Once endangered, Australia's numbat is making a hopeful recovery
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Australia's numbat has been downlisted from Endangered to Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List after 40+ years of conservation efforts raised numbers from ~300 in the late 1970s to 2,000–3,000 individuals today, with five separate populations now established across southern Australia.
Success depends on sustained predator control; if efforts cease, the species could quickly decline again.
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