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Bramble Cay melomys
February 21 , 2019
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- Australia officially declared a Great Barrier Reef rodent extinct, making it the first mammal believed to have been killed off by human-induced climate change.
- The rat-like Bramble Cay melomys has not been spotted in a decade.
- The rodent lived solely on a tiny sand island in the Torres Strait, near the coast of Papua New Guinea (PNG).
- The species has not been seen since 2009.
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