Aurochs
"The aurochs or urus (Bos primigenius), the ancestor of domestic cattle, was a type of huge wild cattle which inhabited Europe, Asia and North Africa, but is now extinct; it survived in Europe until 1627."
This will probably be the last 'Extinct Animal of the Week' post for a while. To finish things off here's footage of the last known Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine) to have existed:
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