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The organization Re:wild announced that the Omilteme cottontail (Sylvilagus insonus), a species lost for more than a century, has been rediscovered in Mexico’s Sierra Madre del Sur. This find is of great significance for conservation and research. A team led by José Alberto Almazán-Catalán, president of the Instituto para el
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Survival under extreme conditions As early as 1942, the American zoologist Glover Morrill Allen warned in Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Western Hemisphere about the threats that could endanger the survival of the Little Swan Island hutia, which occurred only on Little Swan Island: “At present the species seems
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On the vulnerability of rats The extinction of countless birds, mammals, and reptiles in modern times can be traced back to rats that arrived on European ships and expanded their range. In fact, however, there are also many species from the family of true mice and rats (Muridae) that have
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The first victim of human-caused climate change The Bramble Cay melomys or mosaic-tailed rat is considered the first mammal species to be declared extinct primarily or exclusively because of anthropogenic climate change. It lived on the Torres Strait island of Bramble Cay, one of the most narrowly limited habitats imaginable.
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Introduced parasite wiped out native rats Christmas Island once also had endemic rats: the bullog rat and the Maclear’s rat. Both are now extinct—most probably for the same reason. Christmas Island, which lies in the Indian Ocean and belongs to Australia, was known for its rich phosphate deposits. Therefore, in
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