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What are the different types of extinction?
The die-off of the dinosaurs is different from the extinction of the dodo.
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Great auks (Pinguinus impennis), lithograph of an illustration by John James...
From The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States, Vol. VII, by John James Audubon, 1844
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Great auk (Pinguinus impennis).
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