19 Extinct Species Found ALIVE !

from the scary Terrace skink to the ancient coelacanth this is 19 extinct species found alive this is throwback Thursdays number 19 - Kai the odd-looking flightless bird is native to New Zealand after the final four known specimens were taken in the late 19th century it was thought to have gone extinct but the creature was rediscovered in 1948 near Lake Anna only 225 individuals remain of this rare bird number 18 large build Reed Warbler many sources claim that this is the least known bird in the world it was identified from a single specimen that was collected in 1867 and was believed extinct but a population of the birds was found in Thailand in 2006 researchers matched their DNA to that of the original specimen the birds still remain a mystery even today and the population may be shrinking number 17 Chuck Cohen peccary never heard of a peccary well it's an animal that resembles a pig but cannot be domesticated based only upon fossil records the creature was first described in 1930 and will start to have gone extinct but researchers discovered an individual alive in 1975 in the Chaco region of Paraguay around 3,000 individuals are known to exist today number 16 New Caledonian crested gecko this species was long feared extinct and was originally described in 1866 after a tropical storm in 1994 this unusual gecko was rediscovered among its strange features are a crest that runs from each eye to the tail and hairlike projections located above the eyes the gecko is native to South Provence New Caledonia number 15 New Holland mess after initially being discovered in 1843 it went missing for over a century in 1967 it was rediscovered north of Sydney in current guy chase National Park the little critters are still struggling to survive despite some heroic conservation efforts the Australian out fires of 1983 wiped out remote victorian populations but healthy populations still exist in Tasmania and New South Wales number 14 Terrace skink a skink is a lizard and this species was thought to have gone extinct before it was rediscovered in 1993 the native to the Isle of Pines in New Caledonia and were first described in 1876 you can get an idea of what the creature looks like in the picture by Julie halat Asst notice how long and narrow the creature is they grow to around 50 centimetres long and have sharp curved teeth its coloration allows it to blend in almost seamlessly with the branch it's sitting on additional individuals were discovered in recent years number 13 Nelson's small eared shrew this small species was first discovered in 1894 on the slopes of San Martin volcano in Veracruz Mexico it then went missing for 109 years and was thought to be extinct until 2004 when it was rediscovered in the same area the picture by Lizardo Guevara depicts the tiny creature they measure less than 10 centimeters nose detail and are covered in a sooty brown fur as you can see much however is still unknown about these creatures number 12 Cuban Selena Don this animal is so rare that only 37 individuals have ever been caught although first discovered in 1861 no specimens were located from 1890 until the mid 1970s it was most recently sighted in 2003 did you know the Selena Don has saliva that is toxic making it one of the world's rare venomous mammals number 11 giant power use earthworm these creatures have an albino appearance and can grow more than 3 feet long and burrow down as deep as 15 feet after being discovered in 1897 the giant worms were declared extinct in the 1980s but three specimens were uncovered the most recent in 2005 certain individuals were said to emit a scent similar to lily flowers when handled and they would spit in self-defense the ghostly invertebrate animals are found in Idaho and Eastern Washington State number 10 Eric on forest turtle this rare species of turtle lives only in the ericon hills of western Myanmar as a semi terrestrial turtle it can survive in aquatic and terrestrial habitats alike this creature was last seen in 1908 and was thought to have gone extinct but it was rediscovered in 1994 when specimens showed up in Asian food markets despite the low population the turtles are still traded by animal pet dealers and are critically endangered number 9 Lord Howe Island stick insect it is considered the rarest insect in the world and they were thought to be extinct since 1920 it was rediscovered in 2001 on a small islet of ball's pyramid located in the Pacific Ocean it's the tallest and most isolated sea stack in the world less than 30 individuals were located living underneath a single shrub there did you know this stick insect can grow to 15 centimetres long that's why they are sometimes referred to as tree lobsters number Ike legume otter giant lizard this animal is considered a true lizard and in these photos from Jaime a dirty-ass day you can see the white coloration around its throat in contrast to the blackish blue coloration of its body and you can also get a sense of its size as it lays on the brown dirt or rests upon a reddish Boulder they can grow to half a metre long this species is native to La Gomera one of the Canary Islands and were thought to have gone extinct by 1985 but Spanish biologists found six living individuals in 1999 today the creatures are listed as critically endangered number seven Madagascan serpent eagle as its name would imply this medium-sized Raptor is indigenous to the island of madagascar it has a wingspan up to 110 centimeters and measures up to 66 centimeters long after its last confirmed sighting in 1930 this bird of prey was thought to be extinct but it was rediscovered in 1993 number 6 bermuda petrel these creatures were last seen in the 1620s and were believed to be extinct for more than three centuries but in 1951 18 nesting pairs of the birds were discovered on isolated rocky islets in Kassel haba the petrels have a global population of around 250 individuals meaning they still face extinction today number five Caspian horse this breed of small horse is native to northern Iran and just thought to be one of the oldest horse breeds in the world with remains found that date back to 3400 BC its original height is estimated at 36 to 46 inches the little equines seemed to vanish from history after 700 AD and were presumed extinct but the animals were rediscovered in 1965 in Iran and seemed to have survived relatively unaltered number for monito del Monte until one of these tiny marsupials was discovered in the southern Andes of Chile they were thought to have been extinct for 11 million years it's likely related to the earliest australian marsupial which lived some fifty five million years ago number three la ocean rock rat this species was first discovered for sale at a meat market in Laos it was placed in its own family because it was considered so distinct and unusual from other living rodents but that was just the beginning after a systematic re analysis in 2006 the animal was reclassified it turns out the unique rodent belonged to an ancient family of fossils believed to have gone extinct some 11 million years ago researchers have discovered additional specimens suggesting the rock rat may not be as rare as originally thought number two grass syllabus after considered extinct for some 20 million years it was rediscovered and described in 2006 these ants have been found in Paraguay Brazil and Argentina very little is known about them but they do exhibit nocturnal behavior and nest in small colonies in the soil a single existing fossil in amber from the Dominican Republic qualifies this creature as a Lazarus taxon not unlike the coelacanth number one and speaking of the coelacanth this creature was thought to have gone extinct at the end of the Cretaceous period some 65 million years ago but in 1938 this ancient order of fish was rediscovered off the coast of South Africa they're among the oldest living jawed fish believed to exist and serve as an example of a Lazarus taxon an organism that disappears from the fossil record only to later come back to life they're known to swim over 500 meters deep grow to over 6 feet long and weigh around 200 pounds did you know this creature first appeared in the fossil record some 400 million years ago you

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Published: Thu Nov 24 2016