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Image reference: 54769
Title:
Dusicyon australis, Falkland Islands fox
Description:
The Falklands fox, also known as the Falkland Islands wolf or the Warrah, was the only native land mammal of the Falkland Islands. It became extinct in 1876 (on West Falkland island).
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Collection: Dinosaurs and Extinct Species
Category: Mammals
Theme: Rough and Smooth
Keywords: darwin, charles robert (1809-1882), darwin200, extinct, falklands, fox, mammal, skull, specimen, warrah
© The Natural History Museum, London
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| | The Warrah was studied by Charles Darwin, who visited the islands in 1834. In his 'Journals and Remarks (The Voyage of the Beagle)' he described them as tame and curious, adding that 'after these islands shall have become regularly settled, in all probability this fox will be classed with the dodo, as an animal which has perished from the face of the earth.'
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