First mammal goes extinct because of climate change

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By Kate YoderJun 14, 2016, 5:13 pm257 pts
Pour one out for the melomys: the first mammal in recorded history to go extinct thanks to climate change. Wait, the memonly-lemony what? Get ready for a spit take, because the Bramble Cay melomys is — excuse me, was — a rat. An upstanding resident of a tiny, isolated island in the Great Barrier…

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