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It's a match!

An ornithological mystery 180 years in the making has finally been solved, as the skin of the final (reliably known) female Great Auk has been recovered from the Natural History Museum of Cincinnati! 🌍🧪👇
doi.org/10.1093/zool...
#FossilFriday! #MAFSUK
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In 2017, we discovered the whereabouts of the last known male #greatauk 👉 tinyurl.com/3nc8s74x

Now we’ve confirmed where the last female resides…
Spoiler: she’s at @cincymuseum.bsky.social!

Read the full story here 👉 academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...