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Endangered eastern quoll in decline after decades of monitoring in Tasmania

Tasmania has long been thought of as a stronghold for the tiny and tenacious eastern quoll, but new research shows the species has been in decline in the state for the past 35 years — and researchers do not know why.

Eastern quolls were declared extinct on mainland Australia in 1963 and are carnivorous marsupials, related to the Tasmanian devil.

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