Feisty phascogales fight back from the brink

A phascogale, a carnivorous native marsupial, is part of a breeding program to avoid extinction. (Supplied by Sa Department of Environment and Water/AAP PHOTOS)

A tiny but tenacious pouched predator is on the comeback trail in South Australia, punching above its weight in the fight to save carnivorous native marsupials from extinction.   

While not as well-known as the Tasmanian devil, quoll or numbat, the red-tailed phascogale shares their taste for meat and is exposed to the same risks of extinction due to habitat loss and predation by foxes and cats.