Australia: ‘Extinct’ possum back from the dead

window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;New Scientist: Last December, the Australian lemuroid ringtail possum was widely reported as the first possible extinction casualty of climate change. But last week it rose from the dead with ecologists reporting the discovery of three of the creatures and declaring that the species was never feared extinct. But its future is far from certain. "They have a very limited range âEUR" most likely due to an inability to tolerate high temperatures âEUR" so they are at risk from future temperature …

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