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One-sixth of Europe's mammals face extinction

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New census highlights threatened status of many species.

The arctic fox is now classed as 'critically endangered'. Credit: Getty
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Hopkin, M. One-sixth of Europe's mammals face extinction. Nature (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/news070521-4

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