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Kenny Travouillon, Curator of Mammals, Western Australian Museum; Curtin University

The lost koala: new fossil species was hiding in plain sight for 100 years

Artist's reconstruction of the new Western Australian fossil koala species. Nellie Pease

In 2024, the Western Australian Museum received a donation. It was a koala skull collected from Moondyne Cave in Margaret River by Lindsay Hatcher, an avid caver. There was something a bit odd about this skull, and we were able to put our finger in it.

This koala had dimples.

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