"New" populations of endangered northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus) and threatened golden-backed tree rats (Mesembriomys macrurus) have been found on the offshore Kimberley island Buckle Head.
Scientists also detected a bandicoot via infra-red camera.
Survey zoologist Dr Lesley Gibson says it appeared to be either a northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus) or a threatened golden bandicoot (Isoodon auratus).
"We're not quite sure which species it is because we didn't trap it," she says.
A team of two Balanggarra Rangers and four Department of Parks and Wildlife scientists conducted an 18-day wildlife survey at three locations.
These were Buckle Head near the mouth of the Berkeley River, a mainland site just opposite, and Lacrosse Island at the mouth of the Cambridge Gulf.
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