Top Ten Biggest Animals That Are Extinct

As of today here are several species of unique animals that are nearing extinction.

Top ten biggest animals that are extinct. It looks like a half-deer half-zebra with a relatively long nick combined in a hybrid-like animal which called Okapi and was recorded in. Animals in the world can be measured by several criteria such as weight height length. Which means over 5 billion species are extinct now.

Right from various species of dinosaurs which became extinct somewhere around 65 million years ago to species like the Passenger pigeon Golden toad Baiji river dolphin etc. WESTERN AFRICAN BLACK RHINO The western African black rhino Dicerous bicornis longipes officially became extinct in. Which became extinct more recently several animals have disappeared from the planet since it came into existence.

These are the top 10 extinct animals that have become extinct over the last century. A large Carnivorous marsupial also has black stripes on its back similar to a tiger. It has a reported length of 36 feet and can weigh up to 41000 pounds but some can actually grow bigger than that.

The largest subspecies Smilodon populator could reach 400 kg in weight three meters in length and 14 meters tall at the shoulder. The West African Black Rhinoceros was found in several countries towards the southeast region of Africa. Its population numbered an astounding 3 to 5 billion when the first Europeans arrived in America.

It evolved without any natural predators but the humans that arrived on their home island Mauritius took advantage of this and killed them all for food. However there was not room enough in the New World for both species. According to reports the numbers of animals that have gone extinct are in some millions.

Both human and natural reasons lead to extinction. There are numerous species currently in danger of extinction. Theres a reason why the whale shark has the word whale in it.