Extinct Animals In The World 2018
Around 100 birds still exist in captivity.
Extinct animals in the world 2018. Due to deforestation and uncontrolled hunting in the next twenty years this species may no longer exist. Three bird species went extinct last year scientists said two of which are songbirds from northeastern Brazil. Ever wondered about the 10 oldest civilizations of the world.
Of note is the vaquita the dolphin-like porpoise that lives in the Sea of Cortez. In 2018 three bird species that were thought to have potentially gone extinct were deemed officially gone forever. Due to excessive commercial hunting one of the planets most common birds was declared extinct.
Its frightening but true. 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. 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.
2018 was the year the eastern cougar was officially declared extinct likely 80 years after the last one was killed in Maine. While the last remaining male died in 2018. Kihansi spray toad listed extinct in the wild since 2009 Northern white rhinoceros possibly extinct in the wild.
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. The Sumatran elephant is on the verge of extinction and is considered one of the most endangered species in the entire animal kingdom. 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.
Sudan the last male northern white rhino left in the world died. 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. Australias unique reptiles have been emphasised as particularly vulnerable with 7 per cent threatened with extinction.