Extinct Animals Rediscovered 2020
These animals once believed to be extinct.
Extinct animals rediscovered 2020. Sightings of Tasmanian tiger thought to be extinct for 80 years reported. Then in August 2020 a team of researchers reported that these mouse-sized creatures with distinctive elongated noses were alive and well. Animals feared extinct are often rediscovered.
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. Kids News has covered some of these important finds including the Vietnamese mouse-deer and Wallaces giant bee both found in 2019 and the Wondiwoi tree kangaroo found in 2018. Here is the list.
Rediscovered in 2009 after disappearing since 1949 the deer species is native to Afghanistan Pakistan Nepal and India where it makes its home in steep rocky outcrops with dense foliage far away from screaming audiences and rabid fans. Extinct Endangered and Rediscovered Species. Then in August 2020 a team of researchers and academics reported that these tiny odd-looking creatures were alive and well.
Steven Heritage at Global Wildlife Conservation. As well as identifying new species the Conservation International team rediscovered four species thought to be extinct including the. The discovery as GNN reports of the tiny elephant shrew marks the first African animal.
A Fernandina Giant Tortoise was spotted on the Galapagos island of Fernandina for the first time since 1906 and a Wallaces giant bee was observed in Indonesia for the first time since 1981 as CNN reported. Australian government The animal was presumed extinct after the last one in captivity died in 1936. However some animals are said to be extinct have been found again.
Extinct Endangered and Rediscovered Species Hardcover Illustrated October 6 2020. The Tasmanian tiger was presumed to be extinct after the last captive animal died in 1936 at the Hobart Zoo in. John Whitfield Author Visit Amazons John Whitfield.