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Jun 29, 2021

Shock find brings extinct mouse back from the dead

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An Australian mammal thought to have been wiped out over 150 years ago can now be crossed off our list of extinct animals, following a new study.

Researchers compared DNA samples fromeight extinct Australian rodents, as well as 42 of their living relatives, to look at the decline of native species since the arrival of Europeans in Australia.

The study showed the extinctGould’s was indistinguishable from the Shark Bay mouse, still found on several small islands off the coast of Western Australia.

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