Presumably Extinct Species Found Alive Decades Later, In 2022
Extinct species found alive in 2022
Have you ever heard of anyone coming back to life after death? Well, these animals and birds have come back from the dead and it only took them some centuries to return. Several species that had gone missing for hundreds and thousands of years were spotted in 2022. Here is the list that was released in November 2022:
- Xerces Blue (Butterfly)
This species of butterfly went extinct about 80 years ago in 1941. In January 2022, two entomologists in Madhya Pradesh spotted them again. Once the butterflies were spotted at multiple locations, they were carefully collected and preserved
- Golden Shield tail (Snake)
It was spotted after a gap of 142 years, in October 2022. In Kerala, a team of researchers from different organizations rediscovered, a rare snake with the help of the state’s forest department in Wayanad.
- Black-Naped pheasant pigeon (Bird)
Found after 140 years, for more than a century, the species was thought to be lost. Possibly extinct until a survey team of indigenous Papua New Guinean, and US researchers heard rumors from locals. In September 2022, they found what they were looking for.
- Clam Presumed (Water animal)
Extinct for 40,000 Year, known as Cymatioa Cooki, the clam had only ever been found as a fossil, and scientists presumed it had gone extinct. In 2018, a marine ecologist in California spotted something unfamiliar and managed to capture a live specimen the next year. After research, it was finally declared found in November 2022.
- Harlequin (Frog)
Found after 42 Years across Central and South America, this group of bejeweled frogs is making a comeback. They were hit hard by a skin-eating fungus that rapidly spread around the globe in the 1980s, for years, people searched for traces of the frogs, until November 2022.
- White-bellied Whip bird
An endangered bird has been rediscovered in north-west Victorian wilderness 40 years after it was presumed extinct in the state. The bird was found in Australia on November 12, 2022.