Northern White Rhinoceros

The last two living northern white rhino’s in existence happen to both be female as the last male died in March of 2018. Sudan, the 45-year old male was under armed guard at Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy when he passed away from old age and an infection.

The two females are also unable to give birth, making the likelihood of introducing a new generation of the species highly unlikely. Scientists are working on using harvested sex cells and IVF to bring forth a lab-created northern white rhino.

Cause of Extinction: poaching has decimated this population and loss of habitat also helped drive the rhino to the brink of extinction.