Extinct Animals In The World 2018
The Spixs macaw made famous by the movie Rio were declared extinct in the wild 2018.
Extinct animals in the world 2018. Due to deforestation and uncontrolled hunting in the next twenty years this species may no longer exist. 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. 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.
Patrick Pleulpicture alliance via Getty Images. The Cryptic Treehunter Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti and Alagoas Foliage-gleaner. 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.
The United States holds the dubious record as the worlds worst offender. 2018 also saw species that may go extinct at any moment. 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.
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 Sumatran elephant is on the verge of extinction and is considered one of the most endangered species in the entire animal kingdom. Its frightening but true.
Rarest Animal in the World - Endangered Species 2018 Documentary - YouTube. 2018 was the year the eastern cougar was officially declared extinct likely 80 years after the last one was killed in Maine. Australias unique reptiles have been emphasised as particularly vulnerable with 7 per cent threatened with extinction.
In 2018 three bird species that were thought to have potentially gone extinct were deemed officially gone forever. Of note is the vaquita the dolphin-like porpoise that lives in the Sea of Cortez. In 1914 just 48 years later Martha the worlds last passenger pigeon was laid to rest.