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The official number of extinct species is wrong… why?

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Species featured in this video:

• Ivory-billed Woodpecker
• Fat Catfish
• Blanco Blind Salamander
• Seychelles Giant Tortoise
• Black-browed Babbler
• Coelacanth

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Greenwald, Noah, et al, (2019). Extinction and the U.S. Endangered Species Act. PeerJ 7:e6803 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6803

Re:wild - Lost Species. https://www.rewild.org/lost-species

Re:wild - Lost Species: By the Numbers. https://www.rewild.org/lost-species-by-the-numbers

Martin, T. E., et al, (2022). Lost Taxa and Their Conservation Implications. Animal Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12788

Mooers, Arne, (2022). When Is a Species Really Extinct?. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/when-is-a-species-really-extinct-182555

Smithsonian, (2019). Numbers of Insects (Species and Individuals). https://www.si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/bugnos

Tangley, Laura, (1998). How Many Species Exist?. The National Wildlife Federation. https://www.nwf.org/Magazines/National-Wildlife/1999/How-Many-Species-Exist

The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. https://www.iucnredlist.org/search

National Ocean Service | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). How Many Species Live in the Ocean? https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ocean-species.html