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"The mouse-size dunnart is not as renowned as the koalas or platypuses
that draw tourists, but it is arguably the most special mammal on
Australia’s Kangaroo Island.
Now the Kangaroo Island dunnart’s days may be numbered. Before bush
fires struck, it was already endangered, so rare that even researchers
who studied them had never seen one. Now they fear they never will.
One-third of the 1,700-square-mile island has burned, including the
entire area where these dunnarts are known to live."
Via Paul Ferguson.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
