Animals Species That Have Gone Almost extinct

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Metallic Tarantula

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This spider species was first recordedin 1889 and was rediscovered in 2001 in India,They are very rare and only found in an area less than 100km2. Thier habitat is getting smaller due to habitat distruction like most other creatures on this list and they're very hard to study, scientists are still trying to figure out why they're blue.

Pigmy three-toed sloth

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This sloth was officially recognized as a distinct specie in 2001,they're very small and are surprisingly good at swimming, though they relax in slow nature. sloths are constantly in danger of being killed by predators, the Pygmy three-toed sloth is no exception and it's a critically endangered animal. They are extremely rare especially because they are only located on an island off of Panama called "Escudo de Veraguas" which means if anything was to happen to the island they'll all be extinct for good. The are so extinct that in last count only about 79 of them were left on the island and despite the efforts that are taken to keep them safe they're still been targeted by poachers.
Thier only defence method is camouflage and with thier symbiotic nature with allergy which helps them to hide.

Sunda Rhino

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The Sunda Rhino at one time was spread all over Asia as part of its natural order but over time the species became confined to UJUNG KULON national park in Indonesia, now its one of the rearest animal in the world, Its so rear that only about 60 is left in existence, a big reason for that is thesame reason why many other Rhino species are in danger and critically endangered
This Rhino species often hunted by poachers for its horn even though it's much smaller than other species but that doesn't stop people from hunting and killing them.

Northern Muriqui

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This spider monkey known as Northern Muriqui is found in Brazil, This rare creatures are rather unusual regarding their personality, they believe in equality for all,male and females which isn't something you see in the animal kingdom often.
This monkey is also the tallest of the new world monkeys and can grow over 4ft tall. It's one of the world most critically endangered primates and because they're such a small group left there is not enough genetic diversity to keep them healthy, thier jungle habitat make it hard for scientists to study and conservation methods are still ongoing, they are over 500 to 1000 of them left.

Hairy Nose Wombat

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There are only three different types of Wombat in the world and the hairy nose wombat almost went completely extinct. They used to be all over Australia as a century ago they were introduced to various parts of the continent. Now though they are only in Queensland and Apin forest national park. A survey done in 2015 shows that this Wombats aren't doing so well as thier population numbers is only about 230. This numbers makes them one of the rarest animals on the planet.

White-headed Langur

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Found on the island of Cat bà Vietnam, The White-headed Langur is one of the rarest mamals on earth, adults are a dark chocolate brown while thier babies have a golden orange fur, the island the live on has become a place of large industrial expansionand thier habitats are been destroyed left and right. The island been a touristic attractionlimits thier movements, even worst still is that poachers kill them for thier meat and thier bones are been sold on the black market,at present it is believed they're not more than 50 Langurs left and scientists speculate that within 30years they'll be fully extinct.

Vaquita

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The Vaquita is also non as the panda of the ocean because of the big rings around it's eyes. They're pretty small only about around 4ft long and the usually weigh less than 100pounds. It's also one of the rarest animal on the planet found off the golf of California and the usually only stay in groups of three, they are been haunted liberally to death for thier bladders which can sell up to 10000$ in China, the elites in China believe it to have magical and miraculous health benefits. Scientists estimate they're only about 30 of them left in the wild.

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