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First study of little-known mammal reveals climate change threat

2013-10-28 14:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: One of the world's least-known flying foxes could face extinction by rising seas and changing precipitation patterns due to global warming, according to a new study in Zookeys. The research, headed by Donald Buden with the College of Micronesia, is the first in-depth study of the resident bats of the remote Mortlock Islands, a part of the Federated States of Micronesia. Currently considered Critically Endangered, Mortlock's flying foxes (Pteropus pelagicus) were decimated by commercial hunting...

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