'Extinct' Tasmanian crayfish re-discovered

Updated January 22 2021 - 1:56pm, first published 3:30am
The short-tailed rain crayfish hadn't been sighted for decades. Copyright Niall Doran/Bookend Trust.
The short-tailed rain crayfish hadn't been sighted for decades. Copyright Niall Doran/Bookend Trust.

A little-known type of burrowing crayfish thought extinct has been discovered again in Tasmania's rugged west.

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