Extinct Species
Ana Banovic
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Extinct species are animals or plants that have completely disappeared from Earth. There are no living individuals of the species left.
They can become extinct because of hunting, habitat loss, climate change, pollution, or natural causes.
Examples include the woolly mammoth and the dodo.
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