Extinct Animals 2020 | List of Extinct Species

Updated: 4:11 AM EDT May 4, 2021
Daisy Hernandez
Julie Gerstein
Several species are being driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct — poaching for big game trophies or animal tusks, and sometimes, it's indirect, such as when land is developed and disrupts habitats and entire ecosystems. Here are some of the incredible creatures we've driven to extinction in the last century and a half.
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Bramble Cay Melomys
These little guys were officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2015. Native to Bramble Cay, a small island near the northern side of the Great Barrier Reef, it's reported that the rodents haven't been spotted since 2009. "Significantly, this probably represents the first recorded mammalian extinction due to anthropogenic climate change," said the Queensland state government.

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