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Discuss Inclusion of North American Fraxinus species

Can we begin to consider including Extant, and Functional extinction of North American Fraxinus? Experts are already using this term publicly. But Scientific details defining subject presently only Peer review reference.CHICAGOCONCERTMAN (talk) 03:44, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

South Chinese tiger can possibly make a comeback

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Owing to recent discovery of multiple tigers in zoos that were in fact South Chinese tiger specimens, there is enough genetic diversity for the species to make a comeback TTTime05 (talk) 16:07, 5 January 2019 (UTC)[1][reply]

All of these species technically can, but I think that it is still considered functionally extinct due to being extinct in the wild. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 01:00, 5 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Is functional extinction a well defined term?

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Just recently, there was an article in forbes saying that Koala's are functionally extinct, so I was reading the article on functionally extinct, and came across this Scientific American reference in this article. It got me wondering. Is this even a well defined term? There seems to be several diffferent interpretations of the phrase which leads to confusion. Should we be highlighting that more in the article, or is there a formal definition of the term in the relevant field? Mozzie (talk) 00:30, 24 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Imperial woodpecker, glaucous macaw, and Barbary lion?

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Can these animals be listed here? Imperial woodpecker and glaucous macaw are both listed by IUCN as critically endangered/possibly extinct similar to ones listed here such as Christmas Island shrew, and Barbary lion is extinct in the wild with low genetic diversity similar to South China tiger and loneliest palm. Edelgardvonhresvelg (talk) 20:40, 6 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]