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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 ...
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.
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 ...
From the pygmy tarsier (a mouse-sized big-eyed animal that weighs almost 60 grams) to the Coelacanth (the closest link between fish and the first amphibian creatures which made the transition from ...
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.
A de-extinction company is currently in the works to “bring back” traits of extinct animals. Colossal Biosciences logo. Image credits: Colossal Biosciences.
Extinct is a 2021 animated science fiction comedy film directed by David Silverman, and co-directed by Raymond S. Persi, from a screenplay by Joel Cohen, John Frink, and Rob LaZebnik. [6] The film features the voices of Rachel Bloom , Adam Devine , Zazie Beetz , Ken Jeong , Catherine O'Hara , Benedict Wong , Reggie Watts , and Jim Jefferies .
A breeding program aims to create similar-looking animals, but these are not true quaggas. This list of African species extinct in the Holocene covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) [a] and continues to the present. [1]