What animals are extinct in 2020?

• Splendid poison frog. This wonderfully-named creature is one of three Central American frog species to have been newly declared extinct.
• Smooth Handfish.
• Jalpa false brook salamander.
• Spined dwarf mantis.
• Bonin pipistrelle bat.
• European hamster.
• Golden Bamboo Lemur.
• 5 remaining species of river dolphin.

What animal went extinct in 2018?

Spix’s macaw
The Spix’s macaw, made famous by the movie “Rio,” were declared extinct in the wild 2018.

What extinct animals are still alive?

Prehistoric Creatures That Are Still Alive Today

• Prehistoric Animals That Are Alive Today.
• Gharial.
• Komodo Dragon.
• Shoebill Stork.
• Bactrian Camel.
• Echidna.
• Musk Oxen.
• Vicuña.

What are some of the weirdest extinct animals?

koala lemurs existed long ago during the late Pliocene to the Holocene period.

What are the top 10 extinct animals?

A List of Top 10 Extinct Animals 10) Sabre-Toothed Cat 9) Woolly Mammoth 8) Dodo 7) Great Auk 6) Stellers Sea Cow 5) Tasmanian Tiger 4) Passenger Pigeon 3) Pyrenean Ibex 2) Baiji White Dolphin 1) West African Black Rhinoceros

Which animals are closest to being extinct?

the Amur Leopard is indigenous to the Primorye region of southeast Russia and northern China.

Why are so many animals going extinct?

Unfortunately, many animals are becoming extinct due to over fishing and overhunting. Sometimes this is done legally and sometimes not. For example, the seas have been overfished because no country was able to expressly claim the open seas, so fishing in a number of areas was a free for all until the fish were depleted.