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Detailed explanation-1: -A small brown rodent, the Bramble Cay melomys, in Australia became the first mammal to go extinct due to human-driven climate change.

Detailed explanation-2: -Extinction obituary: how the Bramble Cay melomys became the first mammal lost to the climate crisis | Climate crisis | The Guardian.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Bramble Cay melomys (Melomys rubicola) is the first mammal reported to have gone extinct as a direct result of climate change. Previously found only on the island of Bramble Cay in Great Barrier Reef, its habitat was destroyed by rising sea levels.

Detailed explanation-4: -This bird was super adapted to the environment of Mauritius, ” Hume told Live Science. Instead, humans’ unrelenting exploitation was the real culprit behind the dodo’s untimely death. Related: What could drive humans to extinction?