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Dozens of the ‘ecosystem engineers’ have been caught in Western Australia and flown to their new habitat

Dozens of the ‘eco system engineers’ have been caught in Western Australia and flown to their new home

The tiny marsupials have a penchant for peanut butter, which researchers have used to help them monitor and conduct health checks on the population.

The brush-tailed bettong -- a rare, very cute marsupial resembling a rabbit-sized kangaroo -- is bouncing back on the South Australian mainland, more...

Bettongs populated over 60pc of Australia before falling victim to cats, foxes and land clearing after European settlement more than two centuries ago.

The brush-tailed bettong -- a rare, very cute marsupial resembling a rabbit-sized kangaroo -- is bouncing back on the South Australian mainland, more than 100 years after disappearing from the region.

The brush-tailed bettong -- a rare, very cute marsupial resembling a rabbit-sized kangaroo -- is bouncing back on the South Australian mainland, more than 100

Brush-tailed bettongs are thriving on South Australia's mainland thanks to a two-year program to reintroduce the species after...

The brush-tailed bettong -- a rare, very cute marsupial resembling a rabbit-sized kangaroo -- is bouncing back on the South Australian mainland, more than 100 years after disappearing from the region.

After vanishing from the area over a century ago, the brush-tailed bettong, an adorable marsupial that resembles a kangaroo the size of a rabbit, is making...