Inside is a recently trapped brush-tailed bettong, known in Western Australia as a woylie.
Crouched on the floor of dense bushland, the senior research scientist meticulously inspects the small, but feisty marsupial.
"He's a four for body condition, he's got a good amount of meat on him" Dr Wayne says.
The health of this critically endangered species is important.
The woylie once inhabited 60 per cent of mainland Australia, but predators like cats as well as habitat loss has seen the species reduced to just two indigenous populations, including one monitored by Dr Wayne in the Upper Warren region of WA.
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Crouched on the floor of dense bushland, the senior research scientist meticulously inspects the small, but feisty marsupial.
"He's a four for body condition, he's got a good amount of meat on him" Dr Wayne says.
The health of this critically endangered species is important.
The woylie once inhabited 60 per cent of mainland Australia, but predators like cats as well as habitat loss has seen the species reduced to just two indigenous populations, including one monitored by Dr Wayne in the Upper Warren region of WA.
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