Is The Vaquita Extinct 2024 In America. The vaquita is not yet extinct but is considered critically endangered. With fewer than 20 individuals estimated to remain in the wild, the vaquita is the world’s most endangered marine.

Vaquita (phocoena sinus) is the most endangered marine mammal species in the world, with fewer than 19 individuals left in the upper gulf of california in mexico. The number of mexico’s critically endangered vaquita marina porpoises sighted in the gulf of california has fallen to between 6 and 8 this year, sea shepherd researchers said.