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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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[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

So sad. I’m worried about kiwi’s.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] AceBonobo@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Believe it or not, dingos

[–] mika_mika@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

NOOOOOOO!!!

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

the other most recent one was the cay meloymys

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social -2 points 3 days ago

So we won't hear her songs this year, right?