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List of Recently Extinct Animals: Part 1

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Here is a list of a few animals that have gone recently extinct. By recently I obviously do not mean this year. I mean 10-60 years ago.

List of Recently Extinct Animals: Part 1


1. Golden Toad



This species lived in Costa Rica in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Biological reserve. The golden Toad was claimed to be officially extinct in August 2007

List of Recently Extinct Animals: Part 1


2. Carribean Monk Seal



The only seal native to the carribean and the gulf of mexico, the last account of the seal was in 1952 at a bank between Honduras and Jamaica. On June 6th, 2008, it was officially recognized as extinct.


List of Recently Extinct Animals: Part 1


3. Pyrenean Ibex



Native to the mountains of Andorra, France, and Spain the Ibex was the first species to be created again by cloning, but unfortunately it failed. The last naturally born Ibex passed away January 6th, 2000.

List of Recently Extinct Animals: Part 1


4. Javan Tiger



The Java tiger was from the Indonesian island of Java. Although three animals were said to be identified in 1979 and there was evidence of it surviving in the 1980s, the last of the species was seen in 1972


List of Recently Extinct Animals: Part 1


5. Baiji River Dolphin
List of Recently Extinct Animals: Part 1


Found in the Yangtze River of China, the Dolphin was recorded as extinct in 2006, after an expedition to look for it, no Baiji Dolphin was ever found during the expedition.

List of Recently Extinct Animals: Part 1
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