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25 Rarest Animals living On The Planet

By Akshat Krishali - August 12, 2020

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Animals have some attachment with nearly everyone in the World, yet humans are the biggest threat to their survival. Every single one of the animals on this list are either going extinct, only found in captivity, or critically endangered.

The low population of these rare animals is primarily due to habitat loss, hunting, or accidental death caused by human activities. While environmentalists have successfully bred some of these rare animals on the Earth, others are not so lucky and are on the brink of extinction. Hopefully, with more awareness and understanding, including the critical information on this list, we can see some of these rare animals recover in the future.

Here are the 25 Rarest Animals living in the World:

1) Cuban Greater Funnel-Eared Bat

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Due to forest destruction and cave modification, it is estimated that there are only 100 remaining in Cueva La Barca, Cuba.

2) Javan Rhino

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Formerly found throughout Southeast Asia, there are only between 58 and 67 remaining, all within Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia.

3) Red-Crested Tree Rat

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Residing in the forests of Colombia, this small animal was thought to be extinct in 1898. On the 4th of May 2011 they were rediscovered by volunteers at El Dorado Nature Reserve, a protected area of Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

4) Common Sawfish

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The Common Sawfish has become not-so-common and the endangered species is found mostly in the oceans of Northern Australia. In 2018, there were only 10 confirmed Sawfish sightings in the entire country.

5) Hirola

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Also known as the Hartebeest or Hunter's antelope, these antelopes are found along the Kenya-Somalia border with no formal protection. The current population is estimated at less than 500 in the wild. The highest numbers are in Ijara and Garissa County, Kenya.

6) Red River Giant Softshell Turtle

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Also known as Yantze giant softshell turtle. There are only three living individuals known, one in China (captive) and two in Vietnam (wild), following the deaths of a wild individual in Vietnam in January 2016 and a captive individual in China in 2019, and it is listed as critically endangered in the IUCN* Red List.

* International Union for Conservation of Nature

7) Vaquita

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Found off the coasts of California and Mexico, these are the smallest dolphins in the World. As per Scientific Research there were only about 60 left in 2015, the acoustic data mean there were only about 30 left in 2016.

8) Spoon-Billed Sandpiper

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With mating grounds in Northeastern Russia, there are 240-456 mature individuals or at maximum 228 pairs left globally as per 2016 researched data.

9) Geometric Tortoise

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Also called the “Faberge egg” of tortoises by some people. They are natives of South Africa's Western Cape, and are one of the World's most striking tortoise species and World’s most endangered reptiles, having strength of less than 1,000 in the wild.

10) Araripe Manakin

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As per 2018 population assessment, an estimated 150-700 mature individuals are living in Brazil.

11) Nelson’s Small-Eared Shrew

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Once thought extinct, this little creature have been recently rediscovered in very small numbers which are still suffering from habitat loss due to logging and agriculture. They live in high altitudes on the side of an inactive volcano, Eastern Mexico.

12) Hainan Gibbon

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The World rarest and most vulnerable species found only on one tropical island at the southern tip of China. In 2019, there were only 25 left.

13) Snow Leopard

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A very rare sight in the wild, there are an estimated 4,080-6,590 Snow Leopards living in the mountains of Central Asia. It is believed that 60% of the entire population of snow leopards live in China. They are listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) because their population is suspected to have declined by 20% over the past 16 years.

14) Angonoka

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Residing in Madagascar, this is the most endangered tortoise in the World. The current population is estimated at 600 individuals and is sadly still decreasing. As per Researchers, they will become extinct from the World within the next 15 years.

15) Elephant Shrew

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Also called Jumping Shrews or Sengis, living in the Boni-Dodori Forest in Kenya. Due to their habitat slowly being destroyed, an estimated 15,000-24,000 Sengis exist in the wild.

16) Northern Hairy-Nosed Wombat

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There are about 250 of these Wombats left in the wild and all of them live in Epping Forest National Park in Queensland, Australia.

17) Sumatran Rhino

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Hunted for its horn, there are only about 80 Sumatran Rhinos left in Malaysia and Indonesia, and efforts are now being invested in captive breeding in an attempt to boost the population.

18) Dusky Gopher Frog

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The entire population is estimated at a minimum of 135 adults living in two ponds in Mississippi.

19) Greater Bamboo Lemur

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They live in a threatened habitat of south- and central eastern Madagascar due to mining and illegal logging. There are about 500 individuals left in the wild.

20) Luristan Newt

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Also popularly known as Neurergus kaiseri, Native to the Southern Zagros Mountains of Iran. As per survey of 2014, their population is over 9,000 adults, and range estimates that could provide habitat for more than 40,000 Neurergus kaiseri.

21) Jamaican Rock Iguana

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They're found in the tropical dry forest and limestone outcrops, Hellshire Hills in Jamaica, at elevations below 200m. Believed to be only one left outside of zoos. In fact, in 1948 they were declared extinct, before a small population was discovered in 1990. Today, there are 100-200 left in the wild.

22) Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad

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Native to Ecuador’s lowlands. It is a rare species that was already suspected to be extinct, but a single specimen was discovered in 2011 by a team from Conservation International during a hunt for missing amphibians.

23) Roloway monkey

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Living in the forests of Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, there are only about 300 Roloway Monkeys left in the wild, and 36 individuals living in captivity.

24) Northern Bald Ibis

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With a habitat that used to encompass Morocco, Turkey, and Syria. In 2019, there were about 700 left in the wild.

25) Gooty Tarantula

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Native to Southern India and Sri Lanka. Due to its occurrence in a single, small area in which habitat is rapidly degrading due to civil disturbance, logging and firewood harvesting.

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BHASKAR RANAAugust 20, 2020 at 10:28 AM
Great article Akshat. It is a shame that these creatures have to suffer the consequences of our actions. Their habitat is being destroyed at a very large scale and if we do not act soon, we are going to lose them and would just read about their existence in articles like these. Thanks for sharing🙂.
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