Population of world's rarest marsupial more than triples in WA

By Aleisha Orr
Updated December 2 2014 - 1:15pm, first published 11:58am
The world's rarest marsupial has got a fresh start in WA.
The world's rarest marsupial has got a fresh start in WA.
A 20-year celebration will be held in honour of Gilbert's Potoroo. Photo: DPW
A 20-year celebration will be held in honour of Gilbert's Potoroo. Photo: DPW

The success of a small population of quokka-like animals in Western Australia - at one stage thought to be extinct for a century - will be celebrated on Tuesday, 20 years on from the rediscovery of what is the world's rarest marsupial.

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