When was the last sighting of a baiji?

The last confirmed baiji sighting was in 2002; an exciting 2007 sighting eventually turned out to be a finless porpoise. The dolphin is the most recent large aquatic mammal to have gone extinct since the 1950s, when hunting and overfishing killed off the Caribbean monk seal.

1. Are there any baiji left?
2. How many baiji are left?
3. When did the baiji go extinct?
4. Why did baiji go extinct?
5. When was the baiji first discovered?
6. What eats the Baiji dolphin?
7. How many Vaquitas are left 2021?
8. When did quagga go extinct?
9. Are there any baiji in captivity?
10. Is the Pyrenean ibex extinct?
11. How many Amazon river dolphins are left?
12. What is the most recent extinct animal 2020?

Are there any baiji left?

Now the most endangered cetacean in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, the baiji was last sighted in August 2004, though there was a possible sighting in 2007. It is listed as an endangered species by the U.S. government under the Endangered Species Act. It is now thought to be extinct.

How many baiji are left?

By the mid 1980s surveys revealed that only an estimated few hundred baiji survived; by 1990, the baiji was critically endangered - there were only thought to be 100 left and in 1997 only 13 individuals remained.

When did the baiji go extinct?

Baiji numbers crashed dramatically and then they disappeared entirely from the river. They were pronounced extinct in 2007 following the failure of a dedicated 6-week expedition in 2006 to find a single one. There have been no confirmed baiji sightings since before 2006.

Why did baiji go extinct?

The baiji is one of only a few dolphin species that is known to have adapted from the ocean to a freshwater environment. The likely cause of the baiji's decline is from the use of fishing nets with hooks that snag and drown the dolphins as bycatch. Other causes may include habitat degradation.

When was the baiji first discovered?

The newly proposed species marks the first new discovery of a true river dolphin since 1918, when researchers identified Lipotes vexillifer, the Yangtze river dolphin or baiji, in China. The baiji was declared "functionally extinct" in 2006 after scientists failed to find even one individual.

What eats the Baiji dolphin?

Humans are the only predators of baiji dolphins though they are not eaten by people. The diet of a baiji dolphin consists of small fish such as carp, yellow catfish, and copper fish. These fast dolphins are able to capture small fish and swallow them whole. The conservation status of baijis is Critically Endangered.

How many Vaquitas are left 2021?

The Mexican government will no longer protect the habitat of the critically endangered vaquita in the Upper Gulf of California, but has opened the area up to fishing, according to a news report. It's estimated that there are only about nine vaquitas left in the world.

When did quagga go extinct?

12, 1883: Quagga's Extinction a Nasty Surprise. 1883: The quagga goes extinct when the last of these South African zebras dies at the Amsterdam Zoo.

Are there any baiji in captivity?

Once described as "numerous," the last known living baiji died in captivity in 2002. After an international expedition in late 2006 failed to find any continued proof of its existence, the species was declared "functionally extinct" the following year.

Is the Pyrenean ibex extinct?

The Pyrenean ibex became extinct in January of 2000, when a falling tree landed on the last surviving member of the species. Three and a half years later, the Pyrenean ibex became extinct for the second time, when a newborn clone gasped her first and last breaths in a Spanish laboratory.

How many Amazon river dolphins are left?

There are however only five existing species of river dolphins left in the world today and they are all endangered or critically endangered.

What is the most recent extinct animal 2020?

In 2020, the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) declared that the splendid poison frog was extinct. Sadly, that makes the splendid poison frog one of the most recently extinct animals on the planet.