Eastern quoll
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Eastern quolls were thought to have gone extinct on the Australian mainland more than 50 years ago. But a taxidermied specimen from 1989 proves that they were around much longer than anybody thought. Locals who spotted the dead animal on the side of the road stuffed it and kept it at home, until recently when they handed it over to the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
Scientists now believe there could be more of the spotted, furry creatures out there.
