Extinct Animals In The World 2018
Species extinction is a serious problem today and while the world is trying to prevent this from occurring we cant prevent it at the speed its happening.
Extinct animals in the world 2018. 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. Todays extinctions are happening 100 to 1000 times faster than the. Due to excessive commercial hunting one of the planets most common birds was declared extinct.
Guam kingfisher listed extinct in the wild since 1986 Hawaiian crow or ʻalalā last seen in 2002 listed as extinct in the wild since 2004 Small groups have since been released in 2017 and 2018. 2018 was the year the eastern cougar was officially declared extinct likely 80 years after the last one was killed in Maine. 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.
Of note is the vaquita the dolphin-like porpoise that lives in the Sea of Cortez. There are 19 animals on the World Wildlife Funds WWF critically endangered list including three species of rhino seven primates and four big cats. 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.
Its frightening but true. While the last remaining male died in 2018. Around 100 birds still exist in captivity.
The Spixs macaw made famous by the movie Rio were declared extinct in the wild 2018. Theres little question that humanitys continued exploitation of wild animals and the depletion of their habitats have left many species either clinging to existence or at worst extinct. When the last male died there in 2018 the scientific community deemed them recently extinct animals.
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. As no species had been seen from 1890 many people believed it was extinct but three species were captured from 1974 to 1975. In 1914 just 48 years later Martha the worlds last passenger pigeon was laid to rest.