 1990s (still part of the 20th century), most of the animals covered became extinct in the early part of the century. [[Greta Scacchi]] introduces each episode during the [[title sequence]] and narrates episodes 1 through 8. Lin Sagovsky narrates the remainder of the series.


==Format==
==Format==
Each show is 30 minutes long and discusses five to six extinct species bound by a common theme (e.g. animals that became extinct for being too charismatic; animals that became extinct due to natural disasters). For each animal, a detailed sketch is shown, including the year when the last specimen died. The general characteristics, territorial habitat and location are discussed. For each animal, the feature ends with how they became endangered, and eventually extinct, including how and when the last specimen died. Often, live materials such as old films are included. In cases were such is unavailable, the live materials feature existing species that share the closest characteristics with the extinct animal.
Each show is 30 minutes long and discusses five to six extinct [[species]] bound by a common theme (e.g. animals that became extinct for being too charismatic; animals that became extinct due to natural disasters). For each [[animal]], a detailed sketch is shown, including the year when the last specimen died. The general characteristics, territorial habitat and location are discussed. For each animal, the feature ends with how they became endangered, and eventually extinct, including how and when the last specimen died. Often, live materials such as old films are included. In cases where such is unavailable, the live materials feature existing species that share the closest characteristics with the extinct animal.


Although the show specifically deals with animals that have become extinct, there was one episode that featured the theme of animals which were thought to be extinct, but have been rediscovered. Such has also been the case of some previously featured animals in the show, as scientists have eventually rediscovered extant populations or are attempting to revive species through selective breeding/cloning.
Although the show specifically deals with animals that have become extinct, there was one episode that featured the theme of animals which were thought to be extinct, but have been rediscovered. Such has also been the case of some previously featured animals in the show, as scientists have eventually rediscovered extant populations or are attempting to revive species through selective breeding/cloning.


==Animal list==
==Episodes==
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Among the animals featured are:

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==External links==
* [[Arabian ostrich]]
*[https://archive.org/details/ch4lostanimalseps2130oct1998/CH4+Lost+Animals+Eps+21-30+(Oct+1998).VOB Lost Animals of the 20th Century] on Internet Archive
* [[Arizonan jaguar|Arizona jaguar]]

* [[Bali tiger]]

* [[Barbary lion]]
==References==
* [[Caribbean monk seal]]
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* [[Caspian tiger]]

* [[Culebra Island parrot]]
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* [[Falkland Island fox]]
* [[Burchell's zebra]]
* [[Heath hen]]
* [[Ivory-billed woodpecker]]
* [[Japanese wolf]]
* [[Laughing owl]]
* [[Israel painted frog|Palestinian painted frog]]
* [[Paradise parrot]]
* [[Passenger pigeon]]
* [[Great Plains Wolf]]
* [[Saint Helena giant earwig]]
* [[Thylacine]]
* [[Kona giant looper moth]]
* [[Pink-headed duck]]
* [[Dawson's caribou]]
* [[New Zealand grayling]]
* [[Bulldog rat]]
* [[Wake Island rail]]
* [[Guam flying fox]]
* [[Syrian wild ass|Syrian onager]]
* [[Round Island Burrowing Boa|Round Island boa]]
* [[Schomburgk's deer]]
* [[Newfoundland wolf]]
* [[Mexican grizzly|Mexican silver grizzly]]
* [[Florida black wolf]]
* [[Cape Verde giant skink|Cape Verde skink]]
* [[Bergman's bear|Kamchatkan bear]]
* [[California golden bear|California grizzly]]
* [[Barbados raccoon]]
* [[Portuguese ibex]]
* [[Gastric brooding frog]]
* [[Red Gazelle|Rufus gazelle]]
* [[Labrador duck]]
* [[Bubal hartebeest]]
* [[June sucker]]
* [[Arctic reindeer|East Greenland Reindeer]]
* [[Hawaii O'o]]
* [[Hawaii mamo|Mamo]]
* [[Haitian nesophontes|Hispanolian Nesophont]]
* [[Badlands Bighorn Sheep]]
* [[Partula mooreana|Moorean tree snail]]
* [[Cylindraspis|Marion's Giant Tortoise]]
* [[Guadalupe Storm Petrel]]
* [[Atitlan Grebe]]
* [[Blackfin Cisco]]
* [[Ash Meadows Killifish]]
* [[Laysan Rail]]
* [[Lord Howe Island Starling]]
* [[Olomaʻo|Lanai Ōma’o]]
* [[Caucasian Wisent|Caucasian Bison]]
* [[Philippine naked-backed fruit bat|Philippine Bareback Fruitbat]]
* [[New Zealand Bush Wren]]
* [[Eskimo Curlew]]
* [[Dusky Seaside Sparrow]]
* [[Huia]]
* [[Bonin Woodpigeon]]
* [[Merriam's elk|Merriam's Wapiti]]
* [[Greater ʻamakihi|Green solitaire]]
* [[Gilbert's Potoroo]]
* [[Toolache Wallaby]]
* [[Delalande's Coucal]]
* [[Titicaca Orestias|Lake Titicaca Orestias]]
* [[Carolina Parakeet]]
* [[Shanxi sika deer]]
* [[Dryococelus|Lord Howe Stick Insect]]
* [[Nigerian Pygmy Hippopotamus]]
* [[Sympetrum dilatatum|St. Helena Dragonfly]]
* [[Canarian Oystercatcher|Canary Island Oyster Catcher]]
* [[Quagga]]
*[[Crescent nail-tail wallaby]]
*[[Pig-footed Bandicoot]]
*[[kit fox|Southern California kit fox]]
*[[Martinique Giant Rice Rat]]
*[[Azuero Spider Monkey]]
*[[Sea Mink]]
*[[Long-tailed Hopping Mouse]]
*[[Northern flicker|Guadalupe Flicker]]
*[[Gull Island Vole]]
*[[Burrowing Owl|Antiguan Burrowing Owl]]
*[[Epioblasma|Riffled Shell Freshwater Mussel]]
*[[tarpan|Steppe Tarpan]]
*[[Rodrigues Day Gecko]]
*[[Desert Rat Kangaroo]]
*[[List of species of Galápagos tortoise|Narborough Island Tortoise]]
*[[Madagascan serpent eagle]]
*[[Papilio phorbanta|Seychelles Swallowtail Butterfly]]
*[[Vegas Valley Leopard Frog]]


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Lost Animals of the 20th Century
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Lost Animals of the 20th Century is a 16-episode documentary series shown on the Discovery Channel in the 1990s. It features animals that have become extinct throughout the 20th century. Animals are adjudged as such when the last specimen of the species dies sometime from 1900 to 1999. However, since the show was produced in the 1990s (still part of the 20th century), most of the animals covered became extinct in the early part of the century. Greta Scacchi introduces each episode during the title sequence and narrates episodes 1 through 8. Lin Sagovsky narrates the remainder of the series.

Format

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Each show is 30 minutes long and discusses five to six extinct species bound by a common theme (e.g. animals that became extinct for being too charismatic; animals that became extinct due to natural disasters). For each animal, a detailed sketch is shown, including the year when the last specimen died. The general characteristics, territorial habitat and location are discussed. For each animal, the feature ends with how they became endangered, and eventually extinct, including how and when the last specimen died. Often, live materials such as old films are included. In cases where such is unavailable, the live materials feature existing species that share the closest characteristics with the extinct animal.

Although the show specifically deals with animals that have become extinct, there was one episode that featured the theme of animals which were thought to be extinct, but have been rediscovered. Such has also been the case of some previously featured animals in the show, as scientists have eventually rediscovered extant populations or are attempting to revive species through selective breeding/cloning.

Episodes

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References

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