Extinct Animals In The World 2018
The Cryptic Treehunter Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti and Alagoas Foliage-gleaner.
Extinct animals in the world 2018. 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. There are 19 animals on the World Wildlife Funds WWF critically endangered list including three species of rhino seven primates and four big cats. The Spixs macaw made famous by the movie Rio were declared extinct in the wild 2018.
Around 100 birds still exist in captivity. 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. 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.
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. Three bird species went extinct last year scientists said two of which are songbirds from northeastern Brazil. Kihansi spray toad listed extinct in the wild since 2009 Northern white rhinoceros possibly extinct in the wild.
2018 also saw species that may go extinct at any moment. 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. In 2018 three bird species that were thought to have potentially gone extinct were deemed officially gone forever.
In 1914 just 48 years later Martha the worlds last passenger pigeon was laid to rest. Northern white rhinos inhabited parts of Central African Republic Chad the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sudan and Uganda and are a subspecies of white rhinoceros. 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.
As no species had been seen from 1890 many people believed it was extinct but three species were captured from 1974 to 1975. 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. While the last remaining male died in 2018.