Extinct in the Wild

…species are now listed as extinct in the wild by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The species Brugmansia arborea, golden angel’s trumpet (B. aurea), B. insignis, red angel’s trumpet (B. sanguinea), B. versicolor, and B. vulcanicola

In contrast, all wild populations of the northern white rhinoceros are thought to have gone extinct. The last known remaining male northern white rhinoceros died in 2018, leaving only a mother and daughter, Najin and Fatu, to represent the subspecies.

…log even a single individual Extinct in the Wild (EW), species whose members survive only in captivity or as artificially supported populations far outside their historical geographic range Critically Endangered (CR), species that possess an extremely high risk of extinction as a result of rapid population declines of 80 to…