Sentence examples for that were extinct from inspiring English sources

Scholars think the moai were most likely moved to the coast by means of the timber of trees that were extinct by the time Roggeveen arrived.

Yet once in the Hawaiian forest, I had a shock: my books were listing species that were extinct — or about to become so.

This time, they included mammals that were extinct in the wild but still alive in zoos and nature preserves, like the northern white rhino.

Taxa that were extinct within the Colchis could not be replenished by immigrating tropical taxa as occurred in Southeast Asia [ 18]; this appears to have facilitated the adaptive radiation of locally surviving taxa.

This includes only those species that are extinct or very close to extinction.

A further 875 species are considered extinct including 66 that are extinct in the wild.

What is the difference between a volcano that is dormant and one that is extinct?

The island was once home to the dodo, a flightless bird that was extinct by 1681.

Pliny's "Natural History" includes descriptions of animals that are real and animals that are fabulous, but no descriptions of animals that are extinct.

Later, in Roman times, Pliny's Natural History includes descriptions of animals that are real, or fabulous, but none that are extinct.

This is similar to the Demilitarized Zone, an ecological hotbed home to thousands of species that are extinct or endangered in other parts of Korea.