Extinct Animals Found Alive 2020

A subspecies of the black rhinos the West African black rhino was genetically different than other species.

Extinct animals found alive 2020. These animal species range from tiny mice to miniature marsupials pygmy elephants several insects a range of birds and many others. It evolved without any natural predators but the humans that arrived on their home island Mauritius took advantage of this and killed them all for food. 10 Believed Extinct Species Still Alive.

Its official rediscovery came in early 2019 after a five-day expedition during which a single female was found in a termite nest where the species typically burrows and nests 8 feet off the ground. After falling extinct due to hunting climate change and loss of habitat it is surprising when species resurface. She was nicknamed Forgotten Fern and has quickly become the global poster child of conservation.

The name of the species comes from the Malagasy word for crocodile. Named for the long noses found in males of the species the Pinocchio lizard had eluded researchers for almost four decades. These are 10 animals that have figuratively come back from the dead.

In 2019 during an expedition to the Galapagos Galante trekked over Fernandina Island and discovered a female Fernandina Island tortoise a species that hadnt been seen for 113 years and also was classified as extinct. Extinct Animals That Turned Out To Be Alive - YouTube. In 2020 the IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature declared that the splendid poison frog was extinct.

One of the extinct animals Voay robustus is an extinct species of crocodile from Madagascar and it includes only one species of crocodile that is V. However luckily there have been occasions that species that were believed to be extinct were rediscovered. 10 Recently Extinct Birds.

The rediscovered reptile is just one of many lost animals to be found in recent years. Australian mouse feared extinct after fires found alive. Here are some other fascinating finds.