Extinct Animals Found Alive 2017

Researchers from the GWCs Search for Lost Species program found a population of the tiny animals in Djibouti the first found since 1968.

Extinct animals found alive 2017. Some of the most famous extinct animals of recent times have been birds--but for every Passenger Pigeon or Dodo theres a much bigger and much lesser-known casualties like the Elephant Bird or the Eastern Moa and many other species remain endangered to this day. These animals once believed to be extinct. But a taxidermied specimen from 1989 proves that they were around much longer than anybody thought.

Varanus douarrha was first encountered in 1823 by French naturalist René Lesson. But then one was spotted a. The last sighting of the species was in 1986.

However this whale species is quite alive and not at all extinct. The Tasmanian tiger a carnivorous marsupial that looks like a species of dog is supposedly extinct. Ptychochromis only is a fish species that was become extinct by the IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature however Onilahy River system is large so there might be a possibility of remaining populations in the remote areas of the river.

A team working in Sturt National Park to bring back locally extinct species unexpectedly found one that wasnt on the list the crest-tailed mulgara Dasycercus cristicauda a tiny carnivorous marsupial with a unique ability to survive in dry deserts. 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. Here Are Some Supposedly Extinct Animals Found Alive.

Tasmanian Tiger May Still Exist. Locals who spotted the dead animal on the side of the road stuffed it and kept it at home until recently when they handed it over to the National Parks and Wildlife Service. DNA evidence suggests that the New Guinea highland wild dog is among the most primitive canines alive today and it may be a key ancestor of domesticated dogs.

The speedy mouse-sized beast can run at speeds of up to 30kmh and was caught in the very first of 1259 traps set in 12 locations by researchers searching for the missing sengi. The last known member of this species was captured in 1933 and eventually died in a zoo. A team of herpetologists recently announced the discovery of a lifetimefour Albany adders alive and well.