Question

Animals or birds seen now and 30 yrs ago disapperance

Answer 1

Elephant bird, Aepyornis maximus and/or A. medius (Madagascar, 16th century?)The taxonomy of the elephant birds is not fully resolved; it is certain that at least one taxon survived until some 1000 years ago at least. Judging from geographical data, A. maximus and the smaller A. medius are possibilities.Upland moa, Megalapteryx didinus (South Island, New Zealand, late 15th century?)Generally believed to have been extinct by 1500, this is the only moa species that according to current knowledge might have survived until later times, possibly as late as the 1830s.King Island emu, Dromaius ater (King Island, Australia, 1822)Extinct in the wild c. 1805, the last captive specimen died in 1822 in the Jardin des Plantes.Kangaroo Island emu, Dromaius baudinianus (Kangaroo Island, Australia, 1827)West Coast spotted kiwi, Apteryx occidentalis (South Island, New Zealand, c. 1900)A doubtful form known from a single bird; may be a little spotted kiwi subspecies or a hybrid between that species and the rowi.