The beauty of the fauna of Australia in 50 photos (Part I).

Koala
author: Víctor Roces

Galah

Galah
author: 0ystercatcher

Kookaburra

Kookaburra
author: pjoh

box jellyfish

box jellyfish
author: trodzen83

Kangaroo with Joey

Kangaroo with Joey
author: pjoh

Dingo

Dingo
author: ogwen

Black Swan

Black Swan
author: iansand

Tasmanian Devil

Tasmanian Devil
author: arthur_chapman

Yellow Footed Rock Wallabies

Yellow Footed Rock Wallabies
author: bookabee_tours_australia

Sulphur-crested Cockatoos

Sulphur-crested Cockatoos
author: 0ystercatcher

Platypus

Platypus
author: cha222

Wombat

Wombat
author: Raymond Barlow

Australian Blue Tongue

Australian Blue Tongue
author: Snapper

Barramundi

Barramundi
author: GS1311

Doonside Australia

Doonside Australia
author: if_winter_ends

Breaching humpback whale

Breaching humpback whale
author: edenandjosh

Redback spider

Redback spider
author: wikiwill

Eastern water dragon on rock

Eastern water dragon on rock
author: wikiwill

Flying Fox

Flying Fox
author: littleredelf

Young Echidna

Young Echidna
author: ausemade

esturine crocodile

esturine crocodile
author: Nemo’s great uncle

White Lipped Green Tree Frog

White Lipped Green Tree Frog
author: Fayes4Art

Southern Cassowary

Southern Cassowary
author: peternijenhuis

possum

possum
author: P. Emerson

Eastern Long-Necked Turtle

Eastern Long-Necked Turtle
author: dave.scriven

koalaOur 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-mapAustralia’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, Victoria’s Healesville Sanctuary, South Australia’s Cleland Wildlife Park and Queensland’s Australia Zoo, amongst others.
Mammals.
Australia 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 Queensland’s Fraser Island, 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 southeastern Australia and Tasmania, and a small area of northern Queensland. The bilby, a member of the bandicoot family, may be seen in Francois Peron National Park in Western Australia.
 
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