Kangaroo-Like Marsupial Species, Described as 'Nature's Little Gardeners,' Brought Back from Brink of Extinction
A brush-tailed bettong.Photo:Getty Getty A small marsupial species has been saved from near-extinction thanks to the ongoing work of a conservation group. The brush-tailed bettong, which resembles a tiny kangaroo and similarly keeps its young in a pouch, once inhabited more than 60% of mainline Australia, according toCNN. But European colonization of the country in the 18th century brought predatory wild cats and foxes, as well as the widespread decimation of the animal’s woodland and grassland habitats....