Are there animals that only exist in the zoo?
I hope that you are capable of the English language, because I find hardly anything in German.
- Alagoas curasov (extinct in the wild since 1988)
- Beloribitsa
- Black soft-shell turtle (extinct in the wild since 2002)
- Cachorrito de charco palmal
- Escarpment cycad (extinct in the wild since 2006) [2
- Franklinia
- Golden skiffia
- Guam kingfisher (extinct in the wild since 1986)
- Guam rail (extinct in the wild since the 1980s) (released into the wild)
- Hawaiian crow or ‘alal’ (extinct in the wild since 2002) (released into the wild; if the group maintains long term viability the IUCN may downgrade from extinct in the wild)
- Kihansi spray toad (extinct in the wild since 2009)
- Oahu deceptor bush cricket
- Pedder galaxias
- P茅re David’s deer (extinct in the wild since 2008)
- Scimitar oryx (extinct in the wild since 1998; a small herd was successfully released into the wild in Chad in 2016.
If the herd maintains long term viability the IUCN may downgrade from extinct in the Wild to Critically Endangered)
The IUCN is anticipated[by whom? to downgrade their condition from extinct in the wild)
The Pinta Island tortoise (Geochelone nigra abingdoni) had only one living individual, named LonesomeGeorge, until his death in June 2012.
The tortoise was believed to be extinct in the mid-20th century, until Hungarian malacologist J 茅zsef V茅gv枚lgyi spotted Lonesome George on the Galapagos island of Pinta on 1 December 1971.Since then, Lonesome George has been a powerful symbol for conservation efforts in general and for the Galapagos Islands in particular.
With his death on 24 June 2012, the subspecies is again believed to be extinct.
With the discovery of 17 hybrid Pinta tortoises located at nearby Wolf Volcano a plan has been made to attempt to breed the subspecies back into a pure state.
(Source: Wiki)
