Dwarf wallaby found in Papua
![Another member of the macropod family seen by the research team in Papua - a grizzled tree kangaroo. [Conservation International]](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201005/r568614_3493177.jpg "Another member of the macropod family seen by the research team in Papua - a grizzled tree kangaroo. [Conservation International]")
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Another member of the macropod family seen by the research team in Papua - a grizzled tree kangaroo. [Conservation International]
Liam Fox, Port Moresby
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International scientists have discovered the world's smallest wallaby and a frog with an inflatable nose in the Indonesian province of Papua.
Conservation International found more than a dozen new species during a survey of Papua's Foja Mountains two years ago.
Among them was a frog with a long protuberance on its nose that points up when the male is calling.
It deflates when the creature is less active.
Campsite
It was found sitting on a bag of rice at the scientists' campsite.
They also documented a dwarf forest wallaby believed to the smallest member of the kangaroo family.
Other discoveries include: an oversized woolly rat; a bat that feeds on rainforest nectar; and a rust-coloured imperial pigeon.
The Foja Mountains encompass 300,000 hectares of undisturbed rainforest.
Conservation International says the discoveries boost the case for greater protection.
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