Extinct Animals Found Alive 2017

Eastern quolls were thought to have gone extinct on the Australian mainland more than 50 years ago.

Extinct animals found alive 2017. Nonetheless researchers say recent studies show that Pygmy Right Whale qualifies as a living fossil because most of its family lineage went extinct millions of years ago. The last sighting of the species was in 1986. DNA evidence suggests that the New Guinea highland wild dog is among the most primitive canines alive today and it may be a key ancestor of domesticated dogs.

This has included the False Tree Coral Snake the pale-faced bat and a tiger beetle which many had thought was already extinct. But then one was spotted a. The crested gecko went AWOL for many decades and was believed to be extinct until it was found in.

The last known member of this species was captured in 1933 and eventually died in a zoo. However its extinction was due to other factors. Some of the most famous extinct animals of recent times have been birds--but for every Passenger Pigeon or Dodo theres a much bigger and much lesser-known casualties like the Elephant Bird or the Eastern Moa and many other species remain endangered to this day.

Varanus douarrha was first encountered in 1823 by French naturalist René Lesson. At only around 6 meters in maximum size and swimming independently or in small groups its pretty easy to overlook these guys. These dolphins were once plentiful but have been doomed by the construction of the Three Gorges Dam and the increased boat traffic.

The medium-sized monitor lizard was since thought lost to science until 2017. These animals once believed to be extinct. Here Are Some Supposedly Extinct Animals Found Alive.

A paper published last year argues the parasite has gone extinct. The crest-tailed mulgara was once. The final species named extinct in 2017 was a marine parasite found in Scotland.