Editing Perth Zoo (section)

===Previous breeding programs===
The [[chuditch]]{{nbsp}}(''Dasyurus geoffroi'') or [[western quoll]], is one of four quoll species in Australia and is the largest marsupial predator in Western Australia. At the time of European settlement, chuditch occurred in approximately 70% of the continent. By the late 1980s, they had become endangered, with less than 6,000 remaining in the south-west of Western Australia. Perth Zoo has bred more than 300 chuditch for release in the last decade. Since the breeding program began, the status of chuditch has been modified from [[endangered]] to [[Vulnerable species|vulnerable]]. This breeding program is now complete.

[[Shark Bay mouse]]{{nbsp}}(''Pseudomys fieldi'') also known as [[djoongari]], prior to 1993 the only known population of djoongari was on [[Bernier Island]] in the north-west of Western Australia, adjacent to the [[Shark Bay]] region and was considered to be one of Australia's most geographically restricted animals. Over 300 Perth-Zoo-bred djoongari have been released to sites on the mainland and on islands in the north-west of Western Australia. This breeding program is now complete.

The [[central rock-rat]]{{nbsp}}(''Zyzomys pedunculatus'') is a critically endangered [[rodent]] that was presumed extinct until it was rediscovered in the [[MacDonnell Ranges]] [[Northern Territory]] in 1996. The last of the zoo's central rock rats were sent to Alice Springs Desert Park in 2007 and the breeding program closed.