Top 12 Most Amazing Almost Extinct Animals

After at least a couple of post from me, i now would like to invite you all to find out and realize the 12 of the most amazing almost extinct animals. They are all amazing, they are near, but unfortunately they are almost gone from this planet, as in they are on the brink of extinction. Looking back at how this planet has never been able to cope with the change of general climate, and also adding human cause to it, we could almost sure to predict that these amazing almost extinct animals will went down to zero existence if we did not take action and do nothing at all about it. So i'm here to try and influence you all regarding these animals so that we all could take action and together i believe we could save them.

Snow Leopard

Most Amazing Almost Extinct Animals, Snow Leopard

Snow Leopard

Snow Leopards are from the snowy mountains around Middle Asia, Afganistan, and East Tibet. They are in the red list of IUCN, which clearly states that they are also “in a crisis stage.” Their extinction was caused by illegal poaching from people using their fur to make coats.

Vaquita

Most Amazing Almost Extinct Animals, Vaguita

Vaquitas

One of the rarest cetaceans in the world, the Vaquita is endangered by both its limited range and the ease with which it gets caught in fishing nets. Its population has been decreasing since 2009 from about 600 to approximately 250 now.

Javanese Rhinos

Most Amazing Almost Extinct Animals, Javanese Rhinos

Javanese Rhinos

Javanese Rhinos is a species that are nearly extinct because there are only 40-50 of them that have been successfully saved by Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia and around 8 more in Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam. Illegal poaching causes Javanese Rhinos extinction, which is done by people who want to take their horns. WWF Indonesia is planning to hold a second breeding of this species and they will probably use Halimun National Park in West Java to implement its plan.

Mekong Giant Catfish

Mekong Giant Catfish

Most Amazing Almost Extinct Animals, Mekong Giant Catfish

Prized for its enormous size (the largest ever caught was 293 kg), it is now protected in Thailand, Laos and Cambodia, but fishing goes on, it is believed that only hundreds of them remains in the wild.

Silky Sifaka

Silky Sifaka

Most Amazing Almost Extinct Animals, Silky Sifaka

This species of lemur only lives on the island of Madagascar in the northeastern rainforests. Its population is very small and it is hunted by some local people for meat. It is one of the most endangered primates in the world. The silky sifaka has never been bred in captivity, meaning if it is killed entirely in the wild, it most likely can’t be kept alive in a captive breeding program or zoo.

Polar Bear

Most Amazing Almost Extinct Animals, Polar Bear

Polar Bear

We all knew how the issue of global warming directly affecting those animals in the pole, they said only fewer than 25,000 remains for polar bear in both poles. Some of its major cause are human development and poaching have long threatened the polar bear, but climate change and the loss of sea ice are now pushing it onto the critical list.

Sumatran Orangutan

Most Amazing Almost Extinct Animals, Sumatran Orangutan

Sumatran Orangutans

Sumatran Orangutans are the most rare species among the other Orangutan. Their habitat is in the north part of Sumatra Island, Indonesia. Since 2004 until now, there are only 7.300 Orangutans in the world, which puts them into the “crisis stage” in IUCN’s red list. A second breeding plan will be held in Bukit Tiga Puluh National Park, in Jambi and Riau, Indonesia 

Golden-Headed Langur

Amazing Almost Extinct Animals, Golden-Headed Langur

Golden-Headed Langur

All but wiped out, this primate was placed under protection in 2000. It is still in grave danger, but in 2003 its numbers rose for the first time in decades, recently it is only about 70 of them still lives in the wild.

Giant Panda

Giant Panda

Most Amazing Almost Extinct Animals, Giant Panda

Loss and fragmentation of habitat are to blame for the panda's perilous state. It is believed only 2,000 of them still alive. Captive breeding and species protection are helping the panda hang on.. barely.

Leatherback Turtle

Leatherback Turtle

Most Amazing Almost Extinct Animals, Leatherback Turtle

This reptile species has drastically decreased 97% in the past 22 years! That’s why the Leatherback Turtle is listed as one of hundreds of “almost extinct” animals. Their extinction is caused by illegal poaching, loss of natural habitat, and human consumption of their eggs  A second breeding of this turtle species will be held in Jamursba Medi, North Shore of Irian, Indonesia, in a sea turtles conservation area.

Cross River Gorilla

Cross River Gorilla

Most Amazing Almost Extinct Animals, Cross River Gorillas

This primate is one of the most endangered in the world. It lives in a region between Nigeria and Cameroon in moist broadleaf forests. About one hundred and fifteen live in two parks created just for their protection: Takamanda National Park and Cross River National Park.

Frogs, and Other Amphibians

Most Amazing Almost Extinct Animals, Frogs, Blue Poison

Amazing Almost Extinct Animals Other Amphibian

Last but not least on my list are frogs, you see frogs are not one animal, but so many of them are under threat they fit the definition of endangered for this list. In 2009 a study reported that 200 million to one billion frogs are killed every year for frogs legs consumption. Australian researcher Corey Bradshaw, who is one the study’s authors said: “About half of all listed amphibians are threatened with extinction”. Amphibian Ark states 50% of amphibians could go extinct. “50%: of ~6,000 described amphibian species, are threatened with extinction. 32% known to be threatened + 23% data deficient but believed threatened”. The percentage quoted here from Conservational International is 40%.

Now that we all know how these animals are on their brink of extinction, we can't just let them be, right? We surely can't just pretend that we have no idea what's happening here, at least what we can do now is to share this information of how these amazing animals is almost extinct, the more people know about it, the higher chance the animals would be protected. Let's all hope so. 

Top 5 Most Amazing Extinct Arctic Animals

After our previous post about land animals, this time we want to share with you the category which probably most people think is the most likely to extinct in the past, because of the major climate change at that time, it is the most amazing extinct arctic animals, it surely will be a special treat, because arctic animals always amazes us, they even make a top arctic animals list every now and then, well that might be not without a reason, right? Even we cannot hide our excitement of gathering and selecting all the extinct arctic animals from the web, to form this most amazing extinct arctic animals of course. After we tried to find those extinct arctic animals, it turn out to be so hard, and that come as a surprise to us, because we originally thought there'll be ton of them on the web.

After pushing ourselves further more, we finally get our hands on the selection of most amazing extinct arctic animals, here's what we've discovered.

The Great Auk

Most Amazing Extinct Arctic Animals Great Auk Illustration

Most Amazing Extinct Arctic Animals The Last Great Auk

The great auk was the first bird ever to hold the title of penguin. Its flightless, black and white body was distinctive among Canadian animals. Yet it was rounded up by the thousands off the north Atlantic and eastern Arctic islands for use as food and for its feathers. The slaughter continued for generations, and when the auk's impending demise became common knowledge, the reaction was immediate – men rushed to kill the remaining birds, aware of their value to collectors.

South Polar Dinosaurs

Most Amazing Extinct Arctic Animals Dinosaurs Fossil

Not much we could found about them, so i'll just quote from wikipedia, The South Polar dinosaurs proliferated during the Early Cretaceous (145–100 Ma) while the continent of Australia was still linked to Antarctica to form East Gondwana, a continent that had rifted from Africa and drifted southward. Much of this southern continent lay inside the Antarctic Circle, and the climate there was unlike any that exists today. This led to fauna and flora that were unique to the time. Much of what is known about the fauna of Polar Australia comes from fossil beds found in Dinosaur Cove and Flat Rocks on the Victorian coast of southeast Australia.

Most Amazing Extinct Arctic Animals Illustration of Cryolophosaurus

Cryolophosaurus as one of the bigger family of the arctic dinosaurs was a large theropod dinosaur, with a crest on its head that looked like a Spanish comb. Due to the resemblance of this feature to Elvis Presley's pompadour haircut from the 1950s, this dinosaur was at one point informally known as "Elvisaurus".

Procolophon (Arctic Lizard)

Procolophon was a kind of lizard-like procolophonid reptiles with at least eight species that persisted through the Permian–Triassic extinction event, but became extinct in the later Triassic.

Most Amazing Extinct Arctic Animals Illustration of Procolophon

Procolophon reached a length up to 30 cm. The skull was solid but some species did evolve a temporal fenestra in the skull independently of other reptiles. There was one backward facing cheek spike, but its function is debated; it may have been for muscle attachment. Eyes were large and may have had acute day or night vision. The teeth were peg-like and suitable for crushing of plant matter. The front of the skull was short and blunt with the nasal opening very close to the mouth.

The Eskimo Curlew

Most Amazing Extinct Arctic Animals The Eskimo Curlew

Most Amazing Extinct Arctic Animals The Eskimo Curlew

The Eskimo curlew, a plump, friendly bird, once migrated in flocks of thousands from South America to the Arctic every year. Unlike the auk, curlews were not killed in their arctic breeding grounds. Instead, they were shot down en route, while stopping to rest and feed on the prairies and along the coastlines of North America. In a span of less than a century, one of the most common birds on the continent was reduced to scarcity. Today, the Eskimo curlew is likely extinct – the last individual was seen in Argentina more than a decade ago.

Ankyramorpha

Most Amazing Extinct Arctic Animals Illustration of Ankyramorpha

Ankyramorpha is an extinct clade of procolophonomorph parareptiles from the early Cisuralian epoch to the latest Triassic period of Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. It was named by the paleontologists Michael deBraga and Robert R. Reisz in 1996 as a node-based taxon. They defined it as "the most recent common ancestor of Procolophonia and Lanthanosuchoidea and all its descendants".

After searching so hard for more, very unfortunately that is all we could share right now, you could share with us if you happen to know some amazing extinct arctic animals out there way beyond our past. Just let us know by leaving a comment below. Thanks.

Top 10 Most Amazing Extinct Land Animals

In this initial post of the many to come most amazing extinct animals, we will start off with probably the most difficult to pull category which is from land animals, yes, you read this right, we are inviting you to discuss the most amazing extinct land animals, on earth obviously, we'll provide the list of 10 of the animals in those category based on so many factors, including how long they have lived in the past, how complex their fossil are, how huge they are, and many more. As for how you could participate in this is by telling us what you think about the list that we are about to begin here through the comment box just below, and to help us rank these animals please cast a vote in our poll which is also available in the end of this post.

Tyrannosaurus Rex

Most Amazing Extinct Land Animals Tyrannosaurus Rex

Tyrannosaurus Rex Model

Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossil

This is unquestionably the most amazing extinct animal, well, at least it's the most famous if not the most amazing, Tyrannosaurus Rex is an animal whose fossil remains are known to school children and adults from all parts of the world as the most fearsome predator that ever walked on the planet earth. Standing about 40 feet in length, with a massive head and jaws that could have eaten an adult man in a single bite, just by looking or probably thinking of this creature will make you think twice to travel to Cretaceous Period for real.

Irish Deer (The Irish Elk)

Most Amazing Extinct Land Animals Irish Deer

Irish Deer Fossil

The Irish Elk was the largest deer that ever lived. Its home was Eurasia, from Ireland into the lakes at Baikal, and it lived during the Pleistocen area. The last of the giant deer died out about 7 thousand years ago. 

The cause of their extinction has remained to be discussed focusing on the antlers (rather than on their overall body size), which may be due more to their impact on the observer than any actual property. Some have suggested hunting by man was a contributing factor in the demise of the Irish Elk as it was with many prehistoric megafauna. But evidence for overhunting is equivocal, and as a continental species, it would have co-evolved with humans throughout its existence and presumably have adapted to their presence. Imagine if this giant elk as one of the most amazing extinct land animals still exist?

Golden Toad

Most Amazing Extinct Land Animals Golden Toad

It was a beauty and eye catchy creature as we walk our way through the forest, that is the major reason of why this is considered as one of the most amazing extinct land animals. Its first record of was by herpetologist Jay Savage in 1966. The Golden Toad, recognized by its brilliant golden orange color, was native to the tropical cloud forests which surround Monteverde, Costa Rica. None have been seen since 1989. It last bred in normal numbers in 1987, and its breeding sites were well known. In 1987, due to erratic weather, the pools dried up before the larva had matured. Out of potential 30,000 toads, only 29 had survived. In 1988, only eight males and two females could be located. In 1989, a single male was found, this was the last record of the species. Extensive searches since this time have failed to produce any more records of the golden toad.

Woolly Mammoth

Most Amazing Extinct Land Animals Woolly Mammoth

The woolly mammoth was one of several species of mammoth, the earliest of which were probably small and amphibious creatures living in North Africa until about three million years ago. Woot!!! Three million years ago, ffuih... That is why this hairy creature is one of the most amazing extinct land animals. To discuss more, the woolly mammoth, one of the smaller mammoth species was believed have migrated to North America across the Bering Land Bridge sometime during late Pleistocene. The last of the woolly mammoths died out at the end of the last ice age, about ten thousand years ago.

Caspian Tiger

Most Amazing Extinct Land Animals Caspian Tiger

Caspian Tiger Drawings

The Caspian tiger or Persian tiger was the westernmost subspecies of tiger, found in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkey, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Caucasus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan until it apparently became extinct in the 1970s. Of all the tigers known to the world, the Caspian tiger was the third largest. 

The body of this species was quite stocky and elongated with strong legs, big wide paws and unusually large claws. The ears were short and small, and gave the appearance of being without hair on the tips. Around the cheeks the Caspian tiger was generously furred and the rest of its fur was long and thick. The colouration resembled that of the Bengal tiger. Male Caspian tigers were very large and weighed 169-240 kg. Females were not as large, weighing 85-135 kg. There are still occasional claims of the Caspian tiger being sighted. Let's hope, and hope is the reason we include this as one of the most amazing extinct land animals.

Pyrenean Ibex

Most Amazing Extinct Land Animals Pyrenean Ibex

The Pyrenean Ibex has one of the more interesting stories among extinct animals, since it was the first species to ever be brought back into existence via cloning, only to go extinct again just seven minutes after being born due to lung failure. Too bad, right? If not for the incident then we could have not see this animal on this most amazing extinct land animals list, as it will be still living on earth. 

As for its history, the Pyrenean Ibex was native to the Pyrenees, a mountain range in Andorra, France and Spain. It was still abundant in the fourteenth century. Its population declined due to a “slow but continuous persecution” and disappeared from the French Pyrenees and the eastern Cantabrian mountain range by the mid-nineteenth century. In 1981, the population was reported to be 30. At the end of the 1980′s the population size was estimated at 6-14 individuals. The last naturally born Pyrenean Ibex, named Celia, died on January 6th, 2000, after being found dead under a fallen tree at the age of 13. That animal’s only companion had died just a year earlier due to old age. It might be too late for us, but let's hope that them researchers give another try in trying to clone any animals that have the potential.

Cave Lion

Most Amazing Extinct Land Animals Cave Lion

Cave Lion Fossil

The cave lion, also known as the European or Eurasian cave lion, is an extinct subspecies of lion known from fossils and a wide variety of prehistoric art. This subspecies was one of the largest lions. An adult male, which was found in 1985 near Siegsdorf (Germany), had a shoulder height of around 1.2 m and a length of 2.1 m without a tail, which is about the same size as a very big modern lion. This male was even exceeded by other specimens of this subspecies. Therefore this cat may have been around 5-10% bigger than modern lions. It apparently went extinct about 10,000 years ago, during the Würm glaciation, though there are some indications it may have existed as recently as 2,000 years ago, in the Balkans. This time "big" is the reason we include this special cat on this list.

Quagga

Most Amazing Extinct Land Animals Quagga

Living Quagga

The quagga is a mammal that was very closely related to modern horses and zebras. The fact is, it looks like a cross between a horse and a zebra, with stripes only on its head and neck that disappear as they approach the brownish hindquarters of the animal. How insane was that, you might think "Can we breed a horse and a zebra to re-live this quagga again?" Well, where there is will there is hope, and once again hope is the reason this is one of the most amazing extinct land animals on earth. 

The quagga was native to desert areas of South Africa until it was hunted to extinction in the 1870s. Because of the confusion caused by the indiscriminate use of the term “Quagga” for any zebra, the true Quagga was hunted to extinction without this being realized until many years later. The Quagga became extinct because it was ruthlessly hunted down for meat and leather by South African farmers, also they were seen by the settlers as competitors, like other wild grass eating animals, for their livestock, mainly sheep and goats.

Aurochs

Most Amazing Extinct Land Animals Aurochs

Aurochs Drawings

One of Europe's most famous extinct animals, the aurochs  were a very large type of cattle. Aurochs evolved in India some two million years ago, migrated into the Middle East and further into Asia, and reached Europe about 250,000 years ago. 

By the 13th century A.D., the aurochs' range was restricted to Poland, Lithuania, Moldavia, Transylvania and East Prussia. The right to hunt large animals on any land was restricted to nobles and gradually to the royal household. But mostly because of that, sooner or later the last recorded live aurochs, a female, died in 1627 in the Jaktorów Forest, Poland. The skull was later taken by the Swedish Army and is now the property of Livrustkammaren in Stockholm.  

In the 1920s two German zookeepers, the brothers Heinz and Lutz Heck, attempted to breed the aurochs back into existence from the domestic cattle that were their descendants. Their plan was based on the conception that a species is not extinct as long as all its genes are still present in a living population. The result is the breed called Heck Cattle, 'Recreated Aurochs', or 'Heck Aurochs', which bears an incomplete resemblance to what is known about the physiology of the wild aurochs. Unique right? I believe you know that is the reason.

Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger)

Most Amazing Extinct Land Animals Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger)

Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) In a Cage

It was 1936 when the last Thylacine took its final breath in Hobart Zoo, Tasmania. Extremely rare if not extinct on the Australian mainland by the time of European colonisation, the Thylacine survived on the island of Tasmania alongside close cousins like the Tasmanian Devil. There, this distinctive, large-jawed beast found itself with a price on its head, as settlers blamed it for attacks on their sheep. The Thylacine was hunted to extinction by bounty hunters and farmers. Now that they are long gone, so many people wanted them to come back, all because it is extinct, common reason to put them on this list as one of the most amazing extinct land animals like so many other similar list they were in, so many to say the least.

Now that we have done our part by completing and publishing this list of most amazing extinct land animals on earth, it is time for you readers to also take part by casting a vote in the poll we provided to help us in better ranking these animals, so that it could makes everyone happy with the results.