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Australia’s tiniest wallabies spotted in the north-west in a tale of survival against the odds

Camera traps and DNA testing confirmed the threatened wallaby at two Kimberley sites, including one record not seen for 50 years.

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Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Few people may have heard about Australia’s tiniest wallabies, the Monjon and the Nabarlek, since they live in the remote rocky plateaus of the Kimberley. Smaller than a domestic cat, they weigh little more than a bag of sugar. Like most of Australia’s small marsupials, they are endangered species and rarely sighted in remote northern A…

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Australia’s tiniest wallabies spotted in the north-west in a tale of survival against the odds

They’re smaller than a cat and weigh little more than a bag of sugar. So, when rangers found them in WA’s Kimberley region, it gave renewed hope for their survival.

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Sydney Morning Herald broke the news in North Sydney, Australia on Tuesday, September 1, 2026.
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