10 Extinct Animal That Returned

We often heard that Some species is extincted from the earth but  it is very seldom that we hear that some extinct species returned from extinction. Yes, it may sounds like the Jurassic Park movie but this type of things sometimes happened naturally. It will be more precise if we say sometimes we make mistakes and miss to count or find them. 

Here is the list of 13 species that once thought to be extinct but still alive in earth

COELACANTH

Coelacanth is a ancient world fish which was believed to be extinct in the Cretaceous Period about 65 plus million years ago. In 1938, one person miraculously discovered this fish in the East coast of South Africa near the mouth of Chalumna River. This species is lies among the oldest living jawed fish known to exists. The live about 100 years and swim about 90 to 100 meters below the surface of the water.

BERMUDA PETREL

It is believed to be extinct since 1620's. It remained extinct for 330 years. then in 1951, 18 nesting pairs were found in a very remote rocky islets in Castles Harbor. The are still battling extinction with only about 250 individuals.

CHACOAN PECCARY

In 1930 we only describe them by fossil records. But in 1975 researchers discovered one living species. To they there are 3000 known animals of this species. They resembles the pigs but they cannot be domesticated. It is found in the Chaco regions of Paraguay. 

LORD HOWE ISLAND STICK INSECT

Sometimes it referred to a land lobster or a walking sausages. It believed to be extinct in 1930. But in 2001 with only 30 individuals this Lord Howe Island  Stick Insect was found on the small Islet of Ball's Pyramid, the world's tallest and most isolated sea stack

MONITO DEL MONTE

It remains extinct for 11 million years until it had been discovered in the thicket of Chilean bamboo in the southern Andes. This creature more closely related with their Australian Marsupials than the South American Marsupials which lived 55 million years ago.

LA PALMA GIANT LIZARD

This creature extinct for 500 years until it is rediscovered in 2007 in the La Palma region of the Canary Island. In the IUCN red list still lists it as the Extinct species.

TAHAHE

This flightless birds believed to be extinct but in 1948 this species rediscovered near Lake Anua. This bird is still endangered with only 250 individuals.

CUBAN SOLENODON

This strange looking creature is very rare and only 34 individuals ever found. It is discovered in 1861 but from 1890 to 1974 no individuals were found. So, it is believed to be extinct. In 2003 one individual found and given a name Alejendrito.

CALEDONIAN CRESTED  GECKO

It is described first in 1866 and then after no individuals found. So it was put in the Extinct species lists but in 1994 it is again came into existence.

HOLLAND MOUSE

It was first discovered in 1843. then it was vanished from the earth at least for a century. In 1967 it was rediscovered at Ku-ring-gai National Park in Sydney. After a lot of conservation effort it is still fighting for existence. One of its remote population was wiped out in a wildfire in 1983. Though the healthier population still roaming the earth in Tasmania and New South Wales.