extirpation

Example Sentences

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Fortunately, the pumas’ extirpation from the region doesn’t mean they’ll be extinct everywhere in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2024

Where species collapse does not occur, “climate change may result in large-scale mortality and population extirpation due to maladaptation of populations.”

From Scientific American • May 5, 2023

For decades, the penny has faced — and successfully fended off — calls for its extirpation.

From Washington Times • Apr. 20, 2023

Gray seals previously on the brink of extirpation in waters of New England now occupy some Massachusetts beaches by the hundreds.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022

This refuge should give protection to the beaver—a rare animal in M�xico and in danger of extirpation over all the country.

From The Recent Mammals of Tamaulipas, Mexico by Alvarez, Ticul