Extinct Animals That Could Come Back

One of the most famous animals that were extinct but came back the Bermuda Petrel is a medium-sized seabird found in Bermuda.

Extinct animals that could come back. Scientists have found auroch genes in modern cattle breeds and theyre breeding those cattle in hopes of creating a new species called a Tauros that would be similar to their extinct. But these techniques can only be applied to species that have gone extinct very recently in the last decade or so. Either domestic chickens or prairie chickens could be surrogates for the extinct species.

The difference means simply that the animals have gone from very high risk to high risk of extinction in the wild the New York Times reported. The Quagga Project started in 1987 is an attempt to bring them back from extinction. To be considered endangered there must be fewer than 2500 mature snow leopards and they must be experiencing a high rate of decline.

Or it could be done by cloning carefully preserved non-reproductive cells. Technically its already been done. The last time anyone recorded a sighting of the Somali elephant shrew was almost 50 years ago after which it was assumed to have become extinct.

However by 1620 the excessively hunted bird was no longer seen and was presumed extinct. Sure in theory they should be able to adapt over time but there are tons of other issues that may come with bringing a species back from extinction. Do you know that scientists are almost ready to bring back some species that have been long gone.

Loss of habitat remains a significant threat. The last wild one was shot in 1870 and the last in captivity died in 1883. There are some extinct species such as the woolly mammoth shown above that may be brought back to life if scientists can overcome some practical hurdles and thorny ethical questions.

One million species of animal and plant could disappear forever according to the UN. 1 The Caspian tiger or the Touran tiger. In preparation for de-extinction The Long Now Foundation has listed several species that meet the criteria for coming back to life including the below.