Extinct Animals Rediscovered 2020
Until 2020 the last scientific record of the lost species of Somali elephant shrew was in the 1970s despite local sightings so it was assumed that they had likely become extinct.
Extinct animals rediscovered 2020. Wallaces giant bee next to a European honey bee that you might find in your garden. Posted 1 h hour ago Sat Saturday 8 Aug August 2020 at 530am Updated 38 m minutes ago Sat Saturday 8 Aug August 2020 at 631am. Kids News has covered some of these important finds including the Vietnamese mouse-deer and Wallaces giant bee both found in 2019 and the Wondiwoi tree kangaroo found in 2018.
The discovery as GNN reports of the tiny elephant shrew marks the first African animal. Hardcover Illustrated October 6 2020. The rediscovered reptile is just one of many lost animals to be found in recent years.
Then in August 2020 a team of researchers reported that these mouse-sized creatures with distinctive elongated noses were alive and well. These animals once believed to be extinct. In 2019 during an expedition to the Galapagos Galante trekked over Fernandina Island and discovered a female Fernandina Island tortoise a species that hadnt been seen for 113 years and also was classified as extinct.
The animals scientists rediscovered in 2019. The rediscovered reptile is just one of many lost animals to be found in recent years. Wallaces giant bee was rediscovered in the North Moluccas islands in January 2019.
Steven Heritage at Global Wildlife Conservation. Australian government The animal was presumed extinct after the last one in captivity died in 1936. Animals feared extinct are often rediscovered.
John Whitfield Author Visit Amazons John Whitfield. Extinct Endangered and Rediscovered Species Hardcover Illustrated Oct. Sightings of Tasmanian tiger thought to be extinct for 80 years reported.