With the continuous destruction of human resources on the earth, but also brought a devastating blow to the animals, so that they lost the environment on which they live, and gradually let some groups suffer from genocide, such a huge loss, is indeed a pity, according to scientists found that in recent history, there are some precious animals, for various reasons, and finally completely disappeared on the earth, can only prove the fact that they once existed through videos or photos, the following small editor said, recorded with a camera, 8 rare animals that have long since become extinct in history!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" >1, spotted donkey</h1>
Spotted donkey has a very rare appearance, because it has both the appearance of a zebra, but also has the size of a donkey, the spotted donkey as a subspecies of zebra, mainly inhabited in South Africa, according to scientists' records, it appeared in the Pleistocene to the end of the 19th century, the body length is about 257 cm, the height is about 125-135 cm, people know very little about the behavior of the zebra, can only guess that they are wild and lively, as to why it became extinct? The main reason is that after Europeans immigrated to South Africa, they began to hunt in large numbers, which led to the extinction of the spotted donkey, which is the last picture of the spotted donkey, which died in captivity in Amsterdam in 1878.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="22" >2, North African elk</h1>
The North African elk is a sand-colored herbivorous animal that lives throughout the northern Sahara Desert around Morocco and Egypt, and during the French occupation of Algeria in the 19th century, the number of North African foxes decreased due to hunting, and by 1917, the number had plummeted by only about 15, the last animal in Morocco was shot dead in Missouri in 1925, and as for the North African elks in other areas, they became extinct almost at the same time, although there have always been claims that north African foxes are still possible. But scientists have not yet discovered the North African fox.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="23" >3, New England black grouse</h1>
This animal may be very strange to modern humans, the New England black grouse is a small wild bird, a subspecies of prairie chicken found in the eastern United States from Maine to Virginia, with a body length of about 43 cm. Weighing about 0.9 kg, the outer feathers are generally dark crimson, it looks very beautiful, according to historical records, the New England black grouse was almost completely extinct around 1870, the main reason is that people hunted in large quantities when making delicious dishes, the photo records this New England black grouse, which was taken in 1932, and it was also the last male New England black grouse.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="24" >4, thylacine</h1>
Among the extinct animals, the thylacine is a very rare animal, much like a wolf in appearance, but with a belly pouch like a kangaroo, so they are classified as marsupials, which are about 58 cm tall at the shoulders and about 180 cm long, and are also the largest carnivorous marsupials in the world.
Because the thylacine is native to Tasmania, Australia, and New Guinea predators, coupled with their back stripes, so also known as the Tasmanian tiger, the thylacine has a strong bite force, in the local area can be regarded as the top predator, but even so, it is still extinct, the main reason is related to humans, the last surviving thylacine, was raised in 1933 at the Herbat Zoo, named Benjamin, but due to the negligence of the breeder in 1936, caused its death, so that, The thylacine disappeared from the earth completely.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="25" >5, Caribbean monk seal</h1>
Caribbean monk seals, known as West Indian seals, native to the Caribbean Sea, are the only seals living in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, and were first discovered by Columbus in 1494, who called them "sea wolves", and later Spanish explorers killed them to obtain fur, meat oil and leather, resulting in a sharp decline in the number of Caribbean monk seals.
Caribbean monk seal appearance and ordinary seal is no different, but relatively small, about 2.25 meters long, weighing 200 kilograms, mainly rely on eating lobsters, octopus for a living, because they are more docile and not aggressive, the result suffered from human mad hunting, the last Leby monk seal was found in 1952 on the small Serana Island, since then this animal has never appeared again, but also by scientists believed to have been completely extinct.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="26" >6, medaka</h1>
This super mini fish called the Cynodont, inhabits the hot spring waters of North America, the fish is about 2.5-4 cm long, mainly small fish that feed on larvae, Robert Miller first discovered the Medaka in 1848, during the period 1950-1960, due to the re-confluence of water in the hot springs, resulting in a faster flow of water leading to a large number of deaths of the salamander downstream, of course, the main cause of changes in the waters, or human causes, by February 2, 1970, the Cynodo was completely extinct, This mini fish was never seen again.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="27" >7, Javan tiger</h1>
The long-extinct Javanese tiger, living on the Indonesian island of Java, is smaller than other tigers on the Asian continent, with an average body length of about 248 cm and a weight of between 100 and 141 kg, the Jawi tiger has a long and narrow nose, a very narrow occipital bone plane, and a relatively long flesh bone, although the Javan tiger is relatively small, but they have sharp teeth and claws, which can still help them prey on other animals.
According to historical records, in the 19th century, the number of Javanese tigers was still very large, but in the early 20th century, this tiger became the focus of local hunting, because some villagers believed that Javanese tigers would bring plague, and eventually, due to the lack of natural habitat, coupled with human hunting, their numbers plummeted, and by 1972, only about 9 were left, and since then, the tiger has not been seen again.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="28" >8, Western Black Rhino</h1>
As a subspecies of black rhinoceros, the western black rhino lives in southeastern Africa, they are 140-180 cm tall, 3-3.75 meters long, and the adult weight is usually 800 to 1400 kg, compared with other animals, the western black rhino is also particularly long, about 10 million years ago in the late Miocene, it has appeared in Africa.
In the early 20th century, some poachers began to hunt in large numbers, just to obtain rhino horns, although in 1930, with the help of animal protection organizations, the number of western black rhinos increased, however, as conservation weakened, their numbers fell again, in 1980 the number was only a few hundred, by the beginning of 2000, the number fell to only a few, and finally, the International Union for Conservation of Nature in 2006 The year declared the extinction of the animal.