Endling studies

An endling is the last known living individual of its species or subspecies.

This forms the backdrop for the creation of a study comprising several drawings, a study illustrating an endling’s development and spanning the range from the plants in Endling Studies No. 1–5, already stripped of their names, of their lives, of their identities, to the glacier (with timeline) currently in the process of dying off: Expanded Endling Studies with Timeline (Glacier).

Dead Endlings and the species that died with them:
Rabb’s fringe-limbed treefrog Toughie, last known living member of ^†Ecnomiohyla rabborum, died on 26 September 2016;
Yellow-tipped Oʻahu tree snail George, the last known living member of the species ^†Achatinella apexfulva, died on 1 January 2019;
Pinta island tortoise Lonesome George, the last known living member of the species ^†Chelonoidis niger abingdoinii, died on 24‌ June 2012;
Dusky seaside sparrow Orange Band, the last known living member of the species ^†Ammospiza maritima nigrescens, died on 17 June 1987;
Tasmanian tiger Benjamin, the last known living member of the species ^†Thylacinus cynocephalus, died on 7 September 1936;
Passenger pigeon Martha, the last known living member of the species ^†Ectopistes migratorius, died on 1 September 1914.
(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endling, accessed on September 9th, 2024)
Robinia pseudoacacia fugax, Endling