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UTAS research finds Maria Island could be perfect place for ‘insurance population’ of rock wallabies
A researcher at the University of Tasmania has suggested Maria Island off Tasmania’s east coast could be an ideal location to form an insurance population of the threatened brush-tailed rock wallaby.
Key points:
- Maria Island has already been used as a safe haven for other species
- The brush-tailed rock wallaby is battling for survival on the mainland, due to predators and habitat loss
- Translocating a species is seen as a last resort, but experts say it may be necessary “due to climate change”
The wallabies are found throughout Australia’s eastern seaboard, but like the koala, are not found in Tasmania.
Last year’s bushfires destroyed significant parts of natural habitat including places where the wallaby is found.
But researcher Shane Morris…
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