what animal is going extinct next?
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The tiny vaquita porpoise will likely go extinct in the next few years, as less than 30 are left in the world. Discovered in 1958, the vaquita is the world's rarest marine mammal and could go extinct any day, according to the World Wildlife Foundation.
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A dead blue-tailed skink from 2013. At the end of each year, wildlife ecologist David Steen compiles a list of critters that have likely gone extinct. The 2017 list includes a bat, cat, and multiple lizards, although other creatures may be gone for good — we just don't know it yet.
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There are about 300 species of Australian animals that are endangered. This means that these animals may disappear from the face of the Earth forever. Humans are directly responsible for most recent extinctions. (Learn about extinction here.)
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['Elephants - 352,000. Elephants in the wild have been poached for their ivory tusksCredit: IFAW. ... ', 'Rhinos - 30,000. Experts are concerned rhinos could be extinct by 2025Credit: Getty - Contributor. ... ', 'Tigers - 3,890. ... ', 'Mountain gorillas - 880. ... ', 'Lemurs - 2,400. ... ', 'Pangolin - unknown. ... ', 'Snow leopard - 4,000. ... ', 'African grey parrot - unknown.']
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Koalas are on track to go extinct in a part of Australia before 2050. Koalas in the Australian state of New South Wales are on track to become extinct in the wild within the next 30 years, according to a report released Tuesday.
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Continuing this trend, in the past decade, three Australian species have become extinct — the Christmas Island forest skink, Christmas Island pipistrelle and Bramble Cay melomys — and two others became extinct in the wild. The extinctions occurred over most of the continent.
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The vaquita is the most endangered cetacean in the world. With as few as around 10 left, the species will become extinct without a fully enforced gillnet ban throughout their entire habitat.
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The list of species declared extinct in the last decade. During the decade that just ended (2010-2019), the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declared the extinction of 160 species.
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['10 Alaotra Grebe.', '9 Pinta Tortoise.', '8 Formosan Clouded Leopard.', '7 Caribbean Monk Seal.', '6 Liverpool Pigeon.', '5 West African Black Rhinoceros.', '4 Christmas Island Pipistrelle.', '3 Madagascar Hippopotamus.']
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['giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) ... ', 'tiger (Panthera tigris) ... ', 'whooping crane (Grus americana) ... ', 'blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) ... ', 'Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) ... ', 'sea otter (Enhydra lutris) ... ', 'snow leopard (Panthera uncia) ... ', 'gorilla (Gorilla beringei andGorilla gorilla)']
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['Critically Endangered: Mediterranean Monk Seal (Monachus monachus).', 'Endangered: European Mink (Mustela lutreola)', "Vulnerable: Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra). European Squirrel (Spermophilus citellus). Geoffroy's Bat (Myotis emarginatus). Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros)."]
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['Lions. RECOMMENDED VIDEOS FOR YOU... ... ', 'Leopards. Leopards have also declined by a similar magnitude, Joubert said. ... ', 'Rhinos. Rhino poaching has more than doubled since 2010 in South Africa, according to the country. ... ', 'Elephants. Elephants are in trouble, according to conservationists. ... ', 'Lemurs. ... ', 'Sharks.']
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['Javan rhinoceros.', 'Cheetah.', 'Tiger.', 'Red tuna.', 'Asian elephant.', 'Vaquita porpoise.', 'Mountain gorilla.', 'Irrawaddy river dolphin.']
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['Florida panther. The panther is one of the most endangered mammals in the country, according to the Defenders of Wildlife. ... ', 'Lesser prairie chicken. ... ', "Devil's Hole pupfish. ... ", "Bryde's whale. ... ", 'North Atlantic right whale. ... ', 'Monarch butterfly. ... ', 'Delta Smelt.']
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['Poachers target black rhinos for the their horns, viewed as a status symbol and cure-all in parts of Asia. ... ', "The world's smallest porpoise, the near-extinct vaquita, dies in gill nets intended for the endangered totoaba. ... ", 'Red-fronted macaws, found in Bolivia, are plucked from the wild and sold as pets.']
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['Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros. ... ', 'Nilgiri Tahr. ... ', 'Bengal Tigers. ... ', 'Asiatic Lion. ... ', 'Black Buck. ... ', 'Lion Tailed Macaque. ... ', 'Snow Leopard.']
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['Koala. [00:33]', 'Sea Turtles. [01:53]', 'Gorillas. [02:38]', 'Vaquita. [03:57]', 'Sumatran Elephant. [04:34]', 'Black Rhinoceros. [05:14]', 'Sumatran Orangutan. [05:59]', 'Amur Leopard. [06:41]']