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What Are Extinct Animals?

Extinct animals are animals’ species that have stopped breeding, died
and no longer exist. The moment the last living species dies is
understood as the time of its extinction

What Causes Animals to Become Extinct?

There are four major causes of animals becoming extinct.
These include :
 Habitat Loss
 Lack of food
 Hunting and overconsumption
 Pollution and climate change
Facts About Extinct Animals
 More than 900 species have gone extinct over the last 500 years.
 Dinosaurs are one of the most well known extinct animals, its
believed their extinction was caused by the impact of a meteor.
 The Irish Elk is an extinct species of deer, it had the largest
antlers it was over 13 FEET LONG!!!
Examples of Extinct Animals :

Spix Macaw (Cyanopsitta Spixii)

Also known as little blue macaw that was endemic to
Brazil
The first specimen was collected in 1638
It was last seen in 2016 and was declared extinct in
2019
Cause of Extinction : Destruction of habitat
West African Black Rhinoceros

(Diceros Bicornis Longpipes)

is an extinct subspecies of black rhino
Declared extinct by the IUCN in 2011
Was discovered in 1837, Northeast Nigeria
Cause of Extinction : Widespread Poaching
Po’o-uli (Melamprosops phaeosoma)
known as the black-faced honeycreeper.
Also Maui Island of Hawai’I was its home.
An bird with brown on the top and grayish-white
on the bottom.
Cause of Extinction : Habitat Destruction
Baiji (Lipotes Vexillifier)
The first species dolphin to go extinct due to impact of humans.
Native to the Yangtze river system in China..
The last species of Baiji named “Qiqi” died at 2002.
Cause of Extinction : Destruction of habitats due to bomb fishing.

Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus Rufolavatus)

Also known as Delacour’s little grebe.
Endemic to Lake Alaotra in Madagasca.
Was discovered in 1982 and last seen in 1985 and declared extinct in
2010.
Cause of Extinction : Over-Fishing

Maui ‘akepa (Loxops ochraceus)

Species of akepa.
Native to Maui in the Hawaiian Islands..
Last sighting of Maui ‘akepa was in 1988 and in 2021 it was declared
extinct.
Cause of Extinction : Non-native disease due to mosquitoes
Pinta Island Tortoise (Chelonoidis Niger Abingdoni)
Also known as Pinta Giant Tortoise
Was Discovered in 1877 By Albert Gunther in London
The last sighting was at 2012 and declared extinct at 2012 by the IUCN
Cause of Extinction : Over-Hunting

Splendid Poison Frog (Oophaga Speciosa)

An extinct species of poison dart frog
Endemic to the eastern end of Cordillera de Talamanca
Cause of Extinction : Deforestation

Pyrenean Ibex ( Capra Pyrenaica Pyrenaica)

Also known as burcado in Spain
An extinct sub-species of Iberian Ibex
Was declared extinct in 2000’s
Cause of Extinction : Over-Hunting
Bramble Cay Melomys (Melomys Rubicola)
Recently extinct species of rodent
Isolated in Bramblw Cay
Last seen in 2009 and Declared extinct in 2015
Cause of Extinction : Climate Change
Baiji (Lipotes Vexillifier)
The first species dolphin to go extinct due to
impact of humans.
Native to the Yangtze river system in China..
The last species of Baiji named “Qiqi” died at
2002.
Cause of Extinction : Destruction of habitats
due to bomb fishing.
Maui ‘akepa (Loxops
ochraceus)
Species of akepa.
Native to Maui in the Hawaiian
Islands..
Last sighting of Maui ‘akepa was in
1988 and in 2021 it was declared
extinct.
Cause of Extinction : Non-native
disease due to mosquitoes
Pinta Island Tortoise
(Chelonoidis Niger Abingdoni)
Also known as Pinta Giant Tortoise
Was Discovered in 1877 By Albert
Gunther in London
The last sighting was at 2012 and
declared extinct at 2012 by the IUCN
Cause of Extinction : Over-Hunting
Splendid Poison Frog
(Oophaga Speciosa)
An extinct species of poison dart frog
Endemic to the eastern end of
Cordillera de Talamanca
Cause of Extinction : Deforestation
Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus
Rufolavatus)
Also known as Delacour’s little grebe.
Endemic to Lake Alaotra in Madagasca.
Was discovered in 1982 and last seen in 1985
and declared extinct in 2010.
Cause of Extinction : Over-Fishing
Pyrenean Ibex ( Capra
Pyrenaica Pyrenaica)
Also known as burcado in Spain
An extinct sub-species of Iberian Ibex
Was declared extinct in 2000’s
Cause of Extinction : Over-Hunting
Bramble Cay Melomys (Melomys
Rubicola)
Recently extinct species of rodent
Isolated in Bramblw Cay
Last seen in 2009 and Declared extinct in 2015
Cause of Extinction : Climate Change