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15 Animals We Can Sadly Say Goodbye To

The International Union for Conservation of Nature, one of the world’s foremost advocates for preserving the natural world, keeps what it calls a “red list,” an assessment of the threats faced by plants and animals. As of 2016, the 70-year-old organization’s list included 82,954 species, of which 23,928 were threatened with extinction. Check out 15 Rare Animals That Are Almost Extinct!

Kouprey

Scientific name: Bos sauveli

Date last recorded in wild: 1969/70

Geographic region: Cambodia; Lao People’s Democratic Republic

Threats: Hunting, disease, habitat loss

Wondiwoi Tree-kangaroo

Scientific name: Dendrolagus mayri

Date last recorded in wild: 1928

Geographic region: Indonesia

Threats: Hunting

South Island Kokako

Scientific name: Callaeas cinereus

Date last recorded in wild: 2007

Geographic region: New Zealand

Threats: Habitat loss, introduction of predators

Imperial Woodpecker

Scientific name: Campephilus imperialis

Date last recorded in wild: 1956

Geographic region: Mexico

Threats: Hunting, habitat loss

Poo-uli

Scientific name: Melamprosops phaeosoma

Date last recorded in wild: 2004

Geographic region: Hawaii

Threats: Habitat loss, introduction of predators

Jamaica Giant Galliwasp

Scientific name: Celestus occiduus

Date last recorded in wild: 1851

Geographic region: Jamaica

Threats: Habitat loss, introduction of predators

Chinese Paddlefish

Scientific name: Psephurus gladius

Date last recorded in wild: 2003

Geographic region: China

Threats: Overfishing

Syr-darya Shovelnose Sturgeon

Scientific name: Pseudoscaphirhynchus fedtschenkoi

Date last recorded in wild: 1960s

Geographic region: Kazakhstan; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan

Threats: Habitat loss

Jamaican Poorwill

Scientific name: Siphonorhis americana

Date last recorded in wild: 1860

Geographic region: Jamaica

Threats: Introduction of predators

Aru Flying Fox

Scientific name: Pteropus aruensis

Date last recorded in wild: 1992

Geographic region: Indonesia

Threats: Possibly hunting, sugarcane plantation development

Spix’s Macaw

Scientific name: Cyanopsitta spixii

Date last recorded in wild: 2007

Geographic region: Brazil

Threats: Habitat loss, hunting

Eskimo Curlew

Scientific name: Numenius borealis

Date last recorded in wild: 1963

Geographic region: Argentina; Barbados; Brazil; Canada; Chile; Mexico; Paraguay; United States; Uruguay

Threats: Habitat loss, hunting

Bachman Warbler

Scientific name: Vermivora bachmanii

Date last recorded in wild: 1988

Geographic region: Cuba, United States

Threats: Habitat loss, conversion to sugarcane plantations

Fernandina Giant Tortoise

Scientific name: Chelonoidis phantasticus

Date last recorded in wild: 1964

Geographic region: Ecuador

Threats: Volcanic activity

Green-flecked Salamander

Scientific name: Pseudoeurycea tlahcuiloh

Date last recorded in wild: 1960s

Geographic region: Mexico

Threats: Logging, agriculture expansion

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