Extinct Animals Found Alive 2018

The eastern Cougars were unofficially deemed extinct by a US Fish and Wildlife Service Evaluation in 2011 but they were officially removed from the endangered species list and declared extinct in 2018.

Extinct animals found alive 2018. There is no other supposedly surviving creature larger or more formidable than the majestic Woolly Mammoth. Patrick Pleulpicture alliance via Getty Images. The Hoplitomeryx the five-horned deer.

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. The Spixs macaw made famous by the movie Rio were declared extinct in the wild 2018. I keep finding extinct species too and so far it seems like I might not be able to complete a planets fauna list because of it.

The rediscovered reptile is just one of many lost animals to be found in recent years. Todays extinctions are happening 100 to 1000 times. 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.

Living right alongside those big angry geese was an animal that would have fit in perfectly with every mythological creature. 10 Recently Extinct Birds. 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.

Some even describe these creatures as giraffe-like. These species went extinct in 2018. Earth is now in the midst of its sixth mass extinction of plants and animals.

The Zanzibar Leopard. 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. 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.