
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Marlow, BJ 
T1  - A survey of the marsupials of New South Wales
JF  - CSIRO Wildlife Research
JO  - CSIRO Wildl. Res.
Y1  - 1958
VL  - 3
IS  - 2
SP  - 71
EP  - 114
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CWR9580071 
N2  - The topography, vegetation, and climate of New South Wales are described from the point of view of distribution and status of marsupials within the State, and a systematic account of the species is given. Of these, 42 per cent, fall into the categories of presumed extinct or rare; this decline in numbers shows a correlation with a decreasing density of vegetational cover, ranging from nil in rain-forest to 43 per cent, in open plains country. Possible factors involved in the decline are discussed, the most important being the destruction or alteration of the habitat as a result of white settlement. It is difficult to suggest a useful programme for the conservation of most of the rare species, but it is thought that a National Park where woodland species may be preserved and where visitors would be assured of seeing them, might be practicable. 
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