Once lost to science, these "uncharismatic" animals are having their moment : Short Wave

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/29/ [login to see] /lost-animals-moles-rats-being-rediscovered
"Charismatic" animals have better odds of being rediscovered and reaping the associated protective benefits of that rediscovery. They tend to be large, cute or furry. This has left some "uncharismatic" lost species to wither away outside of human view, when they might have been saved with measures like captive breeding or habitat conservation.