Extinct Animals Rediscovered 2020
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.
Extinct animals rediscovered 2020. Then in August 2020 a team of researchers and academics reported that these tiny odd-looking creatures were alive and well. Wallaces giant bee was rediscovered in the North Moluccas islands in January 2019. The last time anyone recorded a sighting of the Somali elephant shrew was almost 50 years ago after which it was assumed to have become extinct.
The animals scientists rediscovered in 2019. 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. Wallaces giant bee next to a European honey bee that you might find in your garden.
Animals feared extinct are often rediscovered. Steven Heritage at Global Wildlife Conservation. This week reports broke that two animals previously believed to be extinct are in fact not.
But a science professor named Tetsuji Nakabo and a team of researchers rediscovered the species again in 2010 living in a lake near Mount Fuji. The Tasmanian tiger was presumed to be extinct after the last captive animal died in 1936 at the Hobart Zoo in. Extinct Endangered and Rediscovered Species Hardcover Illustrated Oct.
For example animals such as the Sumatran rhino in Malaysia have been confirmed extinct and now only about 80 species remain in the neighboring country Indonesia. The monster bee which is the size of a human thumb and boasts the jaws of. 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.
However some animals are said to be extinct have been found again. Sightings of Tasmanian tiger thought to be extinct for 80 years reported. Here is the list.