11 Extinct Animals That Might Still Be Around!

From rumors of a long-lost dinosaur to sightings of a saber toothed cat in the jungle, here are 11 extinct animals that still might be around!

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11. The Congo’s Last Dinosaur
Since the early16th century, rumors have circulated that there’s a strange, prehistoric creature living in the Congo Basin. Locals call it the mokele-mbembe, and it is a mysterious beast that most people believe to be myth. It’s described as a water beast about the size of an elephant with a very long neck and long tail that lurks deep in the swamp.

10. Desert Rat-Kangaroo
Europeans first glimpsed the desert rat-kangaroo (Caloprymnus campestris), during the 19th century. Known as the “oolacunta” to the Aboriginal people of Australia, the small creature was about the size of a rabbit, weighed less than a guinea pig, and was extraordinarily fast.

9. Malabar Civet
A small, dog-like carnivore called the Malabar civet (Viverra civettina) was thought to have gone extinct in 1929, with hunting and habitat loss in the creature’s native region, the Western Ghats of India, presumably to blame. But one was actually spotted in 1987 on a cashew plantation in Kerala, proving that the species was still hanging in there -- by a thread, at best, but it still counts!!

8. Montane Monkey-Faced Bat
Endemic to the Solomon Islands, the Montane monkey-faced bat (Pteralopex pulchra) was described as a new species in 1991 -- after it was last seen the year before on Guadalcanal Island. That solitary bat was the only one ever encountered, leaving experts little to learn from when it comes to understanding the creature’s biology.

7. Ethiopian Lion
Most African lions live in the savannah of sub-Saharan Africa, with very few appearing elsewhere. Because of how little they’ve been studied, it’s unclear whether those populations elsewhere are genetically distinct subspecies.

6. Gilbert’s Potoroo
The small creature known as Gilbert’s potoroo or thengilkat (Potorous gilbertii) is Australia’s most endangered marsupial, as well as one of the world’s most fungi-dependent mammals. It was discovered in 1840, and vanished just 40 years later, leading experts to believe it went extinct.

5. Horton Plains Slender Loris
Researchers discovered the Horton Plains slender loris (Loris tardigradus nycticeboides) in 1937. Endemic to Sri Lanka, the creature was already so rare by then that it wasn’t seen again for another 60 years. Conservationists gained hope that the loris was still out there in 2002, when a creature resembling it briefly appeared during the night.

4. New Zealand Storm-Petrel
Nicknamed the “Seabird Capital of the World,” New Zealand’s shores are home to over 100 species of breeding seabirds. Included among them is the New Zealand storm petrel (Fregetta maoriana), a small, fast-flying, black-and-white bird that was thought to be extinct starting in 1850.

3. Fernandina Giant Tortoise
The Galapagos Islands were once home to an estimated 300,000 giant tortoises. Today, those numbers are diminishing, and finding certain subspecies -- for example, the Fernandina giant tortoise -- is becoming increasingly difficult.

2. Crested Gecko
Native to southern New Caledonia, a French territory in the southern Pacific Ocean, the crested gecko or eyelash gecko (Correlophus ciliatus) was first officially described in 1866. The unique creature can lick its own eyeballs and stick to walls using electromagnetism. Its got all kinds of superpowers!

1. Saber-Toothed Cat
Saber-toothed cats, known for their massive canines, came from the extinct Smilodon genus of big cats. The smallest species among them weighed as much as 220 pounds (100 kg), while the largest tipped the scales at up to 880 pounds (400 kg). All these cats have one thing in common, however: they are not thought to have lived past around 10,000 years ago, when the last of them went extinct at the end of the Pleistocene epoch.

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