Chendytes (SciiFii)

The Law's diving goose (Chendytes lawi) is a species of goose-sized flightless seaduck, common on the California coast, the California Channel Islands, and southern Oregon. It originally lived in the Pleistocene and once became extinct at about 450–250 BCE, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and reintroduced to the western United States to help boost biodiversity. Although originally thought to be a seaduck in the tribe Mergini, analysis of DNA sequences confirmed that it is a basal member and a sister to the clade of dabbling ducks in the tribe Anatini. It is an invertivore, feeding primarily on krills, jellyfish, and small cephalopods. It is a social animal that lives in flocks of up to around 50 individuals at a time. The conservation status of the Law's diving goose is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the animal's wide natural range and its tolerance to most of human activities.