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List of African animals extinct in the Holocene. List of Madagascar and Indian Ocean Island animals extinct in the Holocene; List of Macaronesian animals extinct in the Holocene; List of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha animals extinct in the Holocene; List of Asian animals extinct in the Holocene; List of European species extinct ...
The artistic practice of depicting and representing extinct species can be in the form of painting, sculpture, photography, digital art, installation art, and various other artistic media. The practice dates back to prehistoric times and continues into the present day, with extinct species being depicted in both traditional and contemporary art.
As of 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 40 animal species as extinct in the wild. [1] That is approximately 0.04% of all evaluated animal species. The IUCN also lists five animal subspecies as extinct in the wild. This is a complete list of wild animal species and subspecies listed as extinct by the IUCN.
The shy Australian animals died after only a century of European settlement. Despite the world's last captive thylacine dying in 1936, the secretive animal wasn't declared extinct until 1986.
Some mammals declared as extinct may very well reappear. [1] For example, a study found that 36% of purported mammalian extinction had been resolved, while the rest either had validity issues (insufficient evidence) or had been rediscovered. [3] As of December 2015, the IUCN listed 30 mammalian species as "critically endangered (possibly ...
The first animal to be photographed for the project was the naked mole-rat living at the Lincoln Children's Zoo. [8] In September 2017, the 7,000th animal photographed for the project was announced: the Leadbeater's possum, a critically endangered marsupial which is native to the acacia forests of central Victoria in Australia. [12]
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