Extinct Animals Found Alive 2018

Earth is now in the midst of its sixth mass extinction of plants and animals.

Extinct animals found alive 2018. A type of cougar that was declared extinct back in 2011. The eastern Cougars were unofficially deemed extinct by a US Fish and Wildlife Service Evaluation in 2011 but they were officially removed from the endangered species list and declared extinct in 2018. The Hoplitomeryx the five-horned deer.

It is one of the extinct animals. 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. Of note is the vaquita the dolphin-like porpoise that lives in.

It is officially listed as critically endangered possibly extinct because a lot of its habitat was destroyed by humans. I keep finding extinct species too and so far it seems like I might not be able to complete a planets fauna list because of it. Some even describe these creatures as giraffe-like.

More may be doomed. 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. 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.

Since then the all-star species was feared extinct until two specimens popped up on Ebay in 2018 one of which sold for over 9000. Around 100 birds still exist in captivity. Patrick Pleulpicture alliance via Getty Images.

In 2018 Galante captured multiple compelling pieces of evidence of the ongoing existence of animals believed extinct including trail camera footage of a Zanzibar leopard a big cat that had been classified as extinct for over 25 years. When the last male died there in 2018 the scientific community deemed them recently extinct animals. Only a few dozen captive Spixs macaws are alive.