And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct
- Written by John Woinarski, Professor of Conservation Biology, Charles Darwin University
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...
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