Extinct Animals Still Alive
Eastern quolls were thought to have gone extinct on the Australian mainland more than 50 years ago.
Extinct animals still alive. Below you will find a list of top 10 extinct animals that might still be alive. Awe-inducing creatures like mastodons giant ground sloths saber-toothed cats and even dire wolves yep they were a real thing not just a Game of Thrones fantasy have sadly gone extinct since the last ice age ended about 11700 years ago. Although dinosaurs along with many other prehistoric creatures went extinct millions of years ago there are some creatures that walked the Earth with them that still live today.
He firmly believes the Javan tiger is alive. Megalodon is a giant shark that can grow up to seventy feet long longer than any shark known to exist today. The 89 inch snake is reddish brown to brown with some bumps over its eyes.
But a taxidermied specimen from 1989 proves that they were around much longer than anybody thought. From Tasmanian tigers to rare Mexican grizzlies we count fifteen animals that are thought to be extinct but may not be. 10 Extinct Animals That May Still Be Alive Baiji Yangtze River Dophin Passenger Pigeon Tasmanian Tiger Woolly Mammoth More in Extras Extras.
15 Woolly Mammoth Standing at an imposing eleven feet tall and weighing up to six and a half tonnes about as heavy I am after Christmas dinner the Woolly Mammoth is a legendary mammal that lived alongside early humans around 200000. Activist Wahyu Giri Prasetyo is still finding evidence of the tigerfrom hair to scat. If this thing were alive today it would seriously change the goat farming industry thats for sure.
Megalodon went extinct millions of years ago probably due to changing global climate conditions increased competition for a dwindling food supply or a combination of both. The Meru Betiri National Parkthe site of the last confirmed sightingseems to be the most likely spot for their survival. The elephant shrews are small mammals that resemble rodents but are actually related to elephants.
There is still a big part of the Earth that humans fail to discover or understand this is why sometimes species that are believed to be extinct long ago can still be found roaming on the surface of our planet. Tasmanian Tiger The last Tasmanian Tiger or Thylacine known to have existed died in the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania Australia on September 7th 1936. Generally it helps if there is a species still alive today that is genetically similar to the extinct animal like elephants for woolly mammoths or cows for aurochs.