Extinct Animals In The World 2018
There are 19 animals on the World Wildlife Funds WWF critically endangered list including three species of rhino seven primates and four big cats.
Extinct animals in the world 2018. Rarest Animal in the World - Endangered Species 2018 Documentary - YouTube. Kihansi spray toad listed extinct in the wild since 2009 Northern white rhinoceros possibly extinct in the wild. Sudan the last male northern white rhino left in the world died.
Ever wondered about the 10 oldest civilizations of the world. Our planet is now in the midst of its sixth mass extinction of plants and animals the sixth wave of extinctions in the past half-billion years. Around 100 birds still exist in captivity.
Patrick Pleulpicture alliance via Getty Images. Extinct Animals In The World 2018. 2018 also saw species that may go extinct at any moment.
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. 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.
Due to deforestation and uncontrolled hunting in the next twenty years this species may no longer exist. An additional species of bird that reached the verge of extinction in 2018 is the Spixs macaw which was declared extinct in the wild and now only a few captive Spixs macaws are alive. Three bird species went extinct last year scientists said two of which are songbirds from northeastern Brazil.
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. The plains bison Bison bison once numbered about 60 million heads.