What animals were discovered in 2013?

Top 20 New Species Discovered in 2013

  • Hemiscyllium halmahera, a ‘walking’ shark from Indonesia:
  • Tapirus kabomani, a new species of tapir from the forests and open savannas of Brazil and Colombia:
  • Baturite porcupine (Coendou baturitensis), a new species of prehensile-tailed porcupine from Brazil:

What species have been discovered in 2020?

This year, researchers at the California Academy of Sciences have described 213 new species in scientific journals: “101 ants, 22 crickets, 15 fishes, 11 geckos, 11 sea slugs, 11 flowering plants, eight beetles, eight fossil echinoderms, seven spiders, five snakes, two skinks, two aphids, two eels, one moss, one frog.

What new species have been discovered in 2017?

Top 10 new species 2017

  • “Sorting Hat” Spider (Eriovixia gryffindori).
  • Unexpected Katydid (Eulophophyllum kirki).
  • Omnivorous Root Rat (Gracilimus radix).
  • 414-legged Millipede (Illacme tobini).
  • “Dragon” Ant (Pheidole drogon).
  • Freshwater Stingray (Potamotrygon rex).
  • Swimming Centipede (Scolopendra cataracta).

What animals have been discovered in the last 5 years?

8 Incredible Animals Discovered In The Last Decade

  • The Purple Crab, 201.
  • Micro Chameleon, 2012.
  • The Staten Island Frog, 2011.
  • The Garuda Wasp, 2011.
  • The Tube-nosed Bat, 2009.
  • The Matilda Viper, 2010.
  • The African Dwarf Sawshark, 2011.
  • The Psychedelic Gecko, 2011.

What’s the most recent extinct animal?

Recently Extinct Animals

  • Splendid Poison Frog. Estimated extinction date: 2020.
  • Spix’s Macaw. Estimated extinction date: …
  • Northern White Rhinoceros. Estimated extinction date: 2018.
  • Baiji. Estimated extinction date: 2017.
  • Pyrenean Ibex. Estimated extinction date: 2000.
  • Western Black Rhinoceros.
  • Passenger Pigeon.
  • The Quagga.

What animals were discovered in 2010?

Top 10 New Species of 2010

  • Bioluminescent Mushroom. (Image credit: Cassius V.
  • Darwin’s Bark Spider. (Image credit: Matjaž Kuntner (Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts))
  • Titanic bacterium.
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  • Monitor Lizard.
  • Golden Spotted Monitor.
  • Pollinating Cricket.
  • Pollinating Cricket.

What is the youngest species on Earth?

One of the youngest known is a species named Senecio eboracensis which seems to have occurred sometime in the past 40 to 50 years.