Animal Life in Australia: Outline

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What is special about Australia’s Animal life?

Pangaea

Evolved on its own

80 percent

plants, mammals, reptiles and frogs

kangaroo, koala, echidna, dingo, platypus, wallaby and wombat.

Marsupials Mammals

55 different species

Kangaroos and wallabies

Vary greatly in size and weight

Half a kilogram to 90 kilograms.

Tend to be smaller

Kangaroo population

Vary between 30 and 60 million

Most rural parts of Australia.

Koalas

Australia’s temperate eastern coast

Monotremes

only found in Australia

egg-laying mammals.

most distinctive

platypus

river-dwelling animal

bill like a duck

furry waterproof body

webbed feet

live in burrows

dig into the banks of rivers

very shy and difficult to spot

best chances

eastern coastal areas

small streams and quiet rivers.

Compared to the rest of the world

Different animals

Source: https://www.australia.com/en-ie/facts/australias-animals.html

http://www.walkthroughindia.com/wild-world/15-best-known-unique-wild-animals-australia/

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AustraliaOur unique animals are one of the many reasons people visit our country. Australia has more than 378 mammal species, 828 bird species, 4000 fish species, 300 species of lizards, 140 snake species, two crocodile species and around 50 types of marine mammal.More than 80 per cent of our plants, mammals, reptiles and frogs are unique to Australia and are found no-where else. Some of our best-known animals are the kangaroo, koala, echidna, dingo, platypus, wallaby and wombat.Australia's native animals can often be difficult to spot in the wild, but you are guaranteed to see them in our world-class zoos and wildlife parks across our major cities and regional areas. These include Sydney's Taronga Zoo, the Rainforest Habitat in Port Douglas.MammalsAustralia doesn’t have large predatory animals, the dingo, or wild dog, is our largest carnivorous mammal. Other unique carnivorous animals include the Numbat, Quoll and Tasmanian Devil, but none of these are larger than the size of an average house cat.Dingoes are found all across Australia, except for Tasmania. Best places to see them are Western Australia’s Kimberley and across the deserts of the Northern Territory and South Australia. Numbats are only found in Western Australia; and apart from wildlife parks, you can only see Tasmanian Devils in the wild in Tasmania. Endangered Quolls are also difficult to spot in the wild but inhabit the wet forests of south-eastern Australia MarsupialsWe have 55 different native species of kangaroos and wallabies. Kangaroos and wallabies vary greatly in size and weight, ranging from half a kilogram to 90 kilograms. The main difference between them is size — wallabies tend to be smaller. Estimates of Australia’s kangaroo population vary between 30 and 60 million. You should easily be able to see kangaroos in the wild in most rural parts of Australia.The koala is everyone’s favourite but be aware – it’s not a bear. You can spot koalas all along Australia’s temperate eastern coast. Some of their top hangouts include Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve, near Canberra.MonotremesAnother animal group only found in Australia is the monotremes, or egg-laying mammals. The most distinctive is the platypus, a river-dwelling animal with a bill like a duck, a furry waterproof body and webbed feet. Platypuses live in burrows which they dig into the banks of rivers. They are very shy and difficult to spot, but your best chances are in the eastern coastal areas in small streams and quiet rivers. Good places to see them are in the Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve near Canberra, on Lake Elizabeth in Victoria’s Great Otway National Park,