Extinct Animals In The World 2018
When the last male died there in 2018 the scientific community deemed them recently extinct animals.
Extinct animals in the world 2018. Extinct Animals In The World 2018. The United States holds the dubious record as the worlds worst offender. 2018 was the year the eastern cougar was officially declared extinct likely 80 years after the last one was killed in Maine.
Around 100 birds still exist in captivity. The Sumatran elephant is on the verge of extinction and is considered one of the most endangered species in the entire animal kingdom. Kihansi spray toad listed extinct in the wild since 2009 Northern white rhinoceros possibly extinct in the wild.
The West Virginian woodland bison Arizonas Merriams Elk the Rocky Mountain grasshopper Passenger pigeon and Puerto Ricos Culebra parrot are all animals of the past now. While the last remaining male died in 2018. This species was wiped out in the wild because of deforestation and other factors such as the creation of a dam and trapping for wild trade.
The Spixs macaw made famous by the movie Rio were declared extinct in the wild 2018. One of the most famous birds to be declared extinct in 2018 was the Spixs Macaw a blue parrot found in Brazil that shot to fame after the release of Rio in 2011. Sudan the last male northern white rhino left in the world died.
The South China tiger which has not been seen in the wild for more than 25 years and is considered functionally extinct is top of the list. The plains bison Bison bison once numbered about 60 million heads. Patrick Pleulpicture alliance via Getty Images.
Some of the most famous extinct animals of recent times have been birds--but for every Passenger Pigeon or Dodo theres a much bigger and much lesser-known casualties like the Elephant Bird or the Eastern Moa and many other species remain endangered to this day. As no species had been seen from 1890 many people believed it was extinct but three species were captured from 1974 to 1975. Three bird species went extinct last year scientists said two of which are songbirds from northeastern Brazil.