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"It’s official: the only Australian shrew is no more.
The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s
Red List, the world’s most comprehensive global inventory on extinction risk,
has declared the Christmas Island shrew is extinct.
The news may not seem momentous. After all, most Australians know nothing of
shrews and would be unaware this one species counted among our native fauna.
But the shrew’s extinction increases the tally of Australian mammals extinct
since 1788 to 39 species. This is far more than for any other country. These
losses represent about 10% of all Australia’s land mammal species before
colonisation. It is a deplorable record of trashing an extraordinary legacy."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
