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The numbats’ last stand

Together, Robert McLean, John Lawson, Sean Van Alphen and Matthew Willett form the Numbat Task Force. The four friends are working to save Dryandra’s numbats, one of only two natural populations of the endangered marsupial left.

Read the full story on the Numbat Task Force in the Jan-Feb 2015 issue (#130) of Australian Geographic.

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