Haleakala Melicope (Melicope haleakalae)
The Haleakala Melicope was restricted to the slopes of the Haleakala volcano in the eastern part of Maui, Hawaiian Islands.
The species disappeared due to habitat destruction by cattle farming.
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edited: 07.04.2018
Dead as the Dodo – Holocene Extinctions
… about 5858 taxa have disappeared since the beginning of the Anthropocene era (since about 10000 BCE)
