Australia's Hyperbole Just Got a Lot Richer

I have no problem with the excitement generated by genetic studies revealing that the marsupial Great glider is actually 3 species (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/06/two-new-greater-glider-species-discovered-australias-biodiversity-just-got-a-lot-richer). These largely nocturnal, cat-sized, Eucalyptus leaf-eating, gliding Mammals are certainly impressive and worthy of conservation (they may well, now need more of it). It's just the claim that "Australia's biodiversity just got a lot richer" that irks. This comes after a season of bush fires that have widely decimated habitats on that continent, killing hundreds of thousands of wild animals. It's not even that Eucalypus leaf-eaters have been spaired as Koalas are now seriously endangered in that country. Finding you have 3 species instead of 1 is interesting but it doesn't represent a major ratcheting up of biodiversity, especially at a time when many species are in decline!