Java stingaree: Difference between revisions

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Human interactions: Changed "feared to be extinct" to "classified as extinct" in view of the latest IUCN Red List classification.
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==Human interactions==
No new Java stingaree specimens have emerged since the first was discovered over 150 years ago, and it ishas fearednow tobeen beclassified as [[extinct]].<ref name="iucn status 31 December 2023" /> There is heavy fishing activity within its range, as well as [[habitat degradation]] from the proximity of major population centers. While it is possible that captured specimens have gone unrecognized, if this species still survivessurvived its population would almost certainly be gravely imperilled; this has led to the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] (IUCN) assessing it as Extinct as of 22 March 2019.<ref name="iucn status 31 December 2023" />
 
==References==