There Are Between 58 And 68 In The Wild, With None Living In.
These almost unknown animals prove that this phenomenon can affect any living being. The number of these rhinos began declining during the 20th century, as they were hunted by european settlers. Habitat destruction was the main cause of these animals’ extinction.
Japanese Sea Lions Were Hunted For Their Skins, Whiskers, Organs And Oil, And Were Also Captured For The Circus Trade.
Tigers are considered as one of the world’s most threatened animal species. The iucn characterized it as extinct in 2020 along with banara wilsonii, another cuban plant last seen in 1938 before its habitat was cleared for a sugarcane plantation. The recently extinct animal is the first dolphin species driven to extinction by humans, says whale and dolphin conservation.
With Only One Known Population In The Wild, It Is One Of The World's Rarest Large Mammals.
The last male died in captivity. Pyrenean ibex estimated extinction date: Top ten recently extinct animals worldwide.
In 2020, The Iucn (International Union For Conservation Of Nature) Declared That The Sumptuous Poison Frog Was Extinct.
If only our critically endangered animals went extinct in the next century, this would increase to a few thousand years. It survived till 2012 and then got completely extinct in 2019. Here is a list of top 10 extinct animals.
By 1995, There Were Less Than 2,500 In.
There are various reasons behind extinction. Dams and human water management for shipping lanes and other transportation, pollution, and overfishing have caused the creature’s downfall. Aloe silicicola — last seen in 1920, this plant from the mountains of madagascar enters the iucn red list as “extinct in the wild” due to a vague reference that it still exists in a botanical garden.
