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Endangered marsupial woylies in sanctuaries losing anti-predator 'street smarts', study finds

Tash Harrison baits a trap for a woylie in Whiteman Park.  (ABC News: Nicolas Perpitch)

Rapid evolution is stripping threatened native marsupials of the key survival skills they need to exist in the wild, new research has found.

Woylies are a nocturnal mammal the size of a rabbit, also known as a brush-tailed bettong.

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