Extinct Animals That Could Come Back

1 The Caspian tiger or the Touran tiger.

Extinct animals that could come back. Sure in theory they should be able to adapt over time but there are tons of other issues that may come with bringing a species back from extinction. Discover which extinct species could come back to life in the future. It evolved without any natural predators but the humans that arrived on their home island Mauritius took.

Technically its already been done. One million species of animal and plant could disappear forever according to the UN. The dodo is perhaps the most famous extinct animal.

To be considered endangered there must be fewer than 2500 mature snow leopards and they must be experiencing a high rate of decline. Or it could be done by cloning carefully preserved non-reproductive cells. De-extinction could be a big step forward for genetic engineering.

The Pyrenean ibex or bucardo recently became the first extinct animal to ever become un-extinct at least for seven minutes. Either domestic chickens or prairie chickens could be surrogates for the extinct species. A T-Rex and other dangerous creatures arent on the VIP lis.

The last wild one was shot in 1870 and the last in captivity died in 1883. There are some extinct species such as the woolly mammoth shown above that may be brought back to life if scientists can overcome some practical hurdles and thorny ethical questions. The largest subspecies Smilodon populator could reach 400 kg in weight three meters in length and 14 meters tall at the shoulder.

Then in 2009 a goat gave birth to a cloned Pyrenean ibex in a government-funded miracle that marked the first time any species had been brought back from extinction. Why scientists would want to bring this animal back to life is the real question. In early 2000 a tree landed on the last living Pyrenean ibex turning that proud creature into just one more statistic on an ever-growing list of extinct species.