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koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
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common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)
spotted-tailed quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
dunnart (Sminthopsis)
Eastern gray kangaroos
long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta)
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