Alison Blyth

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An artist’s recreation of what the newly discovered (but extinct) species Bettongia haoucharae may have looked like. Nellie Pease

Australia has some new marsupial species – but they’re already extinct

Jake Newman-Martin, Curtin University; Alison Blyth, Curtin University; Kenny Travouillon, Western Australian Museum; Milo Barham, Curtin University, and Natalie Warburton, Murdoch University

A case of mistaken identity has hampered efforts to save the woylie, one of Australia’s most endangered marsupials.
Crest-tailed mulgara (Dasycercus cristicauda) from the Simpson Desert, Queensland. Bobby Tamayo / Wikimedia Commons

We discovered three new species of marsupial. Unfortunately, they’re already extinct

Jake Newman-Martin, Curtin University; Alison Blyth, Curtin University; Kenny Travouillon, Western Australian Museum; Milo Barham, Curtin University, and Natalie Warburton, Murdoch University

We found three previously unknown species of mulgaras hiding in museum collections – but all three have been driven to extinction since European colonisation of Australia.

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