Scientists identify first mammal for which disease led to extinction

In 1899, an English ship stopped at Christmas Island, near Australia. Within nine years, the island's entire native rat population had gone extinct, and scientists have wondered ever since what exactly happened.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news145604162.html">Scientists identify first mammal for which disease led to extinction</a></p> <p>In 1899, an English ship stopped at Christmas Island, near Australia. Within nine years, the island's entire native rat population had gone extinct, and scientists have wondered ever since what exactly happened.</p>