Search launched for 25 missing species

Update on the Silver-back Chevrotain:

Silver-backed Chevrotain - Global Wildlife Conservation

See this thread on more information:

The Silver-backed Chevrotain has been found

 

And another intresting article about the rediscovery of the Silver-back chevrotain :

Scientists rediscover mammalian oddity in remote Vietnam

 

Information on the only Top 25 Lost Species primate species:

Action plan for red colobus

While I think there is definitely plenty of cause for concern for this species and its continued existence, I also find the pessimism overkill, as truth be told nobody knows for certain what its population and its potential viability is, especially given the continued survival of some primate species with less than 100 members (Cat Ba langur, for instance, which is also a leaf-eating monkey like Africa's colobuses).

While a viable population is far from certain, I certainly hope one does remain.

 

There should be an episode of Extinct or Alive on this primate since Forrest Gallante had found live footage of the Miller’s Grizzled Langur that they are still around with camera traps maybe the same technique could be applied to this primate species.

 

While I'm not aware of any scheduled television programs, I do know they are using camera traps in the search.

 

Several individuals of Voeltzkow’s chameleon have recently been rediscovered in northwest Madagascar, 100 years since the last sighting.

More information from the link below:
Chameleon last seen a century ago rediscovered in Madagascar

 

This is one of my new favorite reptile species! The colors on the female are incredible, and their life cycle is fascinating!

 

Excellent news !

 

Yes, agreed! I have hope for some other members on this list!

 

The Somali Sengi was also found back in August: Strange, 'Long-Lost' Elephant Shrew Has Been Rediscovered in Africa After 50 Years

Here is (I believe) an updated list of the 25 species. So far, 9 of the 25 have been found* since April 2017 - over 1 in 3!

Jackson's Climbing Salamander*
Wallace's Giant Bee*
Fernandina Giant Tortoise*
Wondiwoi Tree Kangaroo*
Pondicherry Shark*
Velvet Pitcher Plant*
Silver-Backed Chevrotain*
Somali Sengi*
Voeltzkow's Chameleon*

Attenborough's Long-Beacked Echidna
Pink-Headed Duck
Namdapha Flying Squirrel
Wellington's Solitary Coral
Ilin Island Cloundrunner
De Winton's Golden Mole
New Zealand Greater Short-Tailed Bat
Sierra Leone Crab
Scarlet Harlequin Frog
Himalayan Quail
Omiltemi Cottontail
Bullneck Seahorse
Syr Darya Shovelnose Sturgeon
Sinu Parakeet
Miss Waldron's Red Colobus
Zug's Monitor

 

Really hope Richard Thorns or someone else is able to rediscover it one day!

 

The golden mole in particular must be incredibly challenging to try to search for.

Good luck to those trying to find it !

 

Golden moles in general are hard to find.

 

Yes, I can imagine.

Any fossorial mammal is actually, just like the pink fairy armadillo here in South America.

 

Yeah, and I even have a bunch of mole tunnels and hills in my backyard, but I've never actually seen a mole come out of one. I have seen a baby mole on the side of the road though, (still alive, dont worry).

 

Sadly I have only seen dead or stuffed moles...
What would actually be a ''good'' way of finding/surveying fossorial animals? I recon you could dig in a bucket which devides a tunnel, isn't the most ethical way I persume (especially if it starts raining..)

 

I've always thought the best way is basically just to wait outside of a fossorial animal tunnel at night, and just wait for it to peep out. Or maybe a trail cam to watch for you? If you mean to actually go underground, thats near impossible.

 

Agreed, you could also use a remote controlled camera (on a toycar for reference) and drive through the tunnels. I don't know how well the signal will be received and losing your equipment somewhere underground would really suck..

 

I think the fossorial mammals will most likely dig down farther into the tunnels where the remote controlled camera would lose them, or they might travel to the surface. Or just destroy the camera altogether.

 

Probably, but it's worth a try if you atleast can find the tunnels first...