Almost Extinct Animals 2019
They take to temperate forest in northeastern China and the Far East of Russia.
Almost extinct animals 2019. 51 rows African forest elephant. Originally this species could be found in parts of China. The year started with the extinction of a tiny Hawaiian snail and ended with the.
While the 2019 update does further cement how great a crisis we are facing it also has a tinge of hope. The 2019 updates note that 10 species are recovering. In the 1940s their populations were nearly extinct due to hunting and poaching threats.
Despite not officially being declared as extinct there are some species that are extremely close to disappearing in 2019. The creatures that went extinct or likely went extinct in 2019 include a snail rodent bird and rhino. This species can weigh up to 660 pounds and grow up to 10 feet.
According to the endangered species statistics from 2020 almost a third of the Red List species are at risk of extinction. Only 60 years ago we could still find quolls around Melbourne. These extinctions have occurred since European settlement.
We lost a lot of species in 2019. Most notably Key deer found only in the Florida Keys were almost completely eradicated by the mid-1900s. The Amur leopard and Sumatran elephant are just two of 19 species categorized as critically endangered by the World Wildlife Fund while the white-rumped vulture Philippine crocodile and Chinese pangolin have been given the equivalent classification on the IUCN Red List.
All sea turtles are threatened with extinction but the Hawksbill Sea Turtle is the closest to the brink followed by its cousin the Kemps ridley sea turtle. Three bird species two frogs a shark a famous snail and one of the worlds largest freshwater fish were among those declared extinct this year. If playback doesnt begin shortly.