Animals that were thought to be extinct but are not

1. Laotian rock rat - Thought to be extinct: 11,000,000 BC and rediscovered: 2005

2. Terror skink - Thought to be extinct: 1870 and rediscovered: 2003

3. Chacoan peccary - Thought to be extinct: 9,000 BC and rediscovered: 1971

4. Javan elephant - Thought to be extinct: 16th century and rediscovered: 2003

5. Takahe - Thought to be extinct: 1898 and rediscovered: 1948

6. Coelacanth - Thought to be extinct: 65,000,000 BC and rediscovered: 1938

7. Barbary lion - Thought to be extinct: 1922 and rediscovered: Unknown

8. Jamaican iguana - Thought to be extinct: 1940's and rediscovered: Unknown

9. La Palma giant lizard - Thought to be extinct: 16th century and rediscovered: 2007

10. New Holland mouse - Thought to be extinct: 1843 and rediscovered: Unknown

11. Giant Palouse earthworm - Thought to be extinct: 1980's and rediscovered: Unknown

12. Gracilidris - Thought to be extinct: 2006 and rediscovered: Unknown