What animal is an EW?

Answer 1

EW stands for Extinct in the Wild. Extinct in the Wild (EW) is a conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa, the only known living members of which are being kept in captivity or as a naturalized population outside its historic range.

Examples of such animals include:

* Seychelles giant tortoise

* Abingdon Island Tortoise

* Red-tailed Black Shark

* Père David's Deer

* Barbary Lion (extinct in the wild since 1922)

* Wyoming Toad (extinct in the wild since 1991)

* Hawaiian Crow (extinct in the wild since 2002)

* Alagoas Curassow (extinct in the wild since 1987 or 1988)

* Socorro Dove (extinct in the wild since 1972)

* Guam Rail (extinct in the wild since 1980)

* Black Soft-shell Turtle

* Butterfly Goodeid

* Partula (genus)