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Order Diprotodontia; Family Potoroidae; Alternative common name: Woylie - Nest in which it sleeps during daytime - Distribution in Australia: naturally persisting only in the Wheat-belt & South-west Regions of Western Australia - It used to occur in all mainland states except Queensland, but became extinct in all states except Western Australia; the last reported sigtings outside Western Australia are from the 1950s; it has been recently successfully reintroduced to several locations in Western Australia, South Australia & New South Wales - Status: on and off listed as Endangered
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