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Science / Townsville, QLD

Australian predator relocated to refuge as population dwindles

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EcologyAnimalsEndangered and Protected SpeciesConservation

Around 20 female northern quolls with young are being moved into a 950-hectare refuge near Townsville. Once across Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, the northern quoll is struggling.

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Historically the endangered northern quoll's habitat extended from south-east Queensland, across the Northern Territory to the Kimberley in Western Australia.
Historically the endangered northern quoll's habitat extended from south-east Queensland, across the Northern Territory to the Kimberley in Western Australia.

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