What Extinct in the Wild Species Have You Seen?

Swampy said:
Minimal updates to the extinct in the wild category in today's IUCN red list update; 3 species of partula have sadly moved from EW to extinct (all historical extinctions, the most recent was lost from the captive breeding programme in 2016). One new species assessed as Extinct in the Wild: the pride of Burma (Amherstia nobilis), a mysterious tree that was only ever found once in the wild, in 1865 in what is now Myanmar.
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That tree is curious, are all cultivated plants descended from the single wild one?
 
Fallax said:
That tree is curious, are all cultivated plants descended from the single wild one?
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No, the species has a long history of cultivation at temples and other places of worship in South and Southeast Asia. Origins of those seem to be lost to time.

One other change I've just noticed, the Rwandan dwarf waterlily Nymphaea thermarum has gone from EW to CR, as it was rediscovered in the wild in 2023!
 
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FBBird said:
Also Bos taurus/indicus then….
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The custodians of the Chillingham Herd maintain that their beasts are direct and very closely related descendants of Aurochs, although this claim is disputed.

There is one EW taxon which I can pretty well guarantee that everybody here has seen: the Red-tailed Black Shark (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor), whose habitats were destroyed by dam construction. A relict population was rediscovered in 2011 and the species updgraded to CR but IIRC they have now gone too.
 
Jennings said:
The custodians of the Chillingham Herd maintain that their beasts are direct and very closely related descendants of Aurochs, although this claim is disputed.

There is one EW taxon which I can pretty well guarantee that everybody here has seen: the Red-tailed Black Shark (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor), whose habitats were destroyed by dam construction. A relict population was rediscovered in 2011 and the species updgraded to CR but IIRC they have now gone too.
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I hadn't heard of the loss of the rediscovered wild red-tailed black shark population... very sad news if so. Though the dwarf/chain loach, Ambastaia sidthimunki, formally listed as Endangered and from the same approximate region of Thailand, has apparently not been seen at its wild locations since the mid-2000s...
 
I've only seen these species.
  • Guam Kingfisher Todiramphus cinnamominus
  • Socorro Dove Zenaida graysoni
  • Several Partula species (at ZSL London Zoo)
Scimitar-Horned Oryxes, California Condors, Przewalski's Horse, and Arabian Oryxes are no longer considered as EW but I've seen them. I've also seen Panamanian Golden Frogs which are possibly EW but they're currently classified as CR.
 
I've seen these species that are on the list now:
- Père David's Deer (Tama Zoo)
- Kunimasu (Saiko Nature Center Kunimasu Aquarium)

I have also seen these species that were once on the list:
- Scimitar Horned Oryx (Tama Zoo etc)
- Przewalski's Wild Horse (Tama Zoo etc)
 
I have seen:
• Pere David’s Deer, first at Lincoln Park
• Scimitar Horned Oryx, first at Memphis
• Partula Snail, Detroit
• Wyoming Toad, first at Detroit
• Kihansi Spray Toad, Detroit
• Guam Rail, Cincinnati
• Guam Kingfisher, Lincoln Park?
• Panamanian Golden Frog? At Detroit.
 
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