Extinct Animals In The World 2018
In the past centuries about 1000 species have become extinct.
Extinct animals in the world 2018. Ever wondered about the 10 oldest civilizations of the world. Australias unique reptiles have been emphasised as particularly vulnerable with 7 per cent threatened with extinction. Its frightening but true.
Three bird species went extinct last year scientists said two of which are songbirds from northeastern Brazil. 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. 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.
Of note is the vaquita the dolphin-like porpoise that lives in the Sea of Cortez. Sudan the last male northern white rhino left in the world died. When the last male died there in 2018 the scientific community deemed them recently extinct animals.
The Spixs macaw made famous by the movie Rio were declared extinct in the wild 2018. Due to deforestation and uncontrolled hunting in the next twenty years this species may no longer exist. 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.
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. Kihansi spray toad listed extinct in the wild since 2009 Northern white rhinoceros possibly extinct in the wild.
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. 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 United States holds the dubious record as the worlds worst offender.