Falkland islands | 50 Pence

Falkland Islands wolf, or warrah. These fox-like wolfs used to lived upon the downs along the seashore and that it dug a kennel underground. They fed on native birds including penguins and upland geese but took also birds’ eggs and young. They also scavenged on the seashore and were known to take seals. As sheep farming became more established in the Islands many were killed. By 1876 they were reported exterminated.