It is estimated that there are just 1,500 of the tiny possums in pockets of the central highland forests of Victoria Photograph: Steve KuiterThere are fears they may become extinct within a decade if their habitat is not conservedPhotograph: Dan HarleyIt has been Victoria’s faunal emblem since 1968Photograph: guardian.co.uk
It was thought to be extinct following bushfires in 1939 Photograph: Steve KuiterThe species was rediscovered by Eric Wilkinson, a 22-year-old Melbourne Museum worker on his first field trip, in 1961Photograph: Dan Harley
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