Other Extinct Species
Four species of birds that once bred on the Isle of Man have gone extinct locally, of these the Great Auk is extinct worldwide. Six species of non-breeding birds have not been recorded since before the 1950s and are considered as being locally extinct. N.B. None of these animals were solely native to the Isle of Man. Several other species of mammal, such as the Brown Bear, Wolf and Beaver may have once been present in Mann. However, no evidence has been found of their existence.
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