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1. Mauritius, where the dodo once lived, is home to many endemic animal species. One of the island's two species of megabats, the small Mauritian flying fox, died out in the 19th century. What is the primary food source of flying foxes?
2. West of Mauritius lies Madagascar, one of the world's biggest biodiversity hotspots. The island's largest carnivoran, Cryptoprocta spelea, is believed to have gone extinct between the 15th and the 17th century. What extant cat-like mammal of Madagascar is its closest relative?
3. In what mountain range would you have found the Barbary lion and the only bear native to the African continent that survived into modern times - only to die out in the late 19th century?
4. What powerful animal, which left its mark on the culture of Europe, Asia and Africa before dying out in the 17th century, is considered the ancestor of domestic cattle?
5. Before its extinction, the spectacled cormorant of Bering Island was the largest member of its family. What feature is it believed to have shared with the dodo?
6. The graceful Schomburgk's deer of central Thailand went extinct in 1938. What was its main habitat, threatened in particular by the intensive cultivation of rice for export?
7. Three subspecies of emu became extinct in the 19th century. In which Australian state, also home to an extinct carnivorous marsupial, did one of these subspecies live?
8. New Zealand's Haast's eagle is believed to have died out in the 15th century. What of these facts about this bird of prey is NOT true?
9. A domesticated form of the culpeo, a fox-like canid, the Fuegian dog is believed to have been exterminated in the early 20th century. In what part of the world did this unique animal live before its extinction?
10. Endemic to the Caribbean island of Martinique, the Martinique muskrat was a large rodent that went extinct in 1902 - due to what catastrophic event?
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