Danish Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne ssp. bang-haasi)
The Clouded Apollo (Parnassius mnemosyne (L.)) is native to the Palearctic, it inhabits meadows and woodland clearings; the species is divided into several subspecies, of which probably at least some are very likely invalid.
The Danish Clouded Apollo is thought to have indeed been endmic to Denmark, where several populations were found, for example on the islands of Funen, Langeland, Lolland-Falster and Zealand.
The form was last seen on Zealand in 1948 in the Knudsskov forest near Vordingborg, respectively in 1961 in the Nordskoven forest near the town of Jægerspris.
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edited: 31.10.2020
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Rangifer tarandus ssp. eogroenlandicus Degerbøl
East Greenland Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus ssp. eogroenlandicus)
The East Greenland Reindeer was a subspecies of the Reindeer that was restricted to the coastal areas of eastern Greenland.
The form was probably most closely related to the Svalbard Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus ssp. platyrhynchus), which itself is endemic to the Svalbard archipelago in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
The East Greenland Reindeer disappeared around 1900, most likely due to overhunting; all reindeers that are found on Greenland today are domesticated ones.
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edited: 23.04.2022