Mallee comeback for tiny bandicoot

Shark Bay bandicoots have been released at Mallee Cliffs National Park. Pictures: Joseph Douglas
Allan Murphy

ONE of Australia’s smallest marsupials is scurrying around south west New South Wales for the first time in more than 150 years, after 20 Shark Bay bandicoots were released at Mallee Cliffs National Park, east of Mildura. The species was driven to extinction in NSW by introduced cats and foxes, the primary driver of native […]

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