Extinct Animals 2019 Philippines
Gone are the wild elephants rhinoceroses and tigers of the Philippines.
Extinct animals 2019 philippines. Of these eight were mammals 32 birds six reptiles one amphibian and 13 invertebrates. In 2019 the bird known as the Little Blue Macaw because of its vibrant blue feathers was declared extinct in the wild. 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.
The ivory-billed woodpecker is a bit specialit never officially went extinct. Extinction is a natural phenomenon the result of failing to evolve fast enough to keep up with the times a cataclysm like an asteroid crash or human intervention. It was declared extinct in the 1920s only to be spotted throughout the 1940s.
These helpless animals going extinct soon will completely go extinct until the end of 2020 if we dont take a firm step for their conservation. Fortunately experts have documented about 160 Spixs macaws in captivity. The last specie was killed by a falling tree in 2000 in Spain.
Overfishing pollution loss of habitat. Pyrenean Ibex From 50000 count historically it fell down to 100 in early 1900s to which the cause of its disappearance was still unknown. There are two types of crocodiles in the Philippines the saltwater crocodile and the freshwater crocodile.
Photo lifted from One Kind Planet. According to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation group WDC the baiji is the first dolphin species to become extinct due to humans. Among the critically endangered is the tamaraw Philippine spotted deer Visayan spotted deer dugong Visayan warty pig Philippine eagle Peregrine falcon Sulu hornbill Philippine cockatoo.
They were 50 feet long weighed. As of 2019 the DENR recorded a total of 60 critically endangered species. This article lists the top 50 critically endangered animals in the philippines.