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These Australian ‘forest fairies’ have all but disappeared from the wild – now they have a new neighbourhood
The Guardian Environment
Monday 09 November 2026, 14:00 UTC
By Petra Stock
1 min read
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Exclusive: With only a handful of lowland Leadbeater’s possums left in Victorian forests, conservationists hope a bespoke sanctuary will help the acrobatic marsupials bounce backSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereWith just 13 animals left, time was running out for the Leadbeater’s possums at Yellingbo conservation area. The critically endangered forest sprites have exacting habitat needs. They prefer cool, wet and dark forest, with large...
Exclusive: With only a handful of lowland Leadbeater’s possums left in Victorian forests, conservationists hope a bespoke sanctuary will help the acrobatic marsupials bounce back
With just 13 animals left, time was running out for the Leadbeater’s possums at Yellingbo conservation area.
The critically endangered forest sprites have exacting habitat needs. They prefer cool, wet and dark forest, with large old trees to nest in and a dense thicket of paperbarks and tea trees to dart and hide in.
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