Extinct Animals In The World 2018
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Extinct animals in the world 2018. In 1914 just 48 years later Martha the worlds last passenger pigeon was laid to rest. 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. 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.
The Sumatran elephant is on the verge of extinction and is considered one of the most endangered species in the entire animal kingdom. As no species had been seen from 1890 many people believed it was extinct but three species were captured from 1974 to 1975. Sudan the last male northern white rhino left in the world died.
The United States holds the dubious record as the worlds worst offender. 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. There are 19 animals on the World Wildlife Funds WWF critically endangered list including three species of rhino seven primates and four big cats. Three bird species went extinct last year scientists said two of which are songbirds from northeastern Brazil.
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. Kihansi spray toad listed extinct in the wild since 2009 Northern white rhinoceros possibly extinct in the wild. The Cryptic Treehunter Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti and Alagoas Foliage-gleaner.
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. While the last remaining male died in 2018. When the last male died there in 2018 the scientific community deemed them recently extinct animals.