Given up for extinct, the bridled nailtail wallaby was rediscovered after it was recognised from an article in Woman's Day magazine. Now a feral cat-control project is helping to secure its future.It's a remarkable tale. The bridled nailtail wallaby was once abundant across a large area of inland eastern Australia. But - as with many medium-sized marsupials - populations plummeted after European colonisation and the introduction of feral predators. By the 1930s it had disappeared, with the last animal spotted in 1937 - yet another extinction for the records.
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