The third stage of the extinction events I’ve been cataloguing here began with the settlement...
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“The only mammal present is the harmless Polynesian rat, Rattus exulans” Gordon Williams, 1962 “the...
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Panama
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Philippines, 2
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Rwanda, 2
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Spain 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Sri Lanka
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Thailand, 2
Trinidad&Tobago
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UK
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Vietnam, 2
Zambia 1, 2
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