5 rare animals

Hi everyone, so today, after the "8 common misconceptions", I have for you the 5 possibly rarest animals in the world. Scientists estimate that at least 27,000 species go extinct every year, never to be seen again. A recent one that vanished are the Pinta Island Tortoises. The last one of the subspecies was nicknamed "Lonesome George". He died at June 24, 2012, making the species extinct.

The Iberian lynx

1. The Iberian lynx (lynx pardinus) is a critically endangered species and is one of the rarest cats in the world with only about 100 of them left. According to the "conversation group SOS lynx", if the lynx died out, if would be the first feline species to die out since the prehistoric times, when the last feline species, the saber-toothed cat died out ten thousand years ago. They are native to Spain and Portugal, where they're dying because of hunting and habitat loss due to humans.

The Pygmy Tarsier

2. The Pygmy Tarsier (tarsius pumilus). This primate was a species was thought to be extinct for 85 years until some researchers found a handful of them in the mountains of Indonesia. Disease and habitat loss caused their numbers to go drastically decline. If the pygmy tarsier goes extinct, we will have lost the only carnivorous primate in the world because they only eat insects.

3. The Javan Rhinoceros (rhinoceros sondaicus). Little is known about this species. This rhino was widespread throughout Asia, but now, there is only about 40 Javan rhinoceros in the wild.

The Hawaiian Crow

4.  The Hawaiian Crow or 'Alalā (corvus hawaiiensis). This omnivorous bird is (according to the International Union for Conversation of Nature's Red List) known to be extinct in the wild. There are only about 100 of them left, and all of them are held in captivity, away from predators and diseases. They used to inhabit dry and mesic forests on the slopes of Mauna Loa and Hulālai.

5. The Baiji Dolphin (lipotes vexillifer) is a freshwater dolphin only found in China's Yangtze river. They are nicknamed the "Goddess of the Yangtze". The Baiji is functionally extinct, meaning that there are so few left (about 2 or 3 left) that not enough is needed to mate and reproduce the species.

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