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Australia has one of the highest extinction rates in the world: One
out of every three mammal extinctions in the last 400 years has
occurred in Australia. There are lots of reasons for this, but
climate change is now playing a big part, in ways we don’t even
understand yet. So what exactly do we have to lose? These are
some of Australia’s most endangered animal species.MAMMALS: Mountain pygmy possum, Gilbert’s potoroo,
northern quoll, Tasmanian devil, black-flanked rock wallaby,
numbat, black-footed tree rat, brush-tailed bettong (woylie) and
the rufous hare-wallaby (mala).MARINE CREATURES: Grey nurse and great white sharks,
Australian sea lion, short-nosed sea snake and green sea turtle.BIRDS: Southern cassowary, red-tailed black cockatoo, eastern
curlew, gouldian finch, orange-bellied parrot, western ground
parrot, paradise riflebird, black grasswren and the Tasmanian
wedge-tailed eagle.BATS AND MORE: Southern best-wing bat, southern corroboree
frog, Margaret River burrowing crayfish and many, many more.CLIMATE CHANGE: AUSTRALIA’S
MOST AT-RISK ANIMALSReducing waste
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