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Long-footed potoroo search in south-east NSW turns to DNA found in predator droppings

Researchers are hunting for a long lost population of long-footed potoroos in south-east NSW by unravelling DNA profiles held in the droppings of known predators.

Conservation geneticist and project lead Andrew Weeks said analysing the genetic material of faeces was a very effective method of "determining what a particular predator has eaten".

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