Some 34 species and subspecies of native mammals have become extinct in Australia over the last 200 years, the highest rate of loss for any region in the world. Australia’s continuing bushfire crisis has taken an enormous toll on wildlife, with huge numbers of mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and other species killed. In a grim video posted on Twitter, a man drives into the fire-ravaged town of Batlow, in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW). The number of animals which have died in Australia’s bushfire season so far has now topped a billion, “hastening extinction” for some species. A billion animals have been caught in Australia’s fires. Some of the rarest species on Earth are threatened by fires scorching their habitats, scientists warn. Some may go extinct. But they’re not adapted to cope with fire of this scale and this intensity. Professor Chris Dickman works in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences and has over 30 years of experience working on the ecology, conservation and management of Australian mammals. Nearly half a billion animals in Australia's New South Wales state have been killed by raging wildfires in the last couple months, and the devastating death toll is expected to rise. I found out what that number means. A scientist from the University of Sydney estimates that Australia’s ongoing bush fire disaster has already killed at least one billion animals. The devastation from the Australia wildfires has reportedly wiped out a billion animals, leading to what one scientist describes as an “extinction crisis”. Professor Chris Dickman told Metro that the fires mean the total dead could rise in the coming weeks and months, as temperatures in the country start to rise again. 7 Animals That May Be Extinct After the Australia Wildfires Lela Nargi The Australian bushfires have exacted an enormous, irreversible toll on the country’s wildlife. They are tiny mouse-like mammals with grey fur, long tails, and pointy snouts. The ecologist is hoping some of these animals will have survived the flames in ‘fire refuges’ in the forests – a typically wet area which remain unburnt. Both sides of the road are covered with ash and lingering smoke. These fire events are unprecedented. There were an estimated fewer than 500 animals before the fires, according to the Australian government. They are tiny mouse-like mammals with grey fur, long tails, and pointy snouts. Chemical analysis of fragments of eggshells of Genyornis newtoni, a flightless bird that became extinct in Australia, from over 200 sites, revealed scorch marks consistent with cooking in human-made fires, presumably the first direct evidence of human contribution to … The Extinction of Australian Megafauna . When humans first arrived in Australia around 60,000 years ago, they found a continent covered in rainforest, much of which had existed for 100 million years. And the fire has also burned some habitats that just ... don’t burn normally.

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