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Australia's rarest wombat makes a comeback after near extinction

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The northern hairy-nosed wombat is critically endangered among Australia 's three wombat species.

In the 1980s , the population of the species fell to just 35 individuals, pushing them to the brink of extinction.

Conservationists are working tirelessly to protect these "bulldozers of the bush ".