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Australia to build the world's largest solar power plant (news.az)

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[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Environmentalists agreed to issue the permit only after the developers assured the authorities of their commitment to protecting the habitats of the local chipmunk species—the rabbit-eared bandicoots.

Bandicoots are chipmunks?

[–] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I had the same question. According to Britannica, Australian bandicoots are marsupials, not rodents.

https://www.britannica.com/animal/bandicoot