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Extinction was a Natural sciences good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Breed "extinction"

Latest comment: 2 months ago3 comments3 people in discussion

Multiple Wikipedia articles about animal breeds refer to extinction, near extinction etc, of that specific BREED rather than its species (eg, Shar Pei breed vs Canis familiaris). Is this use of the term extinction recognised by science, or is it a casual use of the word that stretches its meaning beyond formal definition? ~2026-26859-89 (talk) 02:35, 3 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

I found List of extinct dog breeds. Wikt:extinct uses a quote about breeds as well. Wikt:extinction does not appear to be a "casual" word nor exclusively refer to biological taxa. WeyerStudentOfAgrippa (talk) 22:50, 3 May 2026 (UTC)Reply

This page was redesigned at the edge.

Breed "extinction"