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Milu / Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus)

once ranged across much of the eastern portion of China, in wetlands and river valleys

population and range began to shrink as human degraded their habitat and hunted them to the brink, with the last wild individuals known from Hainan island in 1868

a captive "royal" herd was kept for sport hunting during the Qing dynasty, but the last of these were killed in the Boxer Rebellion

conservation in ex situ collections in Europe kept the species on life support, and reintroduction has been underway since the late 20th century, with over 50 small herds now roaming China once again

[Hanyang Ye]

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Changjiang sturgeon / Yangtze sturgeon (Sinosturio dabryanus)

formerly endemic to the Yangtze river system in eastern China

population sharply declined in recent centuries from overfishing and habitat degredation

captive-bred individuals have been released back into the upper and middle stretches of the river since 2007, but wild breeding has yet to be recorded

[Calliston3 / CAFS]

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Kunimasu / black kokanee (Oncorhynchus kawamurae)

formerly endemic to Lake Tazawa, Japan

believed to be fully extinct for many years

a population was rediscovered in Lake Saiko, the descendants of a batch of eggs translocated there in the 1930s for commercial fishing

plans for reintroduction back to Lake Tazawa are underway

[Mainichi/Kosuke Yamamoto]

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Sihek / Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinamominus)

formerly found on the island of Guåhan (Guam) in the west Pacific

extirpated from the island by the late 1980s due to the introduction of invasive brown tree snakes

ex situ reintroduction is underway on the nearby, snake-free Palmyra atoll, where wild breeding has since been recorded

[Martin Kastner]

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ʻAlalā / Hawai'ian crow (Corvus hawaiiensis)

previously found in the forests of the island of Hawai'i

they suffered from the whole range of American imperalistic threats: deforestation, habitat fragmentation & degradation, introduced livestock & predators, the introduction of avian malaria, persecution & hunting by settlers

reintroduction efforts are ongoing but slow, in the extinction capital of the world

[Jack Jeffrey]

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Tree snails of Tōtaiete mā (Partula mirabilis, hebe, rosea, garrettii, mooreana, navigatoria, nodosa, suturalis, and varia)

once ranged across the Tōtaiete mā (Society Islands) of the South Pacific

caught in the crossfire of an attempt to control an invasive snail species, the predator introduced to hunt the invader decimated the native snails instead

[Joel Sartore (1, 2, 4, 6, 7) , Tengu84 (3), Geni (5, 9), Simon J. Tonge (8)]

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Aylacostoma chloroticum

formely found in the Paraná River between Argentina and Paraguay

dam construction degraded its wild habitat

a captive population exists thanks to the Bernardino Rivadavia Natural Sciences Museum & the National University of Misiones in Argentina

[Roberto Eugenio Vogler]

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this and a hole drilled into my skull #legalizetrepanation

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Little blue macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii)

formely found in the forests of northeastern Brazil

population decline driven by colonial habitat destruction & degradation, introduction of invasive species, and the bird trade

last reliably sighted in 2000, and declared extinct in the wild by 2019

a small flock was released back into their native habitat in 2022, and were observed to have successfully bred the following year, bringing hope back to their rainforest home

[Etna 1984]

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Alagoas curassow (Mitu mitu)

formerly endemic to the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas in northeastern Brazil

last wild reports come from the 1980s

extirpated due to deforestation for colonial plantations

roughly 100 individuals are in captive breeding programs

reintroduction efforts are slow due to a lack of knowledge about the species, but conservationists persevere

[Eduardo Jorge Cavalcante Vieira]

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Socorro dove (Zenaida graysoni)

formerly endemic to Socorro Island, off the west coast of Mexico

predation from feral cats and habitat degredation from introduced livestock led to major population decline

last seen in the wild in 1972

kept alive by aviculturists in captivity, with hopes for reintroduction in the near future

[Mark Sikking]

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Monterrey platyfish (Xiphophorus couchianus) , Marbled swordtail (X. meyeri)

formerly endemic to waterways in Nuevo Leon and Coahuila, respectively, in Mexico

extirpated due to degradation of their waterways by land reclamation, pollution, and over-extraction

[K. Nilsson , W. Allen Jr.]

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Tiro dorado (Skiffia francescae)

formerly endemic to the Río Teuchitlán and Río Ameca in Jalisco, Mexico

driven from their home waters by invasive fish species and habitat degredation

reintroduction efforts began in 2022 and are ongoing

[Mattia Nociola]

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Ameca shiner (Notropis amecae)

formerly endemic to the Río Ameca in Jalisco, Mexico

last recorded in the wild in the early 2000s

six individuals collected in 2005 for a captive breeding program

reintroduction efforts began in 2016

[Joel Sartore]

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Potosi pupfish (Cyprinodon alvarezi)

La Palma pupfish (C. longidorsalis)

Charco Palma pupfish (C. veronicae)

formerly endemic to Potosi spring, Charco la Palma, and Ojo de Agua Charco Azul, respectively, in Nuevo Leon, Mexico

now only surviving in captivity

[starnosemole , AC Terceira , PV Loiselle]

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Banded Allotoca (Allotoca goslinei)

formerly endemic to waters of the Ameca River in the state of Jalisco, MX

not recorded in the wild since 2004

captive populations remain small and difficult to maintain

[photo: John Lyons]

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Socorro Isopod (Thermosphaeroma thermophilum)

formerly endemic to a single spring in New Mexico

became extinct in the wild when water flow was interrupted due to a pipe burst by a tree root

reintroduction and propogation underway since 1990

[James N. Stuart]