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| | Rainforest Biogeography |
 | | The Australian rainforest covers about 90% of the area it occupied when the first Europeans arrived, and much of what remains is now protected. |
 | | However, the native fauna and flora are of the Australian rainforest to some extent being menaced by introduced species, for example the American cane toad (Bufo marinus) which, if eaten, poisons the native marsupial cat (Dasyurus maculatus). |
 | | Once they have been introduced, pest species such as the cane toad are often virtually impossible to eradicate from the forest; it seems that they will simply remain there forever. |
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