Leadbeater's possum death fuels survival fears

By Bridie Smith
Updated August 22 2014 - 10:13am, first published June 30 2014 - 3:10am
A Leadbeater possum at Healesville Sanctuary. Photo: Justin McManus
A Leadbeater possum at Healesville Sanctuary. Photo: Justin McManus

Conservation scientists have expressed concern about the genetic health of the last population of lowland Leadbeater's possums, after a fatally diseased possum arrived at Healesville Sanctuary from the wild and died.

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