“Numbats, Western Australia's animal emblem, have been pulled from the brink of extinction after research found the population was growing in the wild.

The numbat population has faced extreme risk for more than 50 years, with research in the late 1970s estimating a total population of 300.

Since being admitted to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN's) Red List's endangered category in 2008, numbers have steadily grown, with the population of mature individuals estimated to be between 2,000 and 3,000.

The species now sits under the near threatened category, the second along the line of global assessment rankings, between least concern and vulnerable.”

From ABC Australia.