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title: "5 Animals That Went Extinct in the Last Decade"  
description: "These extinctions remind us how important it is to protect endangered species before it’s too late."  
author: "Khushi Singh"  
published: 2025-03-28  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/4994/5-animals-that-went-extinct-in-the-last-decade  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["extinct animals", "recently extinct species", "animals lost in the last decade", "endangered species", "Northern White Rhino", "Spix’s Macaw", "Chinese Paddlefish."]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# 5 Animals That Went Extinct in the Last Decade

![5 Animals That Went Extinct in the Last Decade](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4994f24b-b372-477a-9212-7c964f131345/images/da33e9d9-815c-4568-86e8-709a829faeb3.jpeg) ![5 Animals That Went Extinct in the Last Decade](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4994f24b-b372-477a-9212-7c964f131345/images/c365baef-3ece-4a55-87db-7c66cb6c9f77.jpeg) Northern White Rhino - The last male died in 2018, leaving only two females behind. ![5 Animals That Went Extinct in the Last Decade](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4994f24b-b372-477a-9212-7c964f131345/images/c7fd7b9b-5568-4c1d-9e02-6872ccb4c18b.jpeg) Spix’s Macaw - This bright blue parrot vanished from the wild in 2019. ![5 Animals That Went Extinct in the Last Decade](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4994f24b-b372-477a-9212-7c964f131345/images/e30b6619-fc54-4bfa-b570-a2967090dbfb.jpeg) Chinese Paddlefish - One of the world’s largest freshwater fish, declared extinct in 2020. ![5 Animals That Went Extinct in the Last Decade](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4994f24b-b372-477a-9212-7c964f131345/images/15de3eb0-58c9-457b-adba-fc83fbfc5c1b.jpeg) Bramble Cay Melomys - A small rodent from Australia, lost due to rising sea levels. ![5 Animals That Went Extinct in the Last Decade](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/4994f24b-b372-477a-9212-7c964f131345/images/10196b87-9d16-4517-9748-2bbd53fe4250.jpeg) Golden Toad - Once found in Costa Rica, climate change wiped it out.

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