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

An artist's recreation of what the newly discovered (but extinct) species _Bettongia haoucharae_ may have looked like. Nellie Pease, CC BY-NC

You are probably familiar with kangaroos. Wallabies too, and most likely quokkas as well.

Less famous are their small endangered cousins, the bettongs. These little marsupials love to dig and have a thing for mushrooms.