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{{Short description|1992 book by Berkeley Breathed}}
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| country       = United States
| language      = English
| series        = [[Bloom County]]
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| genre         = Comedy
| publisher     = Little Brown & Co
| pub_date      = April 1, 1992
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{{Portal |Children's literature}}

'''''The Last Basselope''''' is a children's book by [[Berkeley Breathed]] published in 1992.<ref>University of Chicago Press, ''Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books'', Volume 46 (1992), p. 141.</ref><ref>M. Keith Booker, ''Comics through Time: A History of Icons, Idols, and Ideas'' (2014), p. 916.</ref> The 32 page story depicts Breathed's ''[[Outland (comics)|Outland]]'' characters, led by [[Opus the Penguin]],<ref name="Gale">Gale Group, ''Something about the Author'', Volume 86 (1996), p. 27.</ref> hunting the last remaining specimen of a purportedly fierce beast called a [[Minor characters in Bloom County|Basselope]].<ref name="Martin">David Martin, ''Elementary Science Methods: A Constructivist Approach'' (2008), p. 435.</ref> Once found, the beast&mdash;named Rosebud&mdash;turns out to be friendly and harmless.<ref name="Gale"/>

The book has been recommended as a resource with which to teach about the concept of [[endangered species]] and [[extinction]].<ref name="Martin"/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.berkeleybreathed.com Berkeley Breathed's website]

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[[Category:1992 children's books]]
[[Category:American children's books]]
[[Category:American picture books]]
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[[Category:Books by Berkeley Breathed]]
[[Category:Little, Brown and Company books]]

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