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Christmas Island shrew added to international list of extinct species (www.abc.net.au)
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In short:

The Christmas Island shrew has been added to an international "red list" of extinct species.

Only four sightings of the mouse-sized mammal have been reported in the past 120 years.

What's next?

The listing takes Australia's tally of extinct mammal species to 39 since colonisation.

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[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

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