Tiny marsupial believed extinct in NSW rediscovered by scientists

Crest-tailed mulgara caught in a trap by University of NSW researchers working on Wild Deserts project

A tiny carnivorous marsupial that was presumed extinct in New South Wales has been discovered just inside the border, two years before scientists planned to reintroduce it.

The juvenile female crest-tailed mulgara, Dasycercus cristicauda, was caught in a trap in November by University of New South Wales researchers working on the Wild Deserts project, which aims to reintroduce long-absent marsupials to two predator-free areas of the western edge of Sturt national park.