And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct
by John Woinarski for the Conversation from Environment | The Guardian on (#70P6Y)
The tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 is now 39 species - far more than for any other country
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.
This little animal is extremely common all over the island, and at night its shrill shriek, like the cry of a bat, can be heard on all sides.
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