Australia has lost one in 10 of its native mammals over the last 200 years, mainly due to predation by the feral cat and red fox that were introduced from Europe, according to a new study.

Australia has lost one in 10 of its native mammals over the last 200 years, mainly due to predation by the feral cat and red fox that were introduced from Europe, according to a new study.

The findings, from scientists at Charles Darwin University, Southern Cross University and the Department of Parks and Wildlife in Wanneroo, are published in the journal

Since 1788, 11 percent of 273 native mammals living on land have died out, 21 percent are threatened and 15 percent are near threatened, the study found.

Since 1788, 11 percent of 273 native mammals living on land have died out, 21 percent are threatened and 15 percent are near threatened, the study found.

"No other country has had such a high rate and number of mammal extinctions over this period, and the number we report for Australia is substantially higher than previous estimates," conservation biologist John Woinarski, who led the research, told