What was the primary cause of the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon, which once numbered in the billions in North America?

Habitat loss due to volcanic eruption

What is the most distinctive feature of the Smilodon, often called the Saber-toothed Tiger?

Its extremely long canine teeth

Its ability to roar like a lion

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01The Dodo, a flightless bird that went extinct in the 17th century, was native to which island?
02The Woolly Mammoth, a relative of modern elephants, lived during which geological epoch?
03What was the primary cause of the extinction of the Passenger Pigeon, which once numbered in the billions in North America?
04What is the most distinctive feature of the Smilodon, often called the Saber-toothed Tiger?
05The Thylacine, also known as the Tasmanian Tiger, was a carnivorous marsupial native to which continent?
06The Megalodon, one of the largest predators in Earth's history, was an extinct species of what?
07The Quagga, which went extinct in the 19th century, was a subspecies of which modern animal?
08Discovered in 1741 and hunted to extinction within 27 years, Steller's Sea Cow was a large marine mammal related to what modern animal?
09The Great Auk was a large, flightless seabird from the North Atlantic, ecologically similar to what bird from the Southern Hemisphere?
10The Moa were nine species of large, flightless birds that were the dominant herbivores in their native ecosystem before being hunted to extinction. Where did they live?