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TOP TEN ANIMALS THAT HAS GONE EXTINCTS.
1. THE PINTA ISLAND TORTOISE
Cause of Extinction: goats that humans introduced to Pinta Island who destroyed their habitats, rats (also introduced by humans) who preyed on young tortoises, and humans killing the tortoises for their meat.
1. THE PINTA ISLAND TORTOISE
Cause of Extinction: goats that humans introduced to Pinta Island who destroyed their habitats, rats (also introduced by humans) who preyed on young tortoises, and humans killing the tortoises for their meat.
2. QUAGGA
Looking like a mash up of a Zebra and a Horse.
Scientists are trying to resurrect the Qugga and have seen some success via reverse engineering by selectively breeding zebras (who carry quagga genes).
Cause of Extinction: humans hunted the quagga to extinction.
Looking like a mash up of a Zebra and a Horse.
Scientists are trying to resurrect the Qugga and have seen some success via reverse engineering by selectively breeding zebras (who carry quagga genes).
Cause of Extinction: humans hunted the quagga to extinction.
3. ZANZIBAR LEOPARD
One of several subspecies of leopard, it made its home on the Zanzibar archipelago of Tanzania.
Cause of Extinction: They went extinct thanks to the belief that these animals were kept by witches; for this reason, locals aggressively hunted them.
One of several subspecies of leopard, it made its home on the Zanzibar archipelago of Tanzania.
Cause of Extinction: They went extinct thanks to the belief that these animals were kept by witches; for this reason, locals aggressively hunted them.
4. THE THYLACINE
A carnivore, also referred to as the Tasmanian tiger and Tasmanian wolf, it was a nocturnal marsupial.
Cause of Extinction: it is believed that Dingo populations threatened the Thylacine into extinction in addition to over-hunting from humans.
A carnivore, also referred to as the Tasmanian tiger and Tasmanian wolf, it was a nocturnal marsupial.
Cause of Extinction: it is believed that Dingo populations threatened the Thylacine into extinction in addition to over-hunting from humans.
5. The Passenger Pigeon
Estimates say that the passenger pigeon population numbered in the millions—and possibly billions—when the first Europeans began settling in America.
Cause of Extinction: humans hunted the pigeon and consumed it to the point of extinction.
Estimates say that the passenger pigeon population numbered in the millions—and possibly billions—when the first Europeans began settling in America.
Cause of Extinction: humans hunted the pigeon and consumed it to the point of extinction.
6. THE GOLDEN TOLD
The golden toad is not the only species to disappear in the past 40 years but it just might be the brightest.
The toad was last seen in 1989 in a Costa Rican rainforest before being declared extinct in 1994.
Cause of Extinction: Global warming, pollution
The golden toad is not the only species to disappear in the past 40 years but it just might be the brightest.
The toad was last seen in 1989 in a Costa Rican rainforest before being declared extinct in 1994.
Cause of Extinction: Global warming, pollution
7. JAVAN TIGER
The Javan tiger was native to the Indonesian island of Java. In the 1800s they were so common they were considered pests by island natives, but as the island was developed their population dwindled.
Cause of Extinction: loss of habitat
The Javan tiger was native to the Indonesian island of Java. In the 1800s they were so common they were considered pests by island natives, but as the island was developed their population dwindled.
Cause of Extinction: loss of habitat
8. WEST AFRICAN BLACK RHINO
They were declared extinct in 2006, after conservationists failed to find any in their last remaining habitat in Cameroon.
Cause of Extinction: Poachers hunted the rhino for its horn, leading to their extinction.
They were declared extinct in 2006, after conservationists failed to find any in their last remaining habitat in Cameroon.
Cause of Extinction: Poachers hunted the rhino for its horn, leading to their extinction.
9. THE DODO
The Dodo was a flightless bird native to Mauritius whose population began dwindling and eventually became extinct over the short course of a century.
Cause of Extinction: popular belief has sailors hunting and eating the Dodo to the point of extinction.
The Dodo was a flightless bird native to Mauritius whose population began dwindling and eventually became extinct over the short course of a century.
Cause of Extinction: popular belief has sailors hunting and eating the Dodo to the point of extinction.
10. THE SPIX MACAW
Also know as the Blue Bird. Thought to be extinct in the wild. They currently exists in captivity with their numbers in the dismally low 60-80 range.
Cause of Extinction: They went extinct in the wild due to habitat destruction, illegal trapping and trade.
Also know as the Blue Bird. Thought to be extinct in the wild. They currently exists in captivity with their numbers in the dismally low 60-80 range.
Cause of Extinction: They went extinct in the wild due to habitat destruction, illegal trapping and trade.
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