Extinct Animals Found Alive 2018

Living right alongside those big angry geese was an animal that would have fit in perfectly with every mythological creature.

Extinct animals found alive 2018. The rediscovered reptile is just one of many lost animals to be found in recent years. It had been considered extinct for nearly 80 years but the Tasmanian tiger has been declared alive and kicking by an intrepid group of British naturalistsA. With the end of 2018 comes the near-certain reality that some critters after millions of years of existence on Earth are gone for good.

I got one planet right now with 1112 species found 1 extinct species that matches the habitat of the last unknown one. Only a few dozen captive Spixs macaws are alive. The Imperial Woodpecker may actually still be alive but hasnt been seen in more than 50 years.

The bad news beyond extinction. Northern white rhinos inhabited parts of Central African Republic Chad the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sudan and Uganda and are a subspecies of white rhinoceros. The Imperial Woodpecker.

It is hosted by conservationist and television personality Forrest Galante who travels to different locations around the globe to learn about possibly extinct animals and whether or not there is a chance that they may still be. Of note is the vaquita the dolphin-like porpoise that lives in. Todays extinctions are happening 100 to 1000 times.

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. A type of cougar that was declared extinct back in 2011. In 2018 Galante captured multiple compelling pieces of evidence of the ongoing existence of animals believed extinct including trail camera footage of a Zanzibar leopard a big cat that had been classified as extinct for over 25 years.

Kids News has covered some of these important finds including the Vietnamese mouse-deer and Wallaces giant bee both found in 2019 and the Wondiwoi tree kangaroo found in 2018. Around 100 birds still exist in captivity. Earth is now in the midst of its sixth mass extinction of plants and animals.