What Animals Will Be Extinct By 2040. African elephants are found in 37 countries across the continent and are categorized as “vulnerable” by the international union for conservation of nature (iucn) with a remaining. African elephants are found in 37 countries across the continent and are categorized as vulnerable by the international union for conservation of nature (iucn) with.

The rapid loss of species we are seeing today is estimated by experts to be between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than the. It is estimated that for every 20 minutes, an animal or plant species becomes extinct, and in the past 50 years, the rate of animal extinction has increased 40 times faster.