Top 10 Rarest Animals In The World

Animals are loved by nearly everyone in the world, yet humans are the biggest threat to their survival. Every single one of the animals on this list is not only rare, but also critically endangered or “just” endangered. The low population of these rare animals is primarily due to habitat loss, hunting, or accidental death caused by human activities.

11) The Purple frog – First on our list of the rarest animals in the world. Native to India, purple frogs spend most of their lives underground. They will only emerge for a few days each year to breed. These species are likely evolving independently for almost a hundred million years but have been inducted into the scientific community only recently, formally described in 2003. These frogs are already facing the threat of extinction due to deforestation. However, it's hard to determine their exact population because of their introverted lifestyle.