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Many species have become endangered due to the fungus, and in New York alone populations of the Little Brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) were reduced by 88% in a 5 year span1. A once widespread common bat species is under the threat of extinction in Eastern America in less than 30 years and three other species could have the same fate2.
1Turner et al. 2011
2Frick et al. 2011