7 Rarest Animals In The World.
Number 7.
Named after the famous scientist Charles Darwin, who discovered the species in 1834, Darwin's
fox is found only in Chile in two places: the Nahuelbuta National Park and the island
of Chiloe.
Dark in color with short legs, this carnivorous creature is active mostly at twilight and
dawn.
These carnivores creatures are considered an "umbrella species," which means that protecting
them and their temperate forest homes helps preserve the entire ecosystem.
These foxes are threatened by habitat loss, hunting, and non-native species, particularly
domestic dogs.
Number 6.
Ili pika is a small mammal (only 7-8 inches long) that's native to the Tianshan mountain
range of the remote Xinjiang region of China.
Living on sloping bare rock faces and feeding on grasses at high elevations, this little
creature is very rare, there are less than 1,000 left.
The species was only discovered in 1983, but its numbers have declined by almost 70% since
then.
This is because its habitat is being drastically affected by climate change.
Rising temperatures have forced the pikas to retreat up into the mountain tops.
In addition, grazing pressure from livestock and air pollution have likely contributed
to their decline.
Number 5.
First discovered in 1958, the vaquita, also known as the Gulf of California harbor porpoise,
is the smallest cetacean, an order of animals that include whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
Only about five feet long, this porpoise has a gray body, a pale gray or white belly, a
dark patch around its eyes, and dark patches forming a line from its mouth to its pectoral
fins.
As the world's rarest marine mammal, the vaquita is on the edge of extinction, only about 60
of these animals remain.
This marks a 40% decrease in their population since 2014.
These little porpoises are often caught and drowned in gill-nets used by illegal fishing
operations within Mexico's Gulf of California.
Because there are so few left and they are confined to such a small region, they may
also be vulnerable to climate change, as warming temperatures could affect their food availability
and habitat conditions.
Number 4.
The solitary and nocturnal Amur leopard is one of the world's most endangered wild cats.
It has a thick yellow or rusty orange coat with long dense hair, and can weigh up to
120 pounds.
It can leap more than 19 feet, and it can run at speeds up to 37 miles per hour.
Today, it is found only in the Amur River basin of eastern Russia, having already gone
extinct from China and the Korean Peninsula.
There are around 60 amur leopards left in the wild.
The wild cat faces numerous threats to its survival, including encroaching human populations,
poaching, and climate change.
Number 3.
As the only Asian rhino with two horns, the Sumatran rhinoceros is the smallest of the
rhino family, living in isolated pockets of dense mountain forests in Malaysia, Indonesia
and possibly Myanmar (Burma).
They are recognizable because they are covered in long hair, which helps keep mud caked to
their body to cool them and protect them from insects.
They are one of the most endangered rhinos in the world, along with the Javan rhino,
with maybe only 220-275 Sumatran rhinos left in the world.
Greatly threatened by poaching, they are, like other rhinos, hunted for their horns.
There is no indication that the population is stable and only two captive females have
reproduced in the last 15 years.
Number 2.
This adorable rodent, red-crested tree rat, only known because of the existence of two
specimens captured in Colombia in 1898, hadn't been seen for over a century and was feared
extinct.
That is until one simply ambled up to a pair of biologists in May 2011 while they were
camping in the field.
The creature even stuck around for a photo shoot before wandering back into the dark
forest.
Distinctive for a fiery-red patch of fur on its head, the red-crested tree rat is as cute
as it gets.
One can only hope that it will not disappear again for another 100 years.
It's impossible to say from this single finding how many individuals exist, but given that
extensive searches for the animal have turned up nothing until now, it's safe to say that
it's extremely rare.
Where there's one, there are probably others.
Number 1.
First discovered in May 1992, the saola is often called the "Asian unicorn."
It is a rarely-seen, critically endangered mammal.
In fact, it is so rare (and so elusive) that scientists have only seen it in the wild four
times, causing us to know very little about the creature.
Both male and female saolas have two parallel horns on their heads, they have white markings
on their face, and they sort of look like antelopes (though they are actually cousins
of cattle).
They live only in the the forests of Annamite mountains in Vietnam and Laos.
Saolas are threatened by hunting and the continued fragmentation of their habitat as a result
of human activities, such as the building of roads.
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