The advance in technology has made it possible for the world today to progress at a fast pace. As the world evolves, numerous animals are being forgotten and eventually become extinct. Whether their habitat is severely modified, they are heavily hunted or they simply have disappeared due to natural causes, the number of extinct animals known till present day is at least worrying. And the worse part is that people carry on with their lives without even thinking about extinct animals, nor about the endangered animals that are about to become extinct. Some of the extinct animals were truly fascinating and it is a shame that they have disappeared from the surface of the Earth.

An example of such fascinating extinct animals include the quagga. The quagga is an extinct subspecies of the plains zebra and it lived in the Hughveld of the Cape Province and the Orange Free State in South Africa. A particularly interesting fact about quaggas is that they were half zebra, half horse. It may be hard to believe how such hybrid animals existed back in the day and have become extinct animals, especially when we think about the numerous hybrid species intrebred in laboratories nowadays, such as ligers and tigons. The quagga is actually one of the most famous extinct animals of Africa. The distinguishing feature of the quagga was that it only had the usual visual marks of zebras on the front part of the body.

The stripes faded in the mid-section and were absent in the back part of the body, making quaggas some of the most interesting extinct animals that ever lived. The history of the quagga goes back to 1788, when it was originally classified as an individual species. Less then a century later, in 1883, quaggas were already extinct animals. Some say that quaggas became extinct animals even before people realized that they appeared as a separate species. It is a real shame that quaggas and other amazing species have become extinct animals. This is why we should focus our attention on the endangered species that live nowadays and try to prevent them from becoming extinct animals.

Unfortunately, despite all the efforts made with the purpose to save some species, more extinct animals are known today. No matter if these animals have become extinct due to the action of mankind over nature or this reality simply is a consequence of a natural process, the fact is that the species they represent has been driven to extinction. Hunting or even over population are considered to be some of the main causes explaining this evolution. Although some of the animals mentioned here are not that known in the world, they represent beautiful and quite unique species. 

One of the most impressive recently extinct animals is the Baiji River Dolphin. It became one of the extinct animals in the recent decades, due to the increased industrialization in China, which has determined a continuous and full usage of rivers for transportation and hydroelectricity. Due to the human action, the Baiji River dolphin population has been highly decreased mostly because of the inability to live any longer in the industrialized river’s waters. Noise pollution and also water pollution are considered to be the main causes of death of these beautiful, now extinct animals. In 2006, they were officially declared extinct animals.

The Javan Tiger also is one of the recently extinct animals. Found on the Indonesian island of Java, these now extinct animals were really popular in the 19th century. However, along with the increase of the human presence in this island, the tiger population decreased. It is claimed that the Javan tigers became extinct animals due to positing and hunting. They were officially declared extinct animals in the 1980s.

The Pyrenean Ibex has a really interesting story when it comes to its evolution and the way it became one of the extinct animals. The Pyrenean Ibex actually is the first species which has been brought back to life through cloning, although the whole process turned out to be a huge failure. Popular in both France and Spain, these animals became extinct in the 20th century. The last individual from the species died in 2000, at the age of 13, in a zoo.

With the population of the world increasing and the poaching industry becoming more and more trendy, there are many animals that find themselves on the list of endangered species threatened with extinction.Probably the most famous animals on the extinct animals list are the dinosaurs. Although they ruled the earth millions of years ago, they still represent a fascination for all archaeologists and palaeontologists. One of the most fascinating extinct animals is the Tyrannosaurus Rex. T-Rex was one of the largest carnivores ever to walk the face of earth, with an estimated mass that went up to 7 tons. T-Rex had a massive skull, balanced by a long, heavy tail. There are other amazing extinct animals that many people do not know about.

One of the extinct animals that raised the interest of many researchers is the Tasmanian Tiger. Extinct animals such as the Tasmanian tiger disappeared off the face of the Earth, due to massive poaching. The Tasmanian tiger is likely to have become one of the extinct animals in mainland Australia about 2000 years ago. In the 20th century, there were only a few Tasmanian tigers left in Zoos.

The absolute extinction is attributed to competition from indigenous humans and invasive dingoes. This lead to the Tasmanian tiger becoming one of the extinct animals. However, researchers claim that dingoes and tigers would not have been in direct competition. The dingo hunted during the day, while the Tasmanian tiger hunted mainly during night. Moreover, the Tasmanian tiger had a more powerful build than the dingo. Other extinct animals are the dodo birds. The dodo bird was a flightless bird that lived on the Island of Mauritius. As with any extinct animals that evolved in isolation from significant predators, the dodo was entirely fearless of people, therefore making themselves a very easy prey for humans. The dodo bird ended up being on the list of extinct animals due to people over-hunting them. Unfortunately, today more and more animals are in danger of ending up on the extinct animals list, if extreme hunting or fishing does not stop.

As our planet has started to develop an an incredible pace, more and more animals are having trouble adapting, so they become extinct. Changes in their natural habits, the proximity to humans or extensive hunting are all causes of the large number of extinct animals. So here are the extinct animals of this century, which have gone extinct sine the 21th century began. First, there is the Baiji Dolphin, also known by the scientific name of Lipotes Vexilifer, a dolphin species which existed in China, up until 2006. In fact, this species is only functionally extinct, meaning that there are too few pairs which have the potential to breed and perpetuate the species.

Then, we have the West African Black Rhino, or Diceros bicornis longipes, which is probably extinct since 2006, as well. The last remaining refuges of the West African Black Rhinos were found in northern Cameroon, where expeditions were organized in order to spot any surviving rhinos. Unfortunately, no signs were found, so these rhinos have become extinct animals. The Golden Toad is also part of the extinct animals list. This species is also known as the Monteverde Toad, because it used to live on the high altitude ridges of Monteverde, Costa Rica. It is thought that pollution and global warming are the main responsible for these extinct animals. Alongside the Golden Toad, Holdridge’s Toad has become extinct, as well. These extinct animals also lived in Monteverde.

The Spix’s Macaw was a species of Macaw which lived in Brazil. They have become extinct animals in 2004, in the wild, mainly because they have lost their habitat. Another type of extinct animals is the Hawaiian Crow species. The last representative of this species lived in the Hakalau National Wildlife Refuge, in Hawaii. We also have the Pyrenean Ibex, which is a subspecies of the Spanish Ibex, and became extinct in 2000. Other extinct animals of this century are Kama’o, Po’o-uli and Craugastor escoces. Besides these extinct animals, more and more species are endangered, so if we do not make anything to protect them, they will become extinct as well.

Due to climatic changes, even animals had to suffer. So, a large part of the species once existing on the surface of the earth are now, unfortunately, extinct animals. Researchers discovered a lot about extinct animals and here are details of some of the species. The Tasmanian Wolf is a relative of wombats and kangaroos and it is not actually a wolf. Apparently, it reached the list of extinct animals about 50 years ago. The English Wolf was included on the list of extinct animals after it disappeared form England, Scotland and Ireland. Quagga was a kind of zebra that lived in South Africa, unfortunately, this animal was hunted down until the species became a part of the extinct animals.

The Caspian Tiger is a great feline that was hunted for its fur. In USSR this was a common practice and due to this, the last Caspian Tiger was shot in the late 1950s. Steller’s Sea Cow was discovered in 1741 only to become a part of the long list of extinct animals in 1771, because sailors used to eat this kind of animal. Dodo was a bird living in Mauritius in the early 16th century, but unfortunately, the species extinguished until the middle 17 century. Unlike the Dodo, the Palaeomastodon was a big and heavy animal, resembling an elephant. Sadly, it extinguished about 30 million tears ago. In the Miocene, the Dinotherium lived in Europe, Africa and Asia. The Wooly Mammoth is a famous species of extinct animals that lived in Europe, Asia and North-America about 5000 years ago.

The Giant Kangaroos lived in Australia, as they do regular kangaroos and they were very similar to the regular. The Giant Ground Sloth is another specie of the extinct animals and it is believed that humans farmed this kind of animals, not only hunted them. Baluchiterium is one of the rhinoceros that lived in Asia in the early Miocene. Dimorphodon Pterodactyles is one of the extinct animals of Europe. This animal was a great predator and had a huge head. Many of the extinct animals are unknown to most people, and in order not to risk to lose the other species, is better to know how to protect them.

There are numerous species of extinct animals known today. Some of them lived many years ago, while others became extinct animals more recently. The loss of a specie can have some important consequences on the evolution of other species, which depend on it, as they are all connected, in a way or another. Throughout the years, different animal species became endangered and here are mentioned only the most amazing extinct animals in the world.

The Quagga became one of the extinct animals starting with 1883. The Quagga is a half zebra, half horse animal, and it currently is considered to be one of the most famous African animals to become extinct. The Quagga was considered to be a subspecies of the Zebra, but it had been classified as a particular specie starting with 1788. Unfortunately, nowadays there are no Quaggas left, as the last Quagga died in 1883, at a Zoo in Amsterdam. And this particular aspect places the Quagga on the extinct animals list. Another extinct animals specie which can be described as very impressive is the Tasmanian Tiger. The Tasmanian Tiger became one of the extinct animals starting with 1936, when the last individual from the species has died. The Tasmanian Tiger is original to Australia and New Guinea and it definitely is an amazing extinct animal.

The Irish Deer is another specie on the list of the most impressive extinct animals in the world. The Irish Deer is actually the largest deer known to have ever lived. The Caspian Tiger became one of the extinct animals in the world starting with 1970. The Caspian Tiger is also known under the name of Persian Tiger, being original in Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. The species has many similarities with the Bengal Tiger, mostly when referring to color and appearance. The Cave Lion is another impressive extinct animal. Although the Cave Lion is known to have become extinct more than 2000 years ago, it remains one of the most amazing extinct animals in the world, as it is the largest species of lions to ever exist. Many extinct animals have characteristics that can amaze us, but unfortunately nowadays we can only read about them, as individuals from the species are not known to exist any longer.

From dinosaurs to Tasmanian wolf, the number of extinct animals has increased. Many species, many numbers and many different causes. One of the causes of extinct animals is human intervention, but this also happened from other causes as a natural disaster. Aggressive deforestation, pollution as well as many buildings that humans built, destroyed the habitat of animals and their life changed. They could not find enough food, they had no place where to hide from the enemies, so they became extinct animals.

Clime has also changed, so many animals are in danger of becoming extinct animals. Many organization are supporting the animals, protect them and have special campaigns that alarm us. People should pay attention to all they do because nature is very sensitive and many of our activities will destroy the harmony and the balance that are there. Extinct animals will affect other animals and the entire habitat, as everything is connected. Hunting is also a cause for the extinct animals, but it seems that for others money is more important.

If the number of extinct animals will increase, the next generations will not have the great opportunity to know them, they will be just a sad memory. Protecting the nature means protecting the animals, so there will not be extinct animals anymore. Protecting the nature also means protecting ourselves and our children. Perhaps we do not realize that everything we do has a major influence upon nature, environment, so in time, things will get worse and we will confront with other extinct animals. We still have not learned the lessons from the past, so we continue doing what will lead to extinct animals. Forest are very important for animals, they are their homes, but if we will destroy them, animals will disappear, too. It is a circle that can become dangerous and we will be sorry. Material interests are much more important than protecting animals and avoiding their extinction. It is not hard at all to protect them, but it is essential. Today, specialists talk about cloning the extinct animals, but is this right, is this the solution or we are the ones who have to take responsibility?

Our Planet is millions of years old and throughout the years many changes have occurred, some of them good, some of them not that good. While animals form an integrated part of the nature’s ecosystem, the expansion of human population, the deforestation and encroachment of lands and climatic changes have led to the loss of many animals’ habitat. As a result, many species are now extinct and, what is even worse, more and more species are now endangered and their extinction is very probable. I think that the human population should be aware that so many beautiful creatures are facing the danger of disappearing, so they would begin to do something about it. So here is the list of the endangered animals nowadays.

African Elephant (Loxodonta africana)

Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)

Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)

Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus)

Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)

Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)

Hybrid Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth hybridus)

Aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)

Red Wolf (Canis rufus)

Amur Leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis)

Anatolian Leopard (Panthera pardus tulliana)

Asiatic Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus)

Florida Cougar (Puma concolor coryi)

Iberian Lynx (Lynx Pardinus)

Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia)

Texas Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis albescens)

Tiger (Panthera tigris)

Marine Otter (Lutra felina)

Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)

Lesser Panda (Ailurus fulgens)

Cuvier’s Gazelle (Gazella cuvieri)

Western Giant Eland (Tragelaphus derbianus derbianus)

Wild Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)

Manipur Brow-Antlered Deer (Cervus eldi eldi)

Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

Broom’s Pygmy-possum (Burramys parvus)

Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus krefftii)

Short-tailed Chinchilla (Chinchilla brevicaudata)

Giant Armadillo (Priodontes maximus)

Crested Shelduck (Tadorna cristata)

White-winged Duck (Cairina scutulata)

Marquesan Kingfisher (Todirhamphus godeffroyi)

Rufous-lored Kingfisher (Todirhamphus winchelli)

California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus)

Mauritius Kestrel (Falco punctatus)

Hawaiian Crow (Corvus hawaiiensis)

Cochabamba Mountain-finch (Poospiza garleppi)

Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae)

Blue-bellied Parrot (Tridaria malachitacea)

Whooping Crane (Grus americana)

Siberian Sturgeon (Acipenser baerii baerii)

Alabama Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus suttkusi)

Chinese Paddlefish (Psephurus gladius)

Alabama Shad (Alosa alabamae)

Silver Shark (Balantiocheilos melanopterus)

Clanwilliam Redfin (Barbus calidus)

Wild Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio)

I bet that you had no idea that so many species are endangered today. Well, this is the sad truth, and even more sadly, there is not much that we can do about it. We must wake up though, and ask ourselves where is this planet heading to, because if we keep it up like this, soon we will have a desert planet. So fight for the animals rights, fight against pollution and try to prevent as much as you can the cut of the forests. If everybody would be aware of these facts, out planet would be a better and safer place.

There are extinct animals before the humans spread and were in a large number, but some animals are extinct because of the humans. Humans are guilty for some extinct animals because they destroyed their habitat and their source of food. It is a pity that so many animals are extinct and some are in the same danger. Humans activities lead to animals extinction as they eat some of them or hunt them for the fact that they have a great value.

Because more and more factories and homes are built, many parts of forests are destroyed, or even entire forests. In conclusion, the habitat of so many animals does not exist or they do have what to eat. Fortunately, there are programs that humans adopted in order to prevent animal extinction. One interesting fact is that there have been discussions about cloning the extinct animals. This process is complicated and depends on the laws from every country. Although there are found new species every day, they could become the extinct animals category if we do not protect them. Another bad news is the global warming and the pollution that affects the life of the animals and it is not so much until they can become extinct animals.

As an effect of the cut of the forests, the animals have nothing to do, but coming face to face with humans and this interaction has no positive effects, in many cases the conclusion is still extinct animals. This is one of the reasons why there is so much need for conceiving some strong programs that can protect and prevent extinct animals. It is the best solution and humans have to understand that they are not the only creatures in this world and the nature has its own laws and at a certain point this will affect us, too and the generations that will come.

When a creature is believed to be extinct, that’s generally the end of its story. However, in the case of the Cahow, the story doesn’t end there. This intriguing bird calls Bermuda home. Specifically, Nonsuch Island is currently the central area in this bird’s story.

To understand the amazing story of this bird, it’s necessary to go back in time. During the first several decades of Bermuda being settled, it was believed that this bird was driven to extinction. As a result, more than three hundred years passed under the assumption that this bird was no longer in existence. However, that all changed in 1935. What caused this change was a bird that crashed into a lighthouse. When this happened, people thought the bird was a Cahow. But because it had been extinct for so long, this simply seemed unbelievable. With their interest piqued, a group set out fifteen years later to see if there were any other signs of this bird in existence. To the delight of the group and the general public, 1962 resulted in the identification of just under forty Cahows.

Since this time when Cahows were discovered not to actually be extinct, significant efforts have been made around Nonsuch Island that this doesn’t end up as the bird’s fate. While this program has been successful, that doesn’t mean that it’s without its challenges. Recently, the biggest challenge facing the project and the fate of the Cahows is the erosion of areas where these birds nest. Fortunately, in spite of these challenges, the project has been able to increase the number of Cahows in existence to just under ninety pairs of mates who produced almost fifty chicks in 2009.