New list of recently extinct creatures
Creatures like the wildcat and tortoise butterfly have gone the way of the dodo and are now extinct.
A new list of extinct species in England has been released which shows animals and plants have died out at a rate of more than two species a year for the past 200 years.
The Species Recovery Trust said 421 beasts, birds, bugs and plants have disappeared from the countryside. It has published an online database called The Lost Life Project about extinct creatures since 1800.
This gallery takes a look at the species which have died out since the 1980s...
Black-backed meadow ant
Scientific name: Formica pratensis
Home: around Bournemouth and Wareham in Dorset
Extinct: 1988
Reasons: urban development and inappropriate land management
Click the gallery above to see more...
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