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Australia is the planet's extinction hotspot, but one animal offers a glimmer of hope

The country is home to some of the world's most unique species - but it is losing them at an alarming rate.

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The country is home to some of the world's most unique species, but it is losing them at an alarming rate. "Eyes peeled," comes the order from the front passenger seat. Eluding us is the numbat, a rare Australian marsupial which could be the love-child of a chipmunk and an anteater. Numbats were once populous across the bottom half of the continent, but Dryandra Woodland – in the south-western corner of Australia – is one of the few places they remain. Classified as endangered until this month, numbats have been bouncing back. This team's efforts have seen them scratched off the international red list of threatened species, a rare glimmer of hope in a country facing an extinction emergency. This part of Australia is the front line of that crisis: a last stand for many species driven to the brink by feral pests, disease, urban development, habitat destruction and climate change. Australia has long been celebrated as a nature haven, home to some of the world's most unique plant and animal species.

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From the storyThe country is home to some of the world's most unique species, but it is losing them at an alarming rate.

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From the storyThe country is home to some of the world's most unique species, but it is losing them at an alarming rate.

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From the storyEluding us is the numbat, a rare Australian marsupial which could be the love-child of a chipmunk and an anteater.

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From the storyEluding us is the numbat, a rare Australian marsupial which could be the love-child of a chipmunk and an anteater.

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From the storyNumbats were once populous across the bottom half of the continent, but Dryandra Woodland – in the south-western corner of Australia – is one of the few places they remain.

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