From bristlebirds and water skinks to bandicoots and koalas: The Australian species on the brink of extinction after bushfires killed over a BILLION animals and wiped out 6million hectares of habitat

[Daily Mail]: More than one billion animals have been killed in the bushfire crisis which has destroyed extensive areas of critical habitat across the country.

Ecologists calculated at least six million hectares of habitat home to 250 threatened species were ravaged during the horror bushfire season.

Estimates of more than one billion animals are believed to have been killed, including huge numbers of mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and other species.

Some of the ecosystems in Australia are expected to never recover from the damage the bushfires caused.

Data published on Monday by the Department of the Environment and Energy showed 49 species had seen more than 80 per cent of their known or likely habitat damaged in the fires.

For a further 65 species, at least half of their habitat was affected.

The threatened species include hundreds of plants, 16 mammals, 14 frogs, nine birds, seven reptiles, four insects, four fish and one spider species...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...