The cat-sized nocturnal marsupials, which are unique to Australia, live in areas from north Queensland to central Victoria.
One of the world’s biggest gliding mammals – the once common greater glider – has been pushed closer to extinction and is now officially endangered.
The cat-sized gliding marsupial has been moved from vulnerable to endangered on the federal government’s list of threatened species.
Native forest logging, habitat clearing, bushfires and global heating have all contributed to falling numbers of the gliders across the country, according to official advice from the government’s threatened species scientific committee.
https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.amp...ging-bushfires-and-global-heating-hit-numbers
One of the world’s biggest gliding mammals – the once common greater glider – has been pushed closer to extinction and is now officially endangered.
The cat-sized gliding marsupial has been moved from vulnerable to endangered on the federal government’s list of threatened species.
Native forest logging, habitat clearing, bushfires and global heating have all contributed to falling numbers of the gliders across the country, according to official advice from the government’s threatened species scientific committee.
https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.amp...ging-bushfires-and-global-heating-hit-numbers
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