Extinct Animals Found Alive 2018
A type of cougar that was declared extinct back in 2011.
Extinct animals found alive 2018. These species went extinct in 2018. 10 Recently Extinct Birds. Some even describe these creatures as giraffe-like.
The Imperial Woodpecker may actually still be alive but hasnt been seen in more than 50 years. Its official rediscovery came in early 2019 after a five-day expedition during which a single female was found in a termite nest where the species typically burrows and nests 8 feet off the ground. Here are some other fascinating finds.
The Spixs macaw made famous by the movie Rio were declared extinct in the wild 2018. The Imperial Woodpecker. 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.
By all accounts the Hoplitomeryx would have looked a lot like a modern deer. The bad news beyond extinction. 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.
It is hosted by conservationist and television personality Forrest Galante who travels to different locations around the globe to learn about possibly extinct animals and whether or not there is a chance that they may still be. 2018 also saw species that may go extinct at any moment. It would have been a bit bigger and had longer legs.
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. I got one planet right now with 1112 species found 1 extinct species that matches the habitat of the last unknown one. Around 100 birds still exist in captivity.