Extinct Animals In The World 2018
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Extinct animals in the world 2018. 2018 was the year the eastern cougar was officially declared extinct likely 80 years after the last one was killed in Maine. 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.
Ever wondered about the 10 oldest civilizations of the world. 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. Its frightening but true.
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. 2018 also saw species that may go extinct at any moment. 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.
Sudan the last male northern white rhino left in the world died. 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. In the past centuries about 1000 species have become extinct.
In 1914 just 48 years later Martha the worlds last passenger pigeon was laid to rest. 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. 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.
The Cryptic Treehunter Cichlocolaptes mazarbarnetti and Alagoas Foliage-gleaner. Of note is the vaquita the dolphin-like porpoise that lives in the Sea of Cortez. Three bird species went extinct last year scientists said two of which are songbirds from northeastern Brazil.