Top 10 Extinct Animals

Ritu Kanwar Bhati          Nov 18, 2022

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Splendid Poison frog  ( extinct 2020)

The splendid poison frog or splendid poison-arrow frog was a species of poison dart frog endemic to the end of western Panama. 

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9

Bramble Cay melomys  ( extinct 2019)

The melomnys’s 10-acre habitat, Bramble Cay, sat less than 10 feet above sea level. 

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8

Baiji Dolphin  ( Estimated extinct2020)

The likely cause of the baiji’s decline is from the use of fishing nets with hooks that snag and drown the dolphins as bycatch. 

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Pinta Giant Tortoise  ( Estimated extinct2012)

The Pinta Island tortoise, also known as the Pinta giant tortoise or Abingdon Island tortoise 

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6

Western Black Rhino  ( Extinct 2011)

The western black rhinoceros or West African black rhinoceros is an extinct subspecies of the black rhinoceros.  

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5

Alaotra grebe Bird  ( Extinct 2010)

The Alaotra grebe, also known as Delacour’s little grebe or rusty grebe 

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4

Spix’s Macaw  ( Functionally extinct 2000)

The Spix’s macaw is one of the rarest birds in the world 

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3

Moorean viviparous tree snail ( Functionally extinct)

This species was endemic to French Polynesia. It is now extinct in the wild. 

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2

Pyrenean ibex  ( Extinct 2000/2009)

It was also called the Pyrenean wild goat and, in Spain, the bucardo. 

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Asiatic Cheetah  (Functionally extinct since 1948)

It once occurred from the Arabian Peninsula and the Near East to Caspian regions. 

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