{"id":68535,"date":"2020-11-09T12:48:56","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T12:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=68535"},"modified":"2020-11-09T12:48:56","modified_gmt":"2020-11-09T12:48:56","slug":"new-mammals-dis-two-new-species-discovered-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=68535","title":{"rendered":"New mammals, who dis? Two new species discovered in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian researchers have identified two new mammals in the Land Down Under \u2014 both cousins of the doe-eyed flying marsupials known as greater gliders, according to a report.<\/p>\n

A study published in Nature\u2019s Scientific Reports journal found two new distinct and smaller species of gliders in northern and central Australia, outside of the marsupial\u2019s known habitat in the country\u2019s southern end, the\u00a0Sydney Morning Herald\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustralia\u2019s biodiversity just got a lot richer,\u201d Andrew Krockenberger, a professor at James Cook University and a co-author of the study, told the outlet. \u201cIt\u2019s not every day that new mammals are confirmed, let alone two new mammals.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The already-known southern glider, which is about the size of a common possum, sleeps in hollowed-out trees in the forests of Victoria and New South Wales during the day and sets out at night in search of eucalyptus leaves \u2014 sometimes soaring up to 330 feet through the air.<\/p>\n

In recent years, it has been classified as an at-risk species, with its population declining by as much as 80 percent over the past two decades due to logging, global warming and the encroachment of urban development, the Herald said.<\/p>\n

Now there are three species to look after, the researchers said.<\/p>\n

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The newly discovered northern species, which lives in the eucalyptus forests between Mackay and Cairns in Queensland, is the smallest of the glider clan, growing to the size of a little ringtail possum, which is up to about a foot long.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s compared to the southern glider, which can grow to nearly 2 feet.<\/p>\n

The newly found central species lives in southern Queensland up to Mackay and is between the two others in size.<\/p>\n

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