Farmer unknowingly captures animal extinct in region for over a century
Farmer unknowingly captures animal extinct in region for over a century
"The species was considered extinct in South Australia, with no official records for some 100 years or more," district ranger Ross Anderson told Newsweek.
I
hatestrongly dislike that they are using the word 'extinct' for an animal that is not.Local extinction (extirpation) is a legitimate concept that is heavily studied in ecology. Just because an animal is still alive somewhere it doesn't mean that its absence from a region it has historically lived is irrelevant.
Yeah I thought the same. How hard would it have been to add "thought to be" behind that.
And even then, it's apparently still going in other areas, just "extinct" in that area.
Or they could have just said "not (verifiably) seen in the state for over a century"
It's a bit weird because it's "in a region", which begs the question if I capture a creature from a different region and move it to a region where it was extinct, is it extinct anymore? (There being only one also means it will quickly become 0 again.)
Idk, just a weird thought.
So now it's a tinct animal?
Retinct?
Exextinct
extirpated
This is the best summary I could come up with:
"The species was considered extinct in South Australia, with no official records for some 100 years or more," National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Limestone Coast district ranger Ross Anderson told Newsweek.
"I expected to find a cat, but I found this little animal instead," Pao told local news ABC South East SA.
The quolls usually eat a wide range of prey, including lizards, snakes, poultry, small rodents, and other marsupials such as wombats and wallabies.
"Part of the reason they're thought to have become extinct here in the South East is due to a loss of habitat, but they can survive anywhere from forests to more open country," Anderson told ABC.
The quoll was caught in another trap by the NPWS on Wednesday, and the experts hope to genetically test the animal to join the dots of its origins.
We wouldn't recommend people try to trap them or interact with them themselves, however, but trail cameras are a really good way of recording and monitoring any suspected quoll populations or activity in the local area," Anderson said.
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Cute little critter.