Native marsupial discovered back in NSW

A small carnivorous marsupial, thought to be extinct in NSW for more than a century, has been found in Sturt National Park in the state's far northwest.

The crest-tailed Mulgara, known only from fossilised bone fragments was discovered north-west of Tibooburra by a team from the UNSW Sydney Wild Deserts project during recent scientific monitoring.

UNSW scientist and Wild Deserts ecologist Dr Rebecca West says it's particularly exciting to find the marsupial alive for the first time in NSW.