Extinct Animals That Might Come Back

The difference means simply that the animals have gone from very high risk to high risk of extinction in the wild the New York Times reported.

Extinct animals that might come back. A large species of animals and birds have gone extinct on this planet over the millennia. The last time anyone recorded a sighting of the Somali elephant shrew was almost 50 years ago after which it was assumed to have become extinct. There are some extinct species such as the woolly mammoth shown above that may be brought back to life if scientists can overcome some.

Camelops extinction was part of a larger North American die-off in which native horses mastodons and other camelids also died out - possibly from global climate change and hunting by the Clovis people. Conservationists have foughtand fought hardto bring its 300 survivors of continuous purges back up although grey wolf numbers will. Camelops is an extinct genus of a camel that once roamed western North America where it disappeared at the end of the Pleistocene about 10000 years ago.

They are the first species of Dolphins that have been driven to extinction by the activities of human beings. To resurrect new zealands 11 extinct species three times as many. These dolphins are also the first amongst largest mammals to become extinct recently.

Vigorous breeding programs and a decrease in the islands feral pets have helped them come back from the brink around 750 individuals are. Of all the extinct animals the Javan tiger is probably the most likely to still be around. It was declared extinct a decade ago but scientists claimed to spot one in the river late last year.

Variola better known in modern times as smallpox was an infectious disease that plagued humanity throughout recorded his. The Caspian Tiger was officially declared extinct in the 1970s. How will they respond to and change their new environment.

Threatened or damaged ecosystems could be restored with the help of certain now-extinct species. De-extinction started showing promise as early as 2003 when a mountain goat that had gone extinct three years before was reborn in a lab though it died minutes later. 1 Woolly Mammoth This fantastic beast was lost in the last Ice Age thousands of years ago presumably by hunters but studies reveal melting temperature may have also driven them to.