The Bramble Cay melomys — a small rodent that was once endemic to a 4-hectare sand island in north-east reaches of the Torres Strait — was officially declared extinct in 2019 by the federal ...

On June 14, 2016, the Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat (Melomys rubicola) became the first mammal species to be declared extinct as a consequence of human-caused climate change.

The bramble cay melomys have become the first mammals to be lost due to human-caused climate change. They were last seen alive in 2009, and are said to be wiped out by sea-level rise.

The Bramble Cay melomys, or Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat, made its home on an island in the Torres Strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea. Both sea levels and water temperatures in the ...

Bramble Cay melomys were first sighted in the 1800s and estimates from the 1970s suggested that the rodent population numbered in the hundreds. However their populations declined severely over the ...

The Bramble Cay melomys was a tiny rodent that lived on a tiny Australian island. The now-extinct animal was killed off by climate change, scientists say.

Scientists believe the Bramble cay melomys, named after an island of the same name (the only place in the world they'd been spotted), went extinct due to human-driven climate change. The melomnys ...

The Bramble Cay melomys Ian Bell/Queensland Department of Environment and Science via CNET "It has been known among scientific and environmental communities for some time that the melomys was ...

In 1978, researchers estimated several hundred Bramble Cay melomys lived on the island, but the numbers dropped to the double digits by 1998. Just 12 were caught in November 2004.

Bramble Cay melomys is the first mammal to be delcared extinct due to climate change. Photo / Supplied Bramble Cay melomys is the first mammal to be delcared extinct due to climate change.

This morning, we are remembering the Bramble Cay melomys. This is a tiny island rodent that the Australian government has formally acknowledged as extinct.

Bramble Cay melomys (Ian Bell, EHP) Torres Strait is only 340 metres long and 150 metres wide, and has suffered from more frequent and intense weather events that led to extremely high water levels.