Top 5 Extinct Animals:- You wish you could see them.

 5. White Dolphin

Baiji White Dolphin aka Chinese River Dolphin

These mammals could grow to eight feet long and weigh up to a quarter of a ton, were only to be found in the Yangtze River in China.As China industrialized, the river was used for fishing, transportation and hydroelectricity which had a huge effect on the mammals. Although not officially recorded as extinct, no one has seen a Yangtze River Dolphin since 2002

4. Passenger Pigeon

The Passenger Pigeon also called Wild pigeon(Ectopistes migratorius)

It is an extinct species of pigeon that was endemic to North America, people ate passenger pigeons in huge amounts, but they were also killed because they were perceived as a threat to agriculture. By the 19th century pigeon meat was commercialized as a cheap food for the poor, which resulted in hunting on a massive scale. The Passenger Pigeon died out in the wild by around 1900, with the last known individual dying in captivity in 1914.

3. West African Black Rhinoceros

The West African Black Rhinoceros was found in several countries towards the southeast region of Africa. Measuring 3-3.8 metres long and 1.4-1.7 metres in height, this rhino would have weighed 800-1,300 kg. It had two horns, one measuring 0.5-1.3 metres and the other between 2-55cm. Some believe their horns had medicinal properties – though this had no grounding in scientific fact – which lead to heavy poaching. In the 1930’s preservation action was taken to protect the species, but the numbers continued to decline. The last West African Black Rhino was seen in Cameroon in 2006. It was declared officially extinct in 2011.

2. Woolly Mammoth

 The wooly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius)

Its ancestors migrated out of Africa about 3.5 million years ago, spreading across northern Eurasia and North America. The creature was over 4 metres tall and could weigh over 6 tons. They were covered in fur and their curved tusks could easily be up to 5 metres long! The Woolly Mammoth eventually disappeared 10,000 years ago through a combination of hunting by humans and the disappearance of its habitat through climate change. The last of the isolated woolly mammoth populations is believed to have vanished from Wrangel Island in the Arctic Ocean around 1700BC.

1.Sabre-toothed Cat

Sabre-toothed Tigers or Sabre-toothed Lions, they existed 55 million to 11,700 years ago. Sabre-tooth Cats were carnivores named for the elongated bladelike canine teeth, which in some species were up to 50 cm long. Quite bear-like in build, they were believed to be excellent hunters and hunted animals such as sloths and mammoths.

It is believed the Sabre-tooth Cat’s extinction may be linked to the decline and extinction of the large herbivores they hunted.