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How many species of birds and land-dwelling mammals have gone extinct over the past 500 years?

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A study conducted for a 2011 paper in the journal "Diversity and Distributions" found that 190 species of birds and land-dwelling mammals have gone extinct since the year 1500. More than 99% of these species lived on islands, where populations are smaller and more apt to become extinct.

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