Perameles gunnii 

Like many of our grassland species, the Eastern Barred Bandicoot, a small marsupial, is under threat of extinction. The loss of its grassland habitat to agriculture and farming, coupled with predation by introduced foxes and cats, has caused the population to plummet in the wild. Through a coordinated Recovery Program, habitat management, predator control and support for wild populations through captive breeding for release are core elements to its recovery to the wild. Zoos Victoria has been involved in this program since 1990.