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- Passenger pigeon. Once one of the most populous birds in North America, passenger pigeons could fly as fast as 60 mph, according to the Audubon Society.
- Golden toad. Last spotted in the forest in Monteverde, Costa Rica, in 1989, the disappearance of the golden toad has been attributed to global warming, Science magazine reports.
- Carolina parakeet. The vibrant feathers of the only species of parrot native to the eastern United States may have helped contribute to its demise. The Carolina Parakeet’s green, yellow, and red feathers were prized additions to women’s hats.
- Heath hen. Once common on the east coast of America, the heath hen could only be found on Martha’s Vineyard by the late nineteenth century. Wildfires, hunting, and habitat changes caused the heath hen’s remaining numbers to dwindle, the Vineyard Gazette reports.
Searches related to recently extinct species list last 100 years
Recently extinct mammals are defined by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as any mammals that have become extinct since the year 1500 CE. [1] Since then, roughly 80 mammal species have become extinct.
Common NameBinomial NameOrderDate Of ExtinctionPotorous platyops Gould, 18441875 1Lagorchestes leporides Gould, 18411889 1Lagorchestes asomatus Finlayson, 19431932 1Caloprymnus campestris Gould, 18431935 1- Pinta Giant Tortoise. The last known Pinta giant tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdonii) was Lonesome George, an icon of the Galapagos, who died in captivity on June 24, 2012.
- Splendid Poison Frog. The splendid poison frog (Oophaga speciosa) was declared extinct in 2020 and last recorded in 1992. Researchers believe the chytrid fungus outbreak of 1996 in their home range of the western Cordillera Central in Panama, near Costa Rica, led to their extinction.
- Spix's Macaw. The Spix's macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), endemic to Brazil, was last seen in the wild in 2016. It was declared extinct in the wild in 2019, exactly 200 years after it was first described by German naturalist Johann Baptist von Spix who spotted it in the Brazilian interior, but there are currently around 160 of these parrots in captivity.
- Pyrenean Ibex. The Pyrenean ibex (Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) is one of two extinct subspecies of the Spanish ibex. It was declared extinct in 2000, although what caused its extinction remains unknown.
- 32 orchid species in Bangladesh—One of the first papers of 2020 to report any extinctions announced the probable loss of 17 percent of Bangladesh’s 187 known orchid species.
- Smooth handfish (Sympterichthys unipennis)—One of the few extinctions of 2020 that received much media attention, and it’s easy to see why. Handfish are an unusual group of species whose front fins look somewhat like human appendages, which they use to walk around the ocean floor.
- 65 North American plants—This past year researchers set out to determine how many plants in the continental United States had been lost. They catalogued 65, including five small trees, eight shrubs, 37 perennial herbs and 15 annual herbs.
- 22 frog species—The IUCN this year declared nearly two dozen long-unseen Central and South American frog species as “critically endangered (possibly extinct)”—victims of the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus.
Aug 31, 2024 · Explore a list of 100 animals that have recently become extinct, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and invertebrates.
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Dec 12, 2023 · It’s tempting to think of extinction as something that only happened to animals in the past—woolly mammoths, sabre-toothed tigers, and the dinosaurs. However, extinction is an ongoing threat faced by many species every day.
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