Extinct Animals In The World 2018
Due to excessive commercial hunting one of the planets most common birds was declared extinct.
Extinct animals in the world 2018. 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. 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 plains bison Bison bison once numbered about 60 million heads.
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. 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.
While the last remaining male died in 2018. There are 19 animals on the World Wildlife Funds WWF critically endangered list including three species of rhino seven primates and four big cats. An additional species of bird that reached the verge of extinction in 2018 is the Spixs macaw which was declared extinct in the wild and now only a few captive Spixs macaws are alive.
The organization BirdLife International determined that the Hawaiian poʻouli and two Brazilian songbirds the Cryptic Treehunter and the Alagoas Foliage-gleaner are all extinct as of this year. When the last male died there in 2018 the scientific community deemed them recently extinct animals. Guam kingfisher listed extinct in the wild since 1986 Hawaiian crow or ʻalalā last seen in 2002 listed as extinct in the wild since 2004 Small groups have since been released in 2017 and 2018.
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. Around 100 birds still exist in captivity. In 1914 just 48 years later Martha the worlds last passenger pigeon was laid to rest.
2018 was the year the eastern cougar was officially declared extinct likely 80 years after the last one was killed in Maine. Kihansi spray toad listed extinct in the wild since 2009 Northern white rhinoceros possibly extinct in the wild. In the past centuries about 1000 species have become extinct.