Fencing of the southern boundary of the sanctuary, combined with a regional feral animal control program, has allowed the successful reintroduction of two key mammal species to Paruna sanctuary and the adjacent National Parks – the nationally endangered Black-flanked Rock-wallaby and the Tammar Wallaby. Fact File.

The quokka (/ ˈ k w ɒ k ə /) (Setonix brachyurus), the only member of the genus Setonix, is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. 28/09/2012 12:00 AM ... “While the exact cause of the declines is not well understood, predation by foxes is likely to be a major factor, with urgent measures already being undertaken by DEC and its partners to attempt to prevent local extinctions,” Mr Marmion said. Adult shorebirds are in the Pilbara from August to May each year, while juveniles may remain Loggerhead turtle, North Murion Island. Hawksbill turtle, Rosemary Island. Nicole Willers, Peter Mawson, Keith Morris, Roberta Bencini, Biology and population dynamics of the black-flanked rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis lateralis) in the central wheatbelt of Western Australia, Australian Mammalogy, 10.1071/AM10036, 33, 2, (117), (2011). Nicole Willers, Peter Mawson, Keith Morris and Roberta Bencini, Biology and population dynamics of the black-flanked rock-wallaby (Petrogale lateralis lateralis) in the central wheatbelt of Western Australia, Australian Mammalogy, 33, 2, (117), (2011). Funding to protect endangered rock wallabies. But the endangered species is staging a comeback so strong authorities say it could become a regular sight in the park's network of remote gorges in WA's Mid West. endangered eastern curlew depart their breeding grounds in the northern hemisphere by August and fly to their feeding grounds of Australia’s shorelines for the southern hemisphere summer. The discovery of endangered quolls, bilbies, and rock wallabies on islands of habitat in the Great Sandy Desert offers a rare glimmer of hope for wildlife managers.