Threatened species: nine mammals and mountain mistfrog could join extinction list
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#3TMWH)
Number of extinct species on EPBC fauna list will rise by almost 20% if species added to list
Ten species could soon be added to Australia's list of extinct fauna, including a Queensland frog that was last seen in 1990.
The federal government's scientific advisory body is assessing whether to add nine mammals and the mountain mistfrog to its list of native animal species considered extinct under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.
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