Extinct Animals In The World 2018
The Sumatran elephant is on the verge of extinction and is considered one of the most endangered species in the entire animal kingdom.
Extinct animals in the world 2018. In 1914 just 48 years later Martha the worlds last passenger pigeon was laid to rest. As no species had been seen from 1890 many people believed it was extinct but three species were captured from 1974 to 1975. 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.
Rarest Animal in the World - Endangered Species 2018 Documentary - YouTube. 2018 was the year the eastern cougar was officially declared extinct likely 80 years after the last one was killed in Maine. Due to excessive commercial hunting one of the planets most common birds was declared extinct.
Three bird species went extinct last year scientists said two of which are songbirds from northeastern Brazil. The Spixs macaw made famous by the movie Rio were declared extinct in the wild 2018. Of note is the vaquita the dolphin-like porpoise that lives in the Sea of Cortez.
Todays extinctions are happening 100 to 1000 times faster than the. When the last male died there in 2018 the scientific community deemed them recently extinct animals. Ever wondered about the 10 oldest civilizations of the world.
Patrick Pleulpicture alliance via Getty Images. Due to deforestation and uncontrolled hunting in the next twenty years this species may no longer exist. 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.
Australias unique reptiles have been emphasised as particularly vulnerable with 7 per cent threatened with extinction. Around 100 birds still exist in captivity. 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.