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Dozens of animals and plants join Australia’s threatened species list
What do tingle pygmy trapdoor spiders from Western Australia, silver-headed antechinus from central Queensland and Duramana fingers orchids from NSW have in common?
If you’re waiting for a funny punchline, sorry – the answer is that they’re among the 41 new species of Australian plants and animals that are now officially at risk of extinction.
Two species of antechinus – the silver-headed and black-tailed antechinus – were added to the threatened species list last week. The small, carnivorous marsupials are best known for their reproductive habits – males die after their once-in-a-lifetime mating frenzy. Photo: Gary Cranitch, Qld Museum
The good news though is that this listing could, potentially, be the first step towards reversing the country’s world-leading extinction rate.
Those 41 species were among 50 changes to the country’s official threatened species list after its annual update on Friday. Continue Reading →