Wildlife of the Falkland Islands a hunting dog. However, a 2009 DNA study by scientists at UCLA suggested that the warrah arrived on the islands long before humans migrated to the New World, possibly during one of the particularly intense cold intervals 340,000 years ago, 150,000 years ago or 25,000 years ago. Its nearest relative was the maned wolf, an extant South American canid. It became extinct in the mid-19th century as human settlement spread. 14 species of marine mammals including killer whales, Peale's dolphins, Commerson's dolphins, leopard seals, southern elephant seals, and southern sea lions frequent the surrounding waters. The elephant seal, the fur
Boaz mastodon and Anderson Mills mastodon Boaz mastodon and Anderson Mills mastodon The Boaz mastodon is the skeleton of a mastodon found near Boaz, Wisconsin, USA, in 1897. A fluted quartzite spear point found near the Boaz mastodon suggests that humans hunted mastodons in southwestern Wisconsin. Although the mastodon on display at the Geology Museum has long been known as "the Boaz Mastodon", it was recently discovered that two bones from the Boaz mastodon were combined with many bones from a different individual, the Anderson Mills Mastodon, to form a composite skeleton. Following a heavy rainfall on July 10, 1897, the sons (Harry, Chris, Verne, Clyde)