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English names given to rare species after competition

Ten endangered species have been given English names for the first time to draw attention to their plight.
Thousands of suggestions were submitted in a competition organised by Natural England, the Guardian and the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
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Name a species competition: winners

The Guardian, Natural England and the Oxford University Museum of Natural History teamed up to asked the public to give common names to 10 rare UK species.
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WA bat rescue mission a dismal failure
A rescue mission to save an iconic Christmas Island species (Ed ~ Pipistrellus murrayi) has failed despite the efforts of some of Australasia's leading scientists.
The eight bat scientists were on Christmas Island for four weeks along with volunteers from the Australasian Bat Society trying to capture endangered pipistrelle bats in order to move them to a new ecosystem where they would have a better chance of survival.

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