Previous articleWe introduced the list of creatures declared extinct in 2019, and today we continue to take a look at what lovely friends we all lost in 2017 and 2018.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" > Indonesian fishing cat</h1>
In 2017, the Indonesian government declared the Indonesian fishing cat extinct. Fishing cats can be found in many parts of Asia, but even the prospects for fishing cats that still exist are very bad. The species is considered extremely fragile. Fishing cat habitats are being destroyed by humans and replaced by farms, communities and factories. On top of that, a large number of fishing cats are hunted for their beautiful fur.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" > Georgia snail in the United States</h1>
The Georgia snail is a very small freshwater snail that was first discovered in 1977. The species lives only in a very limited area of the U.S. state of Georgia, mainly in the creeks around Lake Blackhill.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the species had never been seen since 2000 and became extinct in December 2017. Its extinction is most likely due to groundwater extraction, pollution and urbanization. It is worth mentioning that this snail is the first species to declare extinction since the Trump administration took office.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" > The Australian Christmas Island</h1>
The voltron is an animal of the genus Fuchsophyllum in the family Bataceae. It is widely distributed throughout Australia, Europe, northern Africa, and southern Asia. In China, it is mainly distributed in Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, Xinjiang and other places. The wings are small , with a body length of about 3.5–4.5 cm.
Australia's Christmas Island is home to many unique species, but more and more species are dying out, including Christmas Island. Although the bat has never been found again since 2009, it was not until 2017 that the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) officially listed it as an extinct species.
The extinction of the Christmas Island Wing marks the first extinction of mammals in Australia in 50 years. Sadly, this is not the last.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" > the Liszt Gecko of Christmas Island, Australia</h1>
Australia's Christmas Island Liszt gecko struggled in the wild for a long time before being declared extinct. This gecko was common on Christmas Island until 1982, when a wolf snake was accidentally brought to the island. This snake that feeds on geckos and stone dragons has caused the Lister gecko to suffer a catastrophe and is on the verge of extinction. The last time a Liszt gecko was found in nature was in 2012. In 2017 the Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recognized its extinction in the wild.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="05" > Christmas Island Blue-tailed Dragon</h1>
Like the Liszt Gecko, the Blue-tailed Stone Dragon of Christmas Island was defeated in the battle against the Wolf Snake. But apart from the wolf snake, there are other accomplices to the story: an invasive ant species called the Yellow Crazy Ant, which blocks killing people and Buddhas block killing, threatening many endangered species on Christmas Island. The Christmas Island blue-tailed dragon was converted to captivity after 2009, and in 2017 the Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has acknowledged its extinction in the wild.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="06" > Christmas Island Forest Stone Dragon</h1>
Similar to the Christmas Island Blue-tailed Stone Dragon, the situation of the Christmas Island Forest Stone Dragon is even more tragic. Since 2011, the forest stone dragon in the wild has not been found again. In 2014, the last Christmas Island forest stone dragon named Forrest Gump died in captivity. The species was also officially confirmed extinct in 2017.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="07" > Algerian sea buckthorn</h1>
Another kind of golden sea buckthorn photo
This rare yellow shrub is native to the Oued Sidi Khaled Valley in northern Algeria and lives at an altitude of about 3,600 feet. It was first scientifically described in 1926 but it was also the last time it was officially seen. Researchers from Ibn Khaldoun University in Algeria began looking for traces of it in 2009. They then conducted a thorough exploration of the entire Oued Sidi Khaled Valley from 2012 to 2017. After five years of exhaustive searching and still not finding any signs of its continued existence, Algiers quincen sea buckthorn was finally declared extinct in 2018.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="08" > Tanzanian chihansi spray toad</h1>
The African fetal toad, also known as the Chihansi spray toad, is a very small toad that is only about 2 cm long. They were discovered in 1996 and are found only in the Chihansi Waterfalls in the southern part of tanzania's Udzunwa Mountains. The International Union for Conservation of Nature listed it as extinct in the wild in 2018. Their extinction was caused by the construction of the Chihansi Dam in 1999. The dam reduces the water and silt brought from the waterfall by 90%, which affects the living environment of the Chihanxi spray toad.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="09" > northern African white rhino</h1>
Sudan in 2015
On March 19, 2018, the world's only remaining male northern African white rhino, the Sudan, was euthanized after suffering various "age-related complications" and treatment was fruitless. It is one of only three live northern white rhinos in the world and is the last known male in its subspecies. Because the remaining two are females, this rhino species is theoretically extinct.
The above list is only a small number of species that went extinct in 2017-2018. Their extinctions are almost entirely human-induced, either because of habitat loss due to human activities or because of human-introduced invasive species. I hope that we can remember what they look like, so as to warn us not to do anything that harms the environment and the ecology of the earth.
It has to be said that "human activity is actually the ultimate driving force behind the recent extinction of all species"