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The catalogue of the extinct species

Legend Extinct species Endangered species The visualization shows the vertebrates that went extinct in the 20th century and the vertebrates that are endangered. For each extinct animal are indicated: the continent, the decade when the extinction happened and the category. For the endangered animals are indicated: the continent, the main threats and the category. color = size = estimate number threats group decade of extinction 1900. -1909 2000 until today <= 5.000 habitat change атphibians <=1.000 natural selection consequence of human activity таттals <=500 <= 250 North America Europe Asia predation by other animals fish <=100 endemic disease continent reptiles <=50. <= 5 питber not available Latin 3000 America Africa Oceania invasive plants birds North America Europe Asia 56 total number of extinct species 20 27 1900 -1909 1910 -1919. 1920 -1929 -------- 1930 -1939 1940 -1949 1950 -1959 -------- 1960 -1969 -------- 1970 -1979 1980 -1989 1990 -1999 2000 until today 14 18 17 South America Africa Oceania Sources: International Union for Conservation of Nature (iucn.org); wikipedia.org --------- ----- ---***- ------------

The catalogue of the extinct species

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Artwork for Visual Data, the column on "La Lettura", the cultural supplement on the Sunday edition of "Corriere Della Sera". The visualization shows the vertebrates that went extinct in the 20th cent...

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