8 kinds of animals, extinct in our lives
Lonesome George has died, marking the end of this existence of his subspecies. But abingdonskie elephant tortoise - not only animals, extinct in recent times. Below is a list of the other 8 disappeared forever during the life of our species.
A. Baiji River Dolphin, 2006
Declared functionally extinct in 2006, which means that old of a species could still be preserved, but new ones will not be born.
Two. The western black rhino, 2011
This subspecies of black rhino, who left the planet last year, was the victim of rampant poaching in their home country, Cameroon. Scientists have searched for at least one representative of the subspecies with the year 2006, but after five years of fruitless searching, declared extinct subspecies.Three remaining subspecies of black rhino is also endangered.
Three. The Caribbean monk seal, 2008
Despite the fact that the living monk seals Caribbean last seen in 1952, finally became extinct, these animals were found only in 2008. Europeans in the 18th and 19th centuries, is actively exterminated monk seals for their blubber, which was used as oil for lamps and lubrication equipment. Together with the monk seal became extinct his nasal mites, insects that were able to live only in the nose of these animals.
4. Canarian black oystercatcher, 1994
These birds are not killed the destruction of themselves and their main food - clams. Commercial fishing off the coast of West Africa has led to the birds died of starvation. Last time alive Canarian black oystercatcher seen in the 1980s. In the museums of the world survived only 4 of the stuffed birds.
Five. Mariana mallard, 2004
She lived only three islands of the Pacific, including Guam. Died due to drainage of wetlands for agriculture after World War II. The last known pair of mallards Marian died in captivity in 1981, leaving no offspring.
6. Javan tiger, 1994
Another type, who lost their habitat due to expansion of agriculture. Javan tigers were carried out on the Indonesian island of Java. The last place where they were seen alive was the highest mountain in Java. From 1984 to 1993, the year the scientists could not find any evidence for the existence of subspecies, and he was recognized as extinct.
7. Pyrenean ibex, 2000
The last of the Pyrenean ibex subspecies was killed by accident: he was crushed by a falling tree. The scientists took a sample of his DNA, and in 2009 attempted to create a clone of the ibex. Unfortunately, the cloned calf died shortly after birth due to various congenital defects.
Eight. Alaotranskaya Grebe, 2010
This small lake bird fell victim to short-sightedness of people. She only lived in Lake Alaotra in Madagascar. Grebe was fed only to the local fish, which died in the lake after you check there man new species of fish, animals and plants. In addition, grebes are actively destroyed the poachers.
