tolkien himself says that me is based on europe. he says that the elves depart across the sea, and the age of men comes when the war against sauron is won. legolas says to gimli "the deeds of men will outlast us".
so the elves went west across the sea.
the ents couldnt find the entwives, had no children, died out.
the orcs perished when sauron died.
of the dwarves it is not known. my opinion is that fewer and fewer were interested in marriage until they died out.
as for the hobbits, they lived on. in the hobbit tolkien says that they are still alive today
whoops, forgot the eagles. maybe they stopped speaking and went back to being dumb animals?
and the trolls...when sauron died they probably died too.
so thats all the species.
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