A fact sheet of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) on the existential status of the Bramble Cay melomys species. The Bramble Cay melomys is the first mammalian species thought to have gone extinct due to human-induced climate change.
Students will learn of the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN organisation and assess the status of the Bramble Cay melomys and will learn about its taxonomy, the geographic range, its distribution, population, habitat and ecology, and threats.
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