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A Phantom in the Australian Desert: Newly Discovered Marsupial Already Lost to Extinction

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In Australia, threatened species' conservation programs have been mobilizing considerable resources for decades, often without results that meets the efforts made. One of the most emblematic cases is that of the Woylie, a small marsupial foucheur, long considered as a unique species. However, a study published in early September in the journal Zootaxa, conducted by researchers from Curtin University, Western Australian Museum and Murdoch Univers…
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In Australia, conservation programs for endangered species have been mobilizing considerable resources for decades, often without results to match the efforts made. One of the most emblematic cases is that of Woylia, a small burrowing marsupial, long regarded as a unique species. However, a study published in early September in the journal Zootaxa, conducted by researchers from Curtin University, Western Australian Museum and Murdoch University,…

By analysing fossils collected in caves in Nullarbor and in southwestern Australia, researchers at the Curtin University, the Museum of Western Australia and Murdoch University have discovered a completely new species of betong, as well as two new subspecies of Woylie. The discovery was published in the Zootaxa magazine, the European Press agency announced on the sixth-day. The woylies are able to reproduce several tonnes of soil each year in se…

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Noticias ao Minuto broke the news in Portugal on Saturday, September 6, 2025.
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